I’m a big fan of Mona Waibel and her “Remembering the Good Old Days” features in the monthly “55 Plus” supplement.
The one on Cascadia’s history was particularly interesting. Cascadia is the gem of the state park system.
My mother’s (Barbara Norquist) family moved to Linn County in 1864. She would tell me of making the two-day trip by horse and wagon from Albany to Cascadia with her parents or grandparents. Once there, the men…