The idea of heading west to settle in vast, rugged and wild lands has been a romanticized notion since the beginnings of our ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

Oregon State Fair and Expo Center in Salem.

The family tradition of growing shade trees originally held no appeal for John Lewis, who had every intention of pursuing an ...