Offbeat Oregon History podcast
By www.offbeatoregon.com (finn @ offbeatoregon.com)
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A daily (5-day-a-week) podcast feed of true Oregon stories -- of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold. Stories of shanghaied sailors a1512nd Skid Road bordellos and pirates and robbers and unsolved mysteries. An exploding whale, a couple shockingly scary cults, a 19th-century serial killer, several very naughty ladies, a handful of solid-brass con artists and some of the dumbest bad guys in the history of the universe. From the archives of the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspaper column. Source citations are included with the text version on the Web site at https://offbeatoregon.com.
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Prospectors turned their backs on a fortune, twice
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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HEADLINE (WPA oral-history interview with NAMENAMENAME)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Laws in old Oregon were rough, not always ready
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Deadly weather usually catches Oregon by surprise
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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The short, tragic story of P-town’s municipal whale
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Bootlegger ‘lobster trap’
a huge but costly success
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The Portland mining engineer who invented fracking (WPA oral-history interview with William Hampton)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Brothel owner Carrie Carrie’s sidekicks proved bad at corpse disposal (Part 2 of 2)
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Bordello madam Carrie Bradley was a real-life Brigid O’Shaughnessy (Part 1 of 2 parts)
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Scholarly Albany flyer was the real father of Oregon aviation
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Was Bridge of the Gods real? Almost certainly yes
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The maddest man in old Portland (WPA oral-history interview)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Cressman was Oregon’s real-life Indiana Jones
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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A long-gone gold town’s short but colorful past
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ship owner’s offer of bonus led directly to shipwreck
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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How an old banana peel changed Oregon history
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Recollections of an 1880s Astoria salmon fisherman (WPA oral-history interview)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Battleship USS Oregon was lost in Pearl Harbor attack — sort of
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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P.R. wizard Gilbert Gable managed Jefferson ‘secession’ like a movie (Part 2 of 2)
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Jefferson ‘secession’ of ’41 a brilliant publicity stunt (Part 1 of 2)
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Surge of rebel refugees changed Oregon politics
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Oregon City was home of first electric power grid
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Express clerk’s silence foiled Eugene train robber
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Recollections of an Oswego native from the days of the Oregon Iron Company (WPA oral-history interview)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Murderer avoided gallows by faking a 2-year coma
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Vaudeville Susie’s Riot; or, Oregon’s Helen of Troy
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Union squabbles were part of life on the waterfront
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Malheur County rancher saves pioneer Oregon aviator’s life
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Recollections of an old Oregon railroad telegrapher and union lawyer, Part 2 of 2 (WPA oral-history interview)
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Decade-long dam dispute resolved with dynamite (Episode for Friday, March 22)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Did monk from China “discover” Oregon 1,600 years ago? (Episode for Thursday, March 21)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Bridge-building scandal aroused Portlanders’ fury (Episode for Wed, March 20)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Tiny home-built schooner saved Tillamook settlers (Episode for Tue, March 19)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Recollections of an old Oregon railroad telegrapher and union lawyer, Part 1 of 2 (WPA oral-history interview; episode for Mon, March 18)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Was legendary city of Quivira on Oregon Coast? (Episode for Fri, March 15)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Chinese smuggler saved woman and her baby, then vanished (episode for Thu, March 14)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Massive passenger liner won race with fiery death(episode for Wed, March 13)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Rabies epidemic was like a war in Eastern Oregon (episode for Tue, March 12)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Announcement: All This Week Episodes at Once, and Why
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Recollections of an old Oregon mining-law specialist (WPA oral-history interview)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Innocent man’s sacrifice averted deadly ‘tong war’
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Circuit Preacher Tales III: Longshoreman’s Funeral
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Circuit Preacher Stories 2: Shanghaiing up a flock
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Circuit Preacher Stories 1: The Rev. Wells’ wild ride
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Recollections of an old Oregon hard-rock miner (WPA oral-history interview)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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‘Tillamook Guerillas’ were ready for enemy invasion
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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When dynamite truck blew up, it looked like nuclear war
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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‘Home for Wayward Girls and Fallen Women’ a bust
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Portland lad grew up to be a founding father of USSR
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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The Furrier's Story: Louis Schumacher, part 2 of 2 parts (WPA oral history interview)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Massive DC-8 jumbo jet landed at tiny rural airport by mistake
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Shipwrecked fur traders walked from Oregon Coast to Louisiana
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Czarina shipwreck: A deadly marine concert of timidity and incompetence
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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“Camp Castaway” was an inconvenient miracle
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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The Furrier's Story: Louis Schumacher, part 1 of 2 parts (WPA oral history interview)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Six iconic food items that were invented in Oregon
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Little remains of back-woods luxury spa at Wilhoit Springs
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Would Slate's all-metal steam-powered airship have worked?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Alsea lad became ‘The Nikola Tesla of Oregon’
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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The life, times, and gold mines of Captain W.H. Hembree (WPA oral-history interview)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Was Joe Drake a murderer, or just an innocent patsy?
