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The Bygone Days, Part 2

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Check out this Oregon State Parks Guide from the 1930s.

Our Friends of Silver Falls Park Interpreter, Matt Palmquist, estimates this vintage gem was produced between 1939 and 1943 due the newest park listed, Azalea State Park, being added into our state park system in 1939.  Champoeg State Park was originally under the “State Board of Control” until 1943 when it officially became a part of the Oregon State Park “family.”1930s Oregon State Parks Guide_Page_21930s Oregon State Parks Guide_Page_31930s Oregon State Parks Guide_Page_41930s Oregon State Parks Guide_Page_51930s Oregon State Parks Guide_Page_6