Columbia City NewsLocal news for Columbia City, OR continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Gervais to explore railroad quiet zone- November 15, 2007 "Checks to venders that are just lying around" By John Gervais In the late 1800s having the railroad come through a city could mean life or death to early cities in the Willamette Valley and cities such as Gervais were initially able to thrive if they were ... via Woodburn Independenthttp://www.topix.net/city/columbia-city-or/2007/11/gervais-to-explore-railroad-quiet-zone?... A strong woman in a fragile Oregon frontier- November 4, 2007 "Some of the fellows homesteading up and down the valley in those years were such poor farmers they could hardly raise Cain." Author appearance Molly Gloss will read from "The Hearts of Horses" at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Columbia City branch of the Seattle Public Library, 4721 Rainier Ave. via Seattle Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/columbia-city-or/2007/11/a-strong-woman-in-a-fragile-oregon-fron... |