Senator John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Vice President
Richard M. Nixon for the Presidency in 1960.

Andy’s Gang ran on NBC-TV from  August 20,1955 to December 31,1960.
It’s host, Andy Devine would interact with Froggy the Gremlin ,Midnight
the cat and Squeeky the mouse. Squeeky, was actually a Hamster.

Andy’s Gang was sponsored by Buster Brown Shoes.

“That’s my dog Tige, he lives in a shoe!! I’m Buster Brown, I live in there too!!”

  
               February 18, 1952  –  October 31, 2010

 
Red Skelton and Johnny Carson doing what they did best.

The Forestry Building under construction in 1907.

  

Fire destroyed the structure on August 17, 1964.

A new “World Forestry Center” opened to the public on June 5,1971.
The center is located near the Portland Zoo in Washington Park.