20 Willamette Valley Photos

This Gallery is pictures of Marion County ...located in the heart of the Willamette Valley. It is home to Oregon’s  State Capitol  in Salem – an impressive marble building where the Lewis and Clark  facade reminds us of Oregon’s past.  Flowering Cherry trees enrich the landscape and the Golden Pioneer looks down from his perch on their pink blossoms. Salem’s Riverfront Park has a giant globe made of tiles that are icons for people, places and animals around the world. All ages can learn from this unique attraction which was dedicated in 2003.
          Marion County reaches east – Detroit Lake on the Santiam River and to the south –Jordan Covered Bridge (which was moved TO Pioneer Park in Stayton in 1988, burned down a few years later and was rebuilt again in 1998!).
         Diverse agriculture is demonstrated in wheat fields and Iris fields in Salem, Poppy and Cosmos fields in Silverton, and as many as 20 specialty gardens, such as Hughes Water Garden, displayed in The Oregon Garden in Silverton.
Marion County can include sunsets of uncommon beauty and graceful waterfalls of uncommon power that dapple Silver Falls State Park in Silverton. What a breath taking oppotunity to see Oregon’s natural and manmade scenery!!