Articles written by As Reported By Lester Calder

As Reported By Lester Calder|Nov 30, 2023

Lane County Historian VIII No. 2, June 1967 A special interest has been added to the finding of the Condra tree markings discovered in 1960 in the McKenzie River Valley Country, with the earth circling on February 20 by John Glenn, the first American astronaut. It is interesting to note that Glenn is a relative of the Condra who carved this record on the hemlock tree in 1867 - almost a century ago. Another occasion for this story is that the section of the tree bearing the scribing has been on...