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Roadside News: Jan. 9, 2009

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Mutter Museum | Enchanted Forest | Behold the Unmelted | Cars of 1957 | Thunderbox!

Stump of Spruce Giant Still Popular

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Along the Oregon coast stood America’s largest Sitka spruce, a tourist stop for years among people who like to look at big trees. It was 206 feet tall and it even had its own name: the Klootchy Creek Giant. But there were lots of other, different kinds of trees, that were bigger. And when a […]

Caveman Statue Triggered Miracle In Oregon

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

We tracked reports of the Independence Day incineration of the Grants Pass Caveman back in 2004, and followed up on his eventual, better-than-ever resurrection. But an article in the Rouge River Press sets out new details about John Stripling, the man who saved the statue, which grabbed our attention like a Neanderthal grabbing at a […]

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