Thanks. I knew I heard something like that somewhere. I recently hear
where the name 'Oregon' came from too. Apparently the Native American word
(don't ask me which tribe) for salmon oil, commonly shipped back east as a
product back when the first whites were getting established here, sounded
something like 'oregon' (spelled differently of course). They called this
area 'Oregon Territory', kind of like saying 'Salmon Oil Territory' since
that was a primary product shipped out of here back then. Tidbits...

Brian

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"Rodney Myrvaagnes" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:04:18 GMT, "Brian D"
wrote:

Good advice, thanks. But ...I'm from Oregon and don't know what you mean
by
'a 4" wide oregon'. Do people outside the state call one of our woods
'oregon' instead of by the species name? I think I remember Douglas Fir
being called Oregon fir somewhere ...or maybe it was Hemlock. Do you
happen
to know? I'm curious...

Douglas Fir is called "Oregon Pine" in UK commerce, and has been since
the 18th C, AFIK. The Brit term has migrated to the continent somehow.

An organ builder of my acquaintance in Quebec, an immigrant from
Switzerland, once showed me an Italian harpsichord made in Sweden with
an outer case of Douglas Fir. He called it "Oregon Pine" because that
is what it is called in Sweden. Go figure.

The Wood Handbook says, BTW, that it is neither fir nor pine.



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a

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