Curious Northwest

The Oregon town where money grows on trees and wood is as good as cash

By Bryan M. Vance (OPB)

North Bend, Ore. Sept. 7, 2018 12 p.m.

In 1933, with its only bank closed and the country in the midst of the Great Depression, the Oregon shipbuilding and timber city of North Bend turned to a local resource to keep its economy afloat.