World famous Langlois

Why Langlois is or should be world famous

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So are the citizens of Langlois delusional??

WE THINK NOT.

Reasons:

1) We take pride in the fact that the name Langlois stirs up so much interest in the pronunciation. The subject is a great ice breaker  and is often the first question asked by visitors.

Langlois is a variant of the French "L'anglais" meaning the Englishman which seems to indicate the family name started when some English showed in France post-Norman conquest era. The variations in pronunciation stem from Anglicization and then Americanization down through the years.  There are variations still among Guernsey (home of our founding family) and Jersey Islands The name is not quite on par with the Welsh town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwy rndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. So really, one might  we have it easy, but  is still up for debate.  One of most accepted version is Langless stemming from a phonetic version of the 1860 Federal census of our Founding Family

 

  

  

However, the citation in Oregon's Names; How to Say Them and Where They are Located? by Bert Webber ( a well respected historian) lists the pronunciation as LANG lois.

The locals have their own take on the name: Lang lois  Langwau, Lang o ise, Lang lewis , Lang lis , Lang loy and probably more. Here are some samples from us locals. 


The Atlantic: How Two Young Hippie Friends Grew Up to Live Very Different Lives

Kelly Flemming from Langlois made the Atlantic Magazine .. which makes her WORLD FAMOUS!

How Two Young Hippie Friends Grew Up to Live Very Different Lives

Each installment of The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship.

This week she speaks with two women who grew up in the hippie counterculture of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Stephanie Blank dated Kelly Fleming’s brother while attending an alternative high school, then followed him to Mexico where she met Kelly and the rest of the family, who were living on a converted school bus while they traveled around. The romance didn’t last, but Stephanie’s friendship with Kelly did, even as they grew up and their lives took very different paths.

The Friends:

    Stephanie Blank, 65, a writer and the owner of a home-accessory business, who lives in Marina del Rey, California
    Kelly Fleming, 63, a fiber artist and substitute teacher who lives in Langlois, Oregon

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Update on World Famous Langlois

Have You Seen the Langlois Visitors Guide?

 

LANGLOIS - Some may remember 5 years ago when the residents of Langlois and the Oregon Department of Transportation had a disagreement. The residents wanted the speed limit to go down and ODOT, after a speed zone study, wanted it to go up. The limits were changed, and arguments ensued, with some residents, armed with pickup trucks and shovels, “offering” to move the signs back. ODOT did find a way to put everything back the way it was and the whole incident was filed under “Be careful what you wish for”.

 

However … the event had a ripple effect. ODOT suggested that Langlois didn’t have enough “roadside culture” (ODOT lingo) for drivers to believe they were entering a town, despite all of the usual highway signs. Through a collective effort, fundraising and generous donations, and with the help of the County, signs welcoming visitors to World Famous Langlois were placed at each end of town.

 

The signs triggered some of the recognition Langlois deserves when, in 2016, Via Magazine mentioned local businesses, opening with “Sly signs marking tiny Langlois declare it world famous – and who’s to say its not?”

 

Why world famous, you asked? And the WorldFamousLanglois.com website was created to bring more awareness to the community.

 

But why stop there? Three members of the original sign committee volunteered to create another vehicle to boast about the place they call home, and the Langlois Visitors Guide was born in 2016. Yes, there is enough going on in Langlois to fill a guide! And in 2019 (the third printing), over 1,000 copies were distributed in visitors’ centers from North Bend to Gold Beach, and in local businesses, campgrounds and motels north and south. Creation and distribution of the Guide is by volunteers, and participation in the Guide is by donation, with the help of Friends of the Langlois Library as the Guide’s fiscal sponsor.

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