Philomath

[Bryophyte]

I was wondering if anyone knows what or where "Philomath" is. A BigDan Salute to the winner!

 

[Viper GTS]

A scholar.

Viper GTS

 

[palad]

Oregon

 

[palad]

rather, a city in Oregon

 

[Bryophyte]

<< A scholar. >>



Nope
Next?

 

[Viper GTS]

Look again, buddy.

Viper GTS

 

[Bryophyte]

<< rather, a city in Oregon >>



Ding Ding Ding We have a winner!
That was fast...have you ever been there?

 

[palad]

Nope, never been there, but I do know my way around Google!

 

[Bryophyte]

Little known Philomath facts:

During the 70s/80s, this little town (maybe 2500 people back then) had no fewer than 14 sawmills running.

Graduates of Philomath High School get a free ride through college, courtesy of the late Rex Clemens, a Philomath resident who made a fortune in the logging industry.

 

[Bryophyte]

So, Viper, what part of Oregon do you hail from?

 

[BDawg]

Isn't Viper from Portland?

 

[Viper GTS]

I live in Forest Grove, work in Beaverton.

And my answer was correct, the only one you'd see in a dictionary.



Viper GTS

 

[RossGr]

Philomath is about 90mi south of Portland and 50miles east of the Pacific. It is a bedroom community for Corvallis, having only one intermittent lumber mill and a pressboard manufacturer to call its own. One neat feature of the town is that, due an old lumberman that bought up most of the Coast Range in the area back in the '20s, every graduate of PHS that has spent 6yrs in the Philomath school system gets a full schoalship to OSU, or the equivalent cost to go the shool of their choise. Nice place to raise kids.

 

[Bryophyte]

Yeah, Philomath is supposed to mean &quot;love of learning&quot; or something like that. Named so because of the teaching college that used to be there. It predates Oregon State University. Has been closed for many, many, many years, is now a museum.

 

[Bryophyte]

RossGR,
You in Corvallis for school, or are you from the area?

 

[RossGr]

I currently work for HP in Corvallis. I was born and raised in Roseburg, as was my mom. Yes, an actual 2nd generation Oregonian! I moved to Corvallis in '74 for OSU and have never got around to leaving.

 

[BigSmooth]

I was born in Portland, and went to high school in Tigard and college in Salem. I love Oregon, what a great place to live.

 

[Bryophyte]

<< Yes, an actual 2nd generation Oregonian! >>



My ancestors have been in the vicinity of Benton County for at least 120 years. My great-grandparents were founders of the (former) town of Peak, which was up on Mary's Peak. My Father's father was born there.

The disturbing result of all of this is finding out in highschool that some of the morons at school were, like 4th cousins or something.