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Whether it's getting flashed by a geriatric hooker in Miami or baking in the heat of a forest fire in Oregon, there's little that journalist Ken Bilderback won't do to get a story worth telling.

Bilderback is a retired newspaper reporter and editor and former NFPA-certified volunteer Public Information Officer for the Gaston Rural Fire District in Oregon. His hobbies include listening to nonagenarians talk about Prohibition, creating videos of cats interacting with gophers, and saying "Aw, shucks!" while winning literary awards.

Honors for "Creek With No Name":

First Runner Up, History Prize, 2012 New York Book Festival
Winner, Regional Literature, 2012 New England Book Festival
Winner, Regional Literature, 2012 Southern California Book Festival ...more

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	Creek With No Name: How the West was Won (and Lost) in Gaston, Oregon by Ken Bilderback (Goodreads Author), Kris Bilderback (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking to Forest Grove by Ken Bilderback (Goodreads Author), Kris Bilderback 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire in a Small Town: How volunteers civilized the rural West by Ken Bilderback (Goodreads Author), Kris Bilderback 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wheels on the Bus 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise and Fall of Wapato Lake: Oregon’s history as told from a swamp by Ken Bilderback (Goodreads Author), Kris Bilderback it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Law and Order at the End of the Oregon Trail really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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If only I could find a satellite image of Laurelwood in 1900 …

The photo above shows the approximate location of the John Walker Donation Land Claim, which formed the basis for what became Laurelwood. I wish I had a satellite photo from 1900 for comparison, but I can’t find one.

If such a satellite did exist, it would look much different. There would be no Laurelwood Academy, no Laurelwood Road, and just enough homes to house the extended Walker family.

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