to the VanNatta Home Page. I have followed a multi-Disciplinary
career since my graduation from Willamette University of
Salem , Oregon more
than a few years ago. For 39 years last past, I have
been a practicing attorney in the firm of VanNatta and
Petersen of St. Helens,
Oregon which should not be confused with its namesake
Mt. St. Helens which is under constant watch by the
Cascades Volcano
Observatory. I live near Apiary which is south of Rainier ,
Oregon. If you are a history buff you may be interested
in the the history of Rainier or
you can read about the 25 West
Oregon communities whose history is documented on
this site.
Some of my youth was spent at the Rainier United Methodist Church.
In yet another side of my career, I am
part owner of a family forestry and logging company,
VanNatta Brothers, which has been logging with a
conscience for 45 years on the same piece of property in
Apiary, Oregon, which explains why there is VanNatta Foresty and Logging Page .
Farmers and Loggers and rural folks generally tend of
have machinery of various types and the VanNatta Family
is no exception. If you poke around here a bit you will
find all sorts of things. 
My family has been farming and logging in Columbia County
for over a century so I know some Logging History I also know something
about Log Skidders Loggers
often have Cummins
Engines in their equipment and frequently watch what
the major timber and paper producers such as Boise Cascade are doing. I can
definitively say that the AOL which VanNatta Brothers
belongs is the Associated Oregon
Loggers, not American
OnLine , a late comer. Perhaps because my
grandfather hiked into the Klondike in the '98
goldrush, I've always had a special spot for Alaska . You can get there
via the Alaska
Marine Highway. After spending 5
years in the Yukon and Fairbanks mining districts, my
grandfather came to St Helens and established a dairy
farm. I know only enough about the dairy business to
know that I don't want to be in it, but I can
recognize a good Real Dairyfarmer
Homepage when I see one. While you are traveling,
you should stop over in Kentucky and visit Duane
Bristow's Old Kentucky page as it has a little
of something for everyone in it.
When I am not practicing law or logging, I have often written articles about computers or computer history .
I love bridges, too, and the Bridges of Portland are special, but if you prefer college homepages there is a page for that too at nearby Reed College.
For some flyfishing and photos of Oregon outdoors, the McKenzie River Page is outstanding.
Beyond the practice of law, I am the founding Editor of VanNatta's Worker's Compensation Reporter which is the only service in Oregon which reports Worker's Compensation administrative decisions. It was named by me in a moment of arrogance, and it still carries the VanNatta's moniker, though I have ceased to be involved with it since about volume 20.
This isn't all. There are more Forestry/logging links behind the VanNatta Forestry and Logging Page.