Kaitlyn Kohlenberg
Kaitlyn Kohlenberg is an undergraduate student at Oregon State University. Her article on Vernonia, Oregon, was part of a 10th grade history project. She chose to write on the topic of Vernonia because she has several friends and family members living there. She also volunteered and helped clean out flooded buildings after the flood of 2007. Her hobbies include writing, singing and traveling, and she is currently studying English in hopes to pursue a Master's degree in Library Science.
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Vernonia
Vernonia lies in the upper Nehalem Valley of northwestern Oregon. With roughly 2,300 people, the town occupies about 1.5 square miles of land bisected by the Nehalem River. The earliest white settler in the area, Clark Parker, arrived in 1874, followed by the Van Blaricom family in 1875. A year …
Oregon Encyclopedia
