Small Town America #5 Vernonia, Oregon 

Having worked in the restaurant industry for 40 years I want to say thank you for being kind to that waitress . We often work in deplorable conditions and get paid peanuts . To have someone kind like yourself show your appreciation and generosity makes the days bearable . I know she appreciated it .

I used to live there in 1990-1994. I remember the lovely Christian ladies that helped at Vacation Bible School at the Presbyterian Church. It is a ways out of shopping but scenic yes. I remember swimming in the dammed up river downtown and attending Baptist church and walking from home with my mom and 3 siblings to the Mill Pond. We would walk around it and pick blackberries off the trail in summer. Relaxing location, thanks for the memories 💖 God bless you Mr Briggs. ☦️

I live in a small town called Thermopolis Wyoming. population 2725. After living in Fort Collins Colorado for 40 years and working there it is wonderful to be in a small town.The small town you showed us today would be a marvelous place to live I do believe if your person that likes small towns.

Well done Briggs! Keep these in person videos coming! Would love to see one on Astoria, Or. Lots of available content for you there.

I graduated from high school in very small town Washington State, my graduating class was 12 in 1976 and the population of that town hasn't grown much in recent years. A recent graduating class was 15 students. I love the drive out to Vernonia; regardless of the season I roll my windows down all the way when I get on the Nehalem Highway because the scent of pine in the air is like nowhere else in Washington or Oregon ❤

I spent the weekend in Vernonia, OR in the 1990s for a combination ham radio field day and star party at an old friend's place that has an observatory there. Nice and dark at night !

Love your new series. Thank you!

I have a relative that lives there, great town with such a magical setting!

Really love these small town videos! Please keep doing them! 🙏🙏

Love how you keep giving subtle shout-outs to Will's channel. You practice what you preach. Being nice to each other.

Never thought I’d see my tiny adopted home town on here :) I

Well done, Briggs I like how you actually got out into the town to film, it looked really cool.

Dear friend, I have lived in Oregon for a year, and it is truly amazing what you created here for us to enjoy or just get back some of the most amazing memories I created there. Nowadays, I struggle with a lot of stress due to much work, but this really brought me back in time and I feel much more uplifted. Thank you again for sharing and wishing you the best :)

It was very quaint. Kind of reminds me of where they would shoot a show like Northern Exposure. Very cute place.

I used to live up in Longview Washington and have been down to Vernonia a few times. Kind of a cute and quiet place with friendly locals. Great place.

I love Vernonia, I have an aunt and cousins there on my dad's side. Honestly I am surprised you were surprised that it has a gun store, this is the rural NW after all, the exact opposite of Portland, I often see little towns with a gas station/mini-mart that sell ammo so...

Love the scenery Briggs🌲🌳🌿🍃🔥💯!!!

Love these small town tours! thank you for sharing with us! Great to see small-town America still exist

Hi Briggs. I'm starting to think of these as "The Sunday night tour with Briggs. Have a great week and be safe.

Enjoying the small town tours, TY.

Loved every bit of this video. Charming little city. ♥️

As a kid we would drive by the sign to Vernonia on our way to Rockaway. For some reason I wanted to move there...but never even went through the town. It was fun seeing it in your video.

There’s a great bike trail that runs form Banks to Vernonia. We have ridden this several times. Ride out to Vernonia, have lunch, ride back. Highly recommended.

I love seeing the small northwest towns highlighted.. I lived in Portland for 40 years.. Vernonia is a quaint little place

Cute town. I enjoy visiting small, rural areas.

I am watching this video for the first time from the Bear Creek Pub in Vernonia. First time here since I moved to Portland about a year and a half ago.

Love the white daisies painted on the side of that one building! Thanks, Briggs!

The lake was actually the log pond for the old mill that once stood on the one side of it.

Vernonia is my home town , we love our logging , beer and football .

I love Vernonia , lived here as a kid with my mom & Brother. My husband & I use visit Vernonia all the time. great biking , hiking. Washington Grade School Sadly flooded Also the OG high-school. The houses are beautiful here. I swam in that pool & was baptized as a kid in Rock Creek . Awesome town , wonderful people. Lots to do. Friendship Jamboree & the Ole football Stadium bring back so many great memories. There is a lot of history here. The older town locals have profound history & their stories are wonderful to hear. I love chatting up the locals & the small stores owners there. I wish we could have moved there. My husband's job relocated us out of my home state last year sadly . Miss this beautiful Town and my home State. There's more to see than just Bridge St. I love Brigestreet. Alot of hystory ! so much has changed since i was young. Most people commute to work or at least they did way back. The community is solid.They care for their town deeply & look out for one another. Next time ask the locals about Vernonia get some ideas of places to see . Beautiful properties here. Great biking , hiking, camping. So many things you did not see or know about in this video. Vernonia is #1 in small towns in Oregon in my book. You Definitely missed out on this one. My dream is to one day live here. I hope you go back someday & get some inside from the locals, listen to any older locals and your mind will be blown with great memories of this beautiful Town.

