10/5/24 UPDATE: We now know the identity of the clever treasure hunter who tracked down the gold statue. A massive, digital treasure hunt for a very real pair of prizes, including a gold statue worth ...
It’s been 25 years since work crews last coated the massive gold pioneer statue atop the Oregon Capitol Building in Salem with 23-karat gold leaf. And it’s been a rough quarter century of roosting ...
“The Oregon Pioneer,” the gold-leaf covered, 23-foot tall statue atop the Capitol dome, symbolically faces West. The Oregon State Capitol, the third such building housing state government, was built ...