2/George Atiyeh's grandson was out helping douse spot fires last week - I met him in Mill City my second day in Oregon. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
3/ In Mill City, Ore., I also spoke with Stephan Weaver and other volunteers fighting fires who remembered Atiyeh as part of their Santiam Canyon community: latimes.com/world-nation/s…
4/There were so many great Atiyeh quotes and anecdotes in @Salem_Statesman #statesmanjournal @OPB and "Showdown at Opal Creek" I couldn't include them all. statesmanjournal.com/story/news/201…
5/ Some classic photos here of George Atiyeh in his element at Opal Creek statesmanjournal.com/picture-galler…
6/ "Why should someone in Chicago or New York care about Opal Creek?" George Atiyeh asked David Seideman in his book, "Showdown at Opal Creek." "You may never see a Rembrandt or the Sistine Chapel, but aren't you glad as a human being they are still there?"
7/ "A 1,000 year-old tree has experienced a thousand springs and a thousand winters. It's sat there watching the huge evolution of man," George Atiyeh #OregonFires
8/ Debbie Fawcette sent me this photo of George Atiyeh and her late father, Tom Hirons, who ran a logging company together for years in #Orgeon. Courtesy of her mother, Marlene Hirons. Atiyeh would visit with her or stop at Tom's grave to talk.
9/ More sad news related to the fire where George Atiyeh disappeared: oregonlive.com/wildfires/2020…
10/ The resignation of #Oregon state fire marshal was related to the search for George Atiyeh: oregonlive.com/pacific-northw…
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