 The place was nationally known for its record rainfalls and for its newspaper, the "Valsetz Star", which was started in the 1930s by 9-year-old Dorothy Anne Hobson.At one time the population of Valsetz was over one thousand, and served by its own elementary and high school, which fielded championship basketball teams.Near the site of the former community is the "Valley of the Giants", of Bureau of Land Management-protected old growth Douglas-fir and Western Hemlock forest on the North Fork of the Siletz River.