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WRECK OF GLENESSLIN: INSURANCE FRAUD, OR DRUNKENSEE MORE ONOFFBEATOREGON.COM
THE HEROIC FINAL FLIGHT OF COTTAGE GROVE'S JIM WRIGHT The heroic final flight of. Cottage Grove’s Jim Wright. He’d spent thousands of hours re-creating history’s most mysterious aircraft. Something had gone wrong, and he was about to crash it. When he did, somebody would die. Who that would be was OREGON LOST WORLD'S BIGGEST LOG CABIN IN SPECTACULAR 1964 complete. When the sun came up on the morning of August 17, 1964, Oregon was home of the world’s largest log cabin. When the sun went down that evening, it wasn’t — and firefighters were still battling a blaze that sent flames 10 stories into the air and rained burning embers the size of apples down on neighboring houses’ roofs. FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION IN PORTLAND STILL SURROUNDED WITH On the afternoon of Nov. 8, 1858, 48-year-old Danford Balch was standing on the deck of the Stark Street Ferry, holding a double-barreled shotgun. Both barrels were still smoking. At his feet in a widening crimson puddle lay the body of his son-in-law, Mortimer Stump. It was the crime that would lead, early the following year, to the first public execution in Portland’s history. WAS SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN “THE BONEYARD” REALLY A MURDER The coroner ruled Thomas McMahon's death an accident, and everyone moved on. But the testimony of witness Eliza “Boneyard Mary” Bunets was suspicious and contradictory. Could she have gotten away with murder? (By Finn J.D. John - 03 Nov 2013) #ofor THE MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK The mysterious skeletons of Crater Lake National Park. Oregon's only national park is a surprisingly dangerous place, and a number of people have died there. Several of these left only bones behind to help us understand what caused their death. This scene from the 1945 Warner Bros. film “Tarzan and the Amazons”. THE LEGENDARY SPANISH GOLD OF NEAHKAHNIE MOUNTAIN Poor Neahkahnie Mountain hasn’t been the same since. One settler after another has become obsessed with the legend and gone to try and retrieve the Spanish gold. People have spent years, decades, whole lifetimes digging hopeful holes in the bluff. In the 1870s, a treasure hunter named Pat Smith found some stones marked with arrows, crosses OREGON ALMOST BECAME PART OF CANADA, EH? How Oregon almost became part of Canada, eh? Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. RAJNEESHPURAM, OREGON'S MOST INFAMOUS ASHRAM -- THE BACKSTORY It was a huge ranch in central Oregon on the John Day River, near the tiny hamlet of Antelope. After they bought it and rechristened it “Rajneeshpuram,” the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh snuck out of Poona, got on a jet airliner, and a short time later became – physically, though never legally – an Oregon resident. (Sources: Gulick, Bill. LEGENDARY “CHIEF BIGFOOT” AS ELUSIVE AS HIS MODERN Nearly every Oregonian knows a story or two about Bigfoot — the legendary and elusive ape-creature that supposedly lives deep in the wilderness and serves as an inspiration to crypto-zoologists and bad reality TV producers nationwide. More than a few Oregonians have claimed to have seen the elusive fellow — or, at least, to knowsomebody
WRECK OF GLENESSLIN: INSURANCE FRAUD, OR DRUNKENSEE MORE ONOFFBEATOREGON.COM
THE HEROIC FINAL FLIGHT OF COTTAGE GROVE'S JIM WRIGHT The heroic final flight of. Cottage Grove’s Jim Wright. He’d spent thousands of hours re-creating history’s most mysterious aircraft. Something had gone wrong