Wild Flowers Along Highway 101 In Southwest Oregon
The piece celebrates Oregon’s coastal wildflowers from the California line to Brookings. Rhododendrons and azaleas bloom in May while gorse, Scotch broom, and foxglove color Highway 101 through Curry and Coos counties. It notes native mountain lilac, shushula, and other blooms, plus regional harvesting of digitalis and ferns. a rich floral panorama supports local tourism and industry.
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Californa Line
le Gond
Acre
Brookings
Oregon
Gold Beach
British Isles
Curry
Coos County
Highway 101
Oregon Coast
Cedar Used For Batteries From Port Orford Forests
Port Orford cedar from Oregon’s southwest forests fed the battery separator industry. Frans Products Co. western division in Coos Bay produces thousands of separators. Prewar shipments to Japan used cedar for separators, but wartime stoppage ended that trade and cedar became scarce for Americans.
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Port Orford
Oregon
Frans Proaducts Company
Oos Bay
Japan
Amenenan
Formosa
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Atat
Derdys
Bandon-By-The-Sea
Coos
Curry County
China
Great Northwest
Duncan Myrtlewood Crofters
North Bend
Cowboy
Myrtle Point, Obe
Mack Barbour
Pendleton
India
Myrtle Point Vaqueros Club