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An archaeological team is investigating the wreck of a Spanish galleon -- a transport ship -- that went down with as many as 400 people aboard off the coast at Manzanita about 1690. The cargo from that vessel has been washing up on the Oregon coast for more than a century. Now the search is on for the remains of the ship itself.

First Broadcast: 2008

Appeared in episode: Beeswax Ship, Electric Drag Racing, Native Bumblebees

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That Tree Really is Big
by Vince Patton | 03/15/2010
We received an interesting footnote a few days ago to our recent story on the ancient limber pine that just might be the oldest living thing in Oregon.   Gary Dielman of Baker City tells us it might not just be the oldest tree, it appears to be the third largest limber pine in the [...]
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