I was considering Vernonia. A checker at my local Fred Meyer said she lives there. Quite a commute if you ask me. The possibility of flooding is concerning.

The lake and the old mill was my favorite as a kid!!! Thinking about it now exploring an old mill is terrifying

It's a cute little town I have to say it kinda reminds me of bay minette Alabama, it's a 20 minute drive from I65 and is surrounded by swampy marshlands

Hey Briggs, another good video about our area. As a writer who's lived in Lake Oswego since 2008, I have a lot of free time to go out and explore the area. Granted, I don't do it as much as I used to. But I am still waiting for you to take the trip to Newberg. In my humble opinion, probably the best of the small towns in the area. Keep up the great work!

beautiful trees and relaxing drive

My opinion is Vernonia is a great little town. It being 45 minutes from Portland makes it the perfect distance for someone to commute to and from work if needed, or to go have a day out. In my opinion though, you should try driving down Scappoose Vernonia Highway. As the name implies, its the highway between Vernonia and Scappoose (where I live) and it's a great drive. Then it's as simple as hopping down Saint Helens Highway to get to downtown, it takes a bit longer but it's got great scenery if all you're trying to do is enjoy a nice drive.

Thank you for this. It’s nice to see you out and about showing us around.

Great walking tour. This looks so inviting, a place to just spend a few days to unwind. Wonder how well the roads are maintained in winter. How many offspring come back to visit parents and grandparents. A positive endorsement for a very small town.

Wife's cousin lived north of there another 20 miles in the sticks... Nice area away from people, traffic and cities...👌👍

I’ve been to Vernonia many times. It’s a nice little town.

Appeared to be a very decent little town and with the lower crime rate a town with decent people.

Having lived in small towns most of my life, guns stores on main streets was the norm. Glad the tradition is still alive in places. This town is now definitely on my list of places to retire to.

Got to LOVE these videos! World seems to run a little slower in places like this. Thank You Sir for the road trip.

I'm enjoying these videos featuring off-the-beaten path towns. I see comments that suggest you go to places like Ashland, Dundee, Newberg, etc., but these videos featuring small towns that aren't tourist draws (Shakespeare Festival, wine country) are more interesting.

Nothing seems busy. Tired and quiet

I love where the sidewalks end.

I love going to the antique store in Vernonia, the owners are such nice people.

Dude I love your videos. I live in your area and would totally be up to tagging along for one of your small town visits. I love history and exploring new places. Looks like fun.

Yessss! The Mighty Loggers! I still have family living in Vernonia!

I enjoyed that very much! And I really liked the music, too. Thanks, Briggs!

I like videos like this. If you can, do more walking tours around the Country. That would be really interesting.

Spent a lot of time in Vernonia as a kid my aunt and uncles live there my uncle Orrin weed had a large farm and also did a lot of logging

I was just there! Beautiful place, and going into a 'Wineries and Art Show' sort of direction in future growth. Blue House had really great food also. I think it's a good investment, as far as real estate in NW Oregon.

Love MY little town! Lived in Vernonia for 13 years. Love the wildlife. i always have deer and elk in my yard. what it lacks in amenities is made up by the awesome community we have!

I like how you simply went to places you can easily drive to but showed a tour of the areas and explained them.

Memories! I used to drive my 1958 Chevy panel truck all over Oregon and I got to Vernonia too

Thank you oh my goodness I live there! My husband is a logger and we love this little town there's fishing camping the people are nice everyone come visit vernonia Oregon! Good job on the video God bless

Ohhhh it’s weird seeing Washington grade school demolished!!! I lived in Vernonia 1998-2000…it’s such an small town in the middle of nowhere.

Much love to everyone and their families from Alton Missouri USA 💪 🌻 🤠 🙏

yah I seen that lady with the super long hair. Very cute. I have an affinity for long haired women. Glad you are good tipper. Seems to me every little town in Oregon does try hard to keep it clean.

WOW "No fear deer" apparently. We have a shitload here (CT), and see em all the time, but they immediately book away from people like we're chasing them with machetes while screaming.

Visit Aberdeen! I know it's probably too big for this series, but I'd love to see you do a tour and hear your thoughts

I grew up in Vernonia from the time I was 5 till I was 19. I love it there and visit there very often. As I know a lot of people that still live there. You should go back up the first weekend of August it’s when the whole town has a party it’s called jamboree. Also go back to the lake and go inside the old logging mill you’re allowed to do graffiti art inside of there it’s actually very cool. I could go on and on but I don’t wanna write an essay on here lol. But awesome video!!! Definitely took me back a few years to when I was in high school there class of 2014!