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Japanese submarine I-25 blasted its way into Oregon history twice
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Oregon’s first execution still cloaked in mystery
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Schooner crew locked in a race with fiery death
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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The Last Diggin's: Recollections of an old Oregon miner (WPA oral-history interview)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Davy Crockett in Oregon? Yes, but only in ‘tall tales’
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Vanport houses floated like life rafts in catastrophic flood
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Mill owner’s fight with city sparked anti-Japanese riot
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Skipper’s refusal to leave ship angered rescuers
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Recollections of one of Portland's first telephone operators (WPA Federal Writers' Project oral history)
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Copter crash decimated Oregon journalism
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Oregon back country is rich in legends of buried treasure
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Radical Wobblies found support among loggers
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Buying a B-17 for his gas station was a crazy adventure
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Autobiography of an Oregon Trail pioneer (Part 3 of 3)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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‘Automo-bubble’ a part of Deschutes railroad war
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Shipwreck of Brother Jonathan is ground zero in treasure squabble
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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SPADs, Sopwith Camels made with Oregon spruce
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Fossil hunters' ‘Bone Wars’ came to Oregon, but just barely
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Autobiography of an Oregon Trail pioneer (Part 2 of 3)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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State government was
‘decapitated’ by crash
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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“Wonder Dog’s” 2,500-mile odyssey put Silverton on the map
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Gun-toting ‘Wildcat’ was nation’s first ‘shock jock’
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Portland ‘jitney wars’ were monopoly vs. small-biz
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Autobiography of an Oregon Trail pioneer (Part 1 of 3)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Atlantis in Oregon: The underwater lost cities
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Japanese shipwrecks on coast predate Columbus
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Mislabeled wood alcohol killed 28 Portland hobos
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Story of sinister video game is urban legend
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Sara B. Wrenn interviews Bert Mendenhall about old Portland, and his father's experiences as an Oregon Trail pioneer
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Did ‘Vortex I’ prevent riots in downtown Portland?
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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McCall expected ‘Vortex I’ to cost him re-election
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Riot at PSU set the stage for ‘Governor’s Pot Party’
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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NASA’s ‘Moon Trees’ have roots in Oregon forest fire
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Ardyth Kennely interviews Newt McDaniel about the ghost town of Ellendale (WPA oral history)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Childhood tree-planting memories for thousands
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Tillamook Burn ‘blew up’ with shocking speed
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Tillamook Burn sprang from loggers’ bad gamble
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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War-games campaign blanketed Central Oregon
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Reminiscences of Mrs. E.W. Wilson
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Oregon’s ‘tiger king’ became Idaho’s problem
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Rosecrans rescue one of Coast Guard’s finest hours
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Cursed or not, Rosecrans
was one unlucky ship
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Pioneer Chinese doc was a city treasure in John Day
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Cayuse tribe’s amazing ponies are now very rare
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Weekend Update
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Grisly slasher murder still baffling a century later
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Buck Rogers-style boat didn’t work out for city
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Rooftop stunt made local aero-daredevil famous
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Beavercreek Bomber: One MILLION DOLLars, or out go the lights!
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Pirates were defeated in Yaquina Bay Oyster Wars
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Legendary Civil War ship met a sad end in Coos Bay
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Portland’s Pioneer Square pitched as ‘crystal palace’
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Steamer wrecked by future admiral in the Costa Rican navy
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Mass murderer honored in courthouse monument
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Legendary ‘Chief Bigfoot’ was as elusive as, well, Bigfoot
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Oregon Indian prince was Japan’s intro to the West
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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An unrecognized Indian prince’s quest to see Japan
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Pilot boat’s entire crew mysteriously disappeared
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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“Roaring 20s” murder solved by cop’s diligence
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Did L. Ron Hubbard battle Japanese subs off Astoria?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Portland woman ran U.S. spy ring in World War II
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Fossil Lake: Oregon’s answer to the LaBrea Tar Pits
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Astronaut left a piece of Oregon lava on the moon
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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‘Ship of Romance and Death’ met a dramatic end
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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In 1880s, salmon were the “most dangerous catch”
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Bunco Kelley, Coyote of
P-town waterfront legend
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Oregon’s most notorious shanghaier: Bunco Kelley
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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How Oregon almost lost public access to beaches
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Giant skeleton hinted at
legend of pirate treasure
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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The mysterious demise
of the S.S. South Coast
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Writer Stewart Holbrook embodied the spirit of mid-century Oregon
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Fort Rock’s Reub Long’s tall tales were legendary
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Pixieland, the essence of Oregon midcentury culture
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Nov 01, 2023 |