Trees have been telling the Oregon story since long before it became a state in 1859. Roughly 500 years ago, a ponderosa pine sprouted near the Deschutes River in Central Oregon, starting a journey that would culminate with it becoming the biggest of its kind. Others aren’t quite as big or grand, but capture important moments of our history, like the tiny Comice pear grove in Medford that began Harry & David, one of Oregon’s most iconic companies.
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