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y Salem
Road map 1 A3. * 154,500.
n 181 High St NE, (800) 874-7012.
∑ travelsalem.com
Salem was a thriving trading
post and lumber port on the
Willamette River when it
became the capital of the
Oregon Territory in 1851.
At the edge of Bush’s
Pasture Park stands Bush House
Museum, an 1878 home with ten
marble fireplaces and a conser-
Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum vatory said to be the first green-
house west of the Mississippi
r McMinnville of Douglas firs, hemlocks, and River, and the historic Deepwood
cedars to the trail’s cataracts; Estate. The Willamette Heritage
Road map 1 A3. * 32,000.
n 417 NW Adams St, (503) 472-6196. the largest, South Falls, Center preserves some of the
∑ mcminnville.org plunges 177 ft (54 m) state’s earliest structures: the
down a mossy cliff 1841 home of Jason Lee, who
In this prosperous town into a deep pool. helped found Salem; the 1847
surrounded by the Willamette At the southern home of state treasurer John
Valley vineyards, the Downtown edge of Boon; and the Kay Woolen Mill,
Historic District is graced by the Silverton is where waterwheels
old Oregon Hotel, McMinnville The Oregon from the 1890s
Bank, and many other late 19th- Garden. Rising remain intact.
and early 20th-century buildings. high above The state’s early
The excellent reputation of ivy- the groomed history is also in
clad Linfield College, chartered landscape is evidence around
in 1858, has long put McMinnville a magnificent the Oregon State
on the map, but these days the stand of oaks Capitol. A gilded
university shares the honor with that are over The 1894 Deepwood pioneer stands
the “Spruce Goose.” This wooden 100 years old. The Estate in Salem atop the rotunda
flying boat, built in the 1940s, Gordon House, set of the building.
is housed in the Evergreen in a shady grove near the Marble sculptures of a covered
Aviation & Space Museum, garden’s entrance, is designed wagon and of Lewis and Clark
where its 320-ft (97.5-m) by renowned architect Frank (see p41) flank the entrance,
wing span spreads above early Lloyd Wright. and the murals inside depict
passenger planes, World War II Captain Robert Gray’s discovery
fighters, and other vintage civilian Y Silver Falls State Park of the Columbia River in 1792.
and military air craft. There is also Hwy 214, 10 miles (16 km) east On the Willamette University
an indoor waterpark nearby. of Salem. Tel (800) 551-6949. campus is Waller Hall, the
Open dawn–dusk daily. & oldest college building in
E Evergreen Aviation & ∑ oregonstateparks.org Oregon, constructed in 1867;
Space Museum Y The Oregon Garden and the striking Hallie Ford
460 NE Capt. Michael King Smith Way. 879 W Main St. Tel (503) 874-8100. Museum of Art, which houses
Tel (503) 434-4185. Open 9am–5pm Open May–Sep: 10am–6pm daily; an outstanding collection of
daily. Closed major hols. & 7 = Oct–Apr: 10am–4pm daily. & 7 8 20th-century Native American
∑ evergreenmuseum.org = - ∑ oregongarden.org basketry and paintings.

t Silverton
Road map 1 A3. * 7,500.
n 426 S Water St, (503) 873-5615.
∑ silvertonchamber.org
This pleasant old farming town
in the foothills of the Cascade
Mountains is the entryway to
Silver Falls State Park, the largest
state park in Oregon. The Trail
of Ten Falls follows Silver Creek
through a temperate rainforest The Oregon State Capitol Building in Salem
For hotels and restaurants see pp286–8 and pp296–8

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