It seems the further you move south in Oregon, the less popular some of the cities become. While we don’t totally know why we definitely know it’s not because there’s a lack of beauty or things to do.
It’s been 25 years since work crews last coated the massive gold pioneer statue atop the Oregon Capitol Building in Salem with 23-karat gold leaf. And it’s been a rough quarter century of roosting ...
The Oregon Pioneer will soon undergo a partial regilding, its fifth since its installation in 1938. The 87-year-old statue also known as Gold Man weighs 17,000 pounds and stands 23 feet tall. The $250 ...