Oregon's Beacons

Farming in an arid climate? Congress said yes in 1902.  Listen to find out how Klamath, Oregon made it possible.

The Founding Fathers structured our national constitution so that no one branch of government had absolute power -- this is true of the states also. Oregon is finding out the hard way.

The Painted Hills contains an abundance of fossils from the remains of  horses, camels, and rhinoceroses covering over 3,132 total acres.

Cranberries aren’t just for Thanksgiving Dinner – though Oregon produces green beans and potatoes to go with that dinner.

Visions of swash-buckling explorers, storm-tossed sea navigators, and  hard-tack pioneers are among the theories behind the naming of the state  of Oregon.

Bloom, as a verb defined, means to mature or glow with a  healthy color. Though the light of Oregon maybe a cold one now, it is  still a light that can mature into a God-given heat of health.

The North Bend Bridge wasn’t just a functional bridge. It trailblazed in artistic design.

Samuel Simpson was a prolific and poetic Robert "Burns of Oregon" during the second half of the 19 century. Episode is under a Creative Commons NonCommercial and No Derivatives license.