Agates of the Oregon Coast: Henry Fonda filled his spare time collecting agates too!

Friday, August 7, 2009

Henry Fonda filled his spare time collecting agates too!

Henry Fonda portrayed Henry Stamper the character as seen in the movie Sometimes a Great Notion, 1970

During his time spent in Lincoln County, to film the movie Sometimes a Great Notion, Henry Fonda filled his spare time as he sketched watercolors and collecting agates. He bought himself a tumbler to polish his rocks.

EDITORS NOTE: The photograph accompanying this article is courtesy of photographer Gerry Lewin. Lewin was a staff photographer for the Salem Statesman in 1970 and covered the event for the paper.

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