I graduated from a class of 6 (one classmate had to graduate remotely). The low school size actually affected me through my social skill life.

Vernonia Lake is a great spot to take kids fishing. There’s 2 docks that are ADA compatable, and a nice trail around the lake for biking and running. Thanks for the shout out Briggs!!!

To quote The Rascals: Groovin On A Sunday Afternoon with Briggs. 😁☺😄😊

We went to Veronia about 18 months ago to the great antiques stores. We too ate where you ate. Black Grill Diner. Was great. It was one of the first places we went during lol the craziness during those recent times. Also a beautiful drive. Thanks for sharing

Blue House Mediterranean Cafe has some really good food. Their lamb shawarma was so good I remember it years later. Cedar Side Inn Bar treated this out of towner warmly as well.

Great video! Really enjoyed it. Very informative and well put together 😃

Please do a video on Sisters, OR during winter!

I'm fairly new to the channel and I'm loving it. I'm going to start working through this series. This is the first one and I think I'd love to live here 😊

There is an excellent 22 mile bike path from Banks to Vernonia (Banks/Vernonia Linear State Park) that can be used in conjunction with a few back roads (going thru Jewel and Mist) following the Nehalem river road all the way down to Manzanita on the Oregon coast.

Growing up in WA state, all my life I have seen roads like that and similar small towns. Come do Westport WA.

If it had a decent medical facity or one witin 30-40 minutes, I'd live there!! Just the kind of place for me. Not a lot of people, safe and quiet...very quiet. Thanks for this one Briggs

These recent walking tours are great. A step up from the stock photos/statistics vids.

Thank you for your video and hope you know how much I appreciate your channel 👍

Loved the way you presented the whole video. 👍 And subscribed.

I lived in Vernonia when I was little. My first memories are there. I really do need to go back and visit.

I live in Vernonia. Quick 35 min trip to Hillsboro for work. Escape back to quiet and deer in my yard after. It's not fancy, and that's exactly the point.

Oh yea, and Green Day also made a music video here. I like the piano touch to your video. Very nice. 8:26 is your Axe Man.

Hey, I know where Vernonia is at. We go by that turn off of the Sunset Highway quite a bit. There's a weird sign there with a finger pointing and it says, "Hey, it's this way to Vernonia". Or something like that. To be totally honest, I've only been there once. It was a while ago, when the Sunset Tunnel was closed and that was the detour.

Great video! Your next one should be on my town of KALAMA Washington)) Your Viewers will love the history going back to Lewis and Clark, plus we have a much smaller and picturesque town to cruse through)) and our back country is breathtakingly beautiful with mountain views down the Columbia River all the way to Portland! So come check it out) Ill be happy to give you a grand tour! RW.

nerve-relaxing journey 💟 and cooooool music 🎵💕 Thank you 🙏🏻

Just got back today from 2 days of camping in Vernonia, nice little town.

7:22 bro the scenery with nature sounds and piano is so relaxing 🌲🍃🎼👍👍😇 ( I could see and or hear that on a loop)

I have worked in Vernonia for the last year, it’s nice to see a lot of the familiar sights.

Absolutely loved the in person touch. Really nice video.

The Sunset Highway.

We were camping in Vernonia for two weeks last July. I really enjoyed it, but don’t know if I could actually live there. I do want to get back to Oregon though, living on the sun right now…Tucson. Hate it here. Hate. Thanks for the video.

Thank you.

This is a interesting video. Dad and I use go fishing there. Had a good lunch there. I graduated from Banks HI in 71.

This is great. I wish we could get more of these.

I love these drives , if I can’t get out there myself I watch these . 🥰

#1.1k👍😀More pictures of the store fronts and some inside too please! Some drone shots would be cool!

There’s another really really interesting town you might want to visit called Ashland Oregon! famous for the Shakespearean festival the whole town has been built around. Very artistic environment! homes really unique beautiful central park called Lithia! Would make a really fascinating video!

Oregon my type of place if I had a car, Portland to party and explore city life🕺😎🍻, and those rural small towns to unwind,live and relax🙇‍♂️😇

Would love to see eagle creek or esdacada

vernonia looks like a cool little town.

I like the small town tours. I grew up out by Damascus - lots of things similar.

I have several coworkers and a few friends that live in Vernonia. Most on acreage which is no longer affordable. One friend lived on 20 acres. It's a friendly, self sustaining town that doesn't "need" tourist but are still polite when you come through. Police presence is low but I feel bad for anyone coming through town with bad intentions. Ambulance response is going to take a while. Everyone has a gun there and I've also heard full automatic fire as well.