Oregon Film Trail Dedicates A New Sign In Downtown Toledo!

Oregon Film Trail Dedicates A New Sign In Toledo, Oregon!

The latest sign on the Oregon Film Trail is dedicated today on Main Street across from City Hall in downtown Toledo. The sign celebrates the town’s starring role in “Sometimes A Great Notion.”

The recently installed sign marks and celebrates locations in and around Toledo in the filming of “Sometimes A Great Notion” (1971), a motion picture based on the second novel by Oregon author Ken Kesey and published in 1964. Continue reading... “Oregon Film Trail Dedicates A New Sign In Downtown Toledo!”

Oregon Film & Oregon State Parks Plant 50 Trees in Celebration of 50 Years Of Oregon Film Office (Plus The First Historic Oregon Film Trail Sign Is Installed)

The Oregon Film Office and Oregon State Parks planted 50 Sitka Spruce, Western Red Cedar, Douglas-fir, and Western Hemlock seedlings conifer trees at Gleneden Beach State Recreation site to mark the 50th anniversary of the Oregon Film Office and its long standing collaboration with Oregon State Parks.

Additionally, at this site, a sign was erected as part of the recently created the Historic Oregon Film Trail. The sign indicates that the movie, “Sometimes A Great Notion” was filmed very close to the park and in and around the Siletz River area. Continue reading... “Oregon Film & Oregon State Parks Plant 50 Trees in Celebration of 50 Years Of Oregon Film Office (Plus The First Historic Oregon Film Trail Sign Is Installed)”

Kick Ass Oregon History Is Taking A “Sometimes A Great Notion” Road Trip!

“Sometimes A Great Notion”

The Kick Ass Oregon History podcast will be starting their “Sometimes A Great Notion” road trip this week – folow them as they travel to the locations of the 1971 #OregonMade movie that filmed in such places as Kernville, Toledo, Newport and the Columbia River Gorge. KAOH will be exploring and discussing details about the film, its locations, and much more.

“Sometimes A Great Notion” was developed for film from the 1964 Ken Kesey novel of the same name.  Continue reading... “Kick Ass Oregon History Is Taking A “Sometimes A Great Notion” Road Trip!”