Carol and I were invited to visit the Oregon Aviation Historical Society in Cottage Grove, Oregon and we appreciated very much the kindness of Carol Skinner, archivist for the Historical Society in taking us on the tour. She also showed us much of the Tex Rankin collection that has been donated to the society. This is perhaps the largest collection of Tex Rankin memorabilia in the US. It was of special interest to Carol, because Tex was her great uncle. We also saw photos of her grandfather, Dudley, one of the three Rankin brothers.

All of the photos in this gallery that are copies of prints were made from pictures in the Tex Rankin archives. Again, we are grateful to Carol Skinner and the Oregon Aviation Historical Society for the tour. The historical society hopes to build a larger building next door to better display all that is in their collection. They are now not able to display but a portion of it in the building they have. It would be great of others come to their aid financially so that such a display center can be constructed.