McKenzie Trading Post

02/07/2026

At today's opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympic Games in Italy, the U.S. Olympic team will wear Ralph Lauren uniforms made with wool from the Shaniko Wool Company. Based near the ghost town of Shaniko — once called “the wool capital of the world” — Shaniko Wool Company is a cooperative of family ranchers across the West. No other town in Oregon has seen more rapid growth and decline than Shaniko, located about forty miles northeast of Madras in Wasco County.

In the early 1900s, Shaniko became a railway junction to ship farm goods from a “vast inland territory of varied resources, extending into California,” and its warehouses could store upwards of 4 million pounds of wool. Competing rail routes and town fires precipitated Shaniko’s decline starting in 1910 and 1911. Today, it is a tourist destination whose centerpiece is the Shaniko Hotel.

Learn more on The Oregon Encyclopedia: https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/shaniko/

Image: Hotel Shaniko is pictured in this undated photograph. OHS Research Library, Orhi56059.

04/14/2025

Welcome to Renewed. We’re an exterior restoration company based in Eugene—specializing in house washes, windows, concrete, roofs, gutters, and more.

But this is more than a service — it’s something built with heart from the ground up. It’s about restoring what’s been worn down, bringing care back into the way things get done, and doing right by people every single time.

We believe in hard work, respect, and leaving every home better than we found it. This is the start of something we’ve poured everything into — and we’re proud to finally share it.

If you’re local and need your home cleaned up, we’d be honored to help. Thank you to everyone who’s supported us already — your belief in this means more than you know.

03/12/2025

02/14/2025

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01/18/2025

It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, “Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.”

It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.

01/18/2025

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