Tons of Links!

I don't feel like working today, so I'm linking to the work of others. All kidding aside, there is some really good work going on all over the state and I'm happy to be connected to any and all of it.

Last week I had a chance to reconnect with an old friend of the blog who is going to provide some great information for an upcoming story on a Small school Success Story. Should be an interesting and fascinating story.

She also provided some links to some of the work she is doing in Southern Oregon and I encourage you all to check out some of her work and research.

Robyn Greenlund is a historian in Southern Oregon in the Coquille Valley and she specializes in Coos and Curry Counties. She is doing some genealogy work and also has an interesting project similar to what I'm doing.

First, she has her Coquille Valley Historical Page which contains links to several great resources for those interested in history, genealogy and cool photographs.

Secondly, she has her historic photos links which contains old photos of logging operations, main street scenes and much more. I encourage you to check out her slideshows.

Thirdly, she also maintains the Genealogy Trails pages for Coos and Curry Counties. Tons of worthwhile information on those pages as well including, one of my personal favorites:

The Schools of Coos County page.

She is adding photos as she comes across them but she already has several remarkable pictures already posted including my personal favorite, a photo of Powers Elementary in 1928 and Powers Elementary in 2007.

Ms. Greenlund also passed on a link to a website maintained by Tony Larson. He has a myriad of old town photos that are just spectacular to look at in his Photo History Series. The list of towns featured is impressive, from Eugene, to Portland to Gaston, to Forest Grove, to Hereford to many many many more.

Mr. Larson's photos can be found here after you scroll down the page.

Finally, an interesting story about an old stage road in Southern Oregon.

Go forth, read and learn! Or at least spend some time learning a little about Oregon's past.