he Robin Hood Legend belongs to the downtrodden.
The businessmen of Sherwood Oregon U.S.A. were feeling downtrodden in the years immediately following World War II.
The town's economy was drying up. The main road didn't go through town. There was a three way crossing on Highway 99 called Six Corners.
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The Robin Hood Festival Association in 1956. From left: Dr. Stern, Les Oyler, Jack Olds, Lorn Drummond, Mayor Neville VanDolah, Virginia Hite, Bill South, and Woody Woodhouse. |
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It was starting to draw business away from the historic core. But the romantic little town of Sherwood refused to give up. Inspired by the recent re-release of the 1938 Robin Hood classic, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherwood's town-fathers took the Legend and made it the most successful public relations venture in the town's history.