by Steve Williamson | Opal Whiteley
The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow By Benjamin HoffFor High School & College Students Benjamin Hoff – best-selling author of the Tao of Pooh has written a wonderful biography of Opal Whiteley. His book also reprints her original diary – in...
by Steve Williamson | Other History
Our Forgotten War with Mexico The Battle of Cerro Gordo, 4/18/1847 By Stephen Williamson, (c) 2015 Cerro Gordo Mountain is located six miles east of Cottage Grove, Oregon. It overlooks Dorena Lake. Anyone in downtown Cottage Grove can see Cerro Gordo Mountain...
by Steve Williamson | Opal Whiteley
The following selections from Opal Whiteley’s The Flower of Stars have been slightly edited by Pacific Northwest author Jennefer Jane Harper. Currently, she is working on a book about Opal Whiteley which features Whiteley’s original poems accompanied by annotation...
by Steve Williamson | Other History
Working as Loggers & Millworkers for the Calapooya Lumber Company by Stephen Williamson These photos were taken near Crawfordsville Oregon. Crawfordsville is about 25 miles northeast of Eugene. Crawfordsville is about 12 miles from Marcola Oregon. Historian Louis...
by Steve Williamson | Other History
The Forgotten Asians of Western Oregon By Stephen H. Williamson In addition to researching the life of Opal Whiteley, Steve is also noted for documenting the forgotten history of Asians in early Marcola, Oregon. Opal lived in Marcola as a small child. Discover where...