Boring

Images of America: Oregon

by Dan Bosserman

Bob Boring, great-grandson of the Civil War veteran who lent his name to the community, says, "Boring is a name, not a condition." The recent pairing of Dull, Scotland, and Boring, Oregon, has created worldwide multimedia reports, including articles in Time magazine and the Wall Street Journal that published the same week. Never incorporated as an official entity, Boring has been a thriving farm, logging, and sawmill community since Joseph and Sarah Boring traveled the Oregon Trail in an ox-drawn covered wagon and settled here in 1853. The "downtown" area of Boring is only four blocks long, but the farming area serviced by the Boring Post Office is 13 miles long and contains a population of 8,000.

Genres: History

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2014

Reviews

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!!!
Can't wait to drive thru Boring again, now that I am so informed.
Also, as usual, I learned many new things. Like what a wig-wam is. In the lumber industry of old.
the old pic of Clackamas County fairgrounds is real nice.

[Kt Bosserman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like anyone, you've probably spent your entire life wondering about the history of Boring, Oregon. Did they do a lot of drilling there or is the the unfortunate last name of a settler. Surely no one would willingly go by the moniker Boring! It must be because they did a lot of drilling, right? These are the questions that keep us up at night! Well, spoiler alert: someone did go by Bob Boring and this book is full of even more delightful facts just as fascinating as that! This Boring history book goes into great detail about the founders of the town as well as its early settlement! If you read any book about Boring, Oregon, make it this book. There are pictures!

[Bruce Haney · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book about a town I love, glad to finally know more of the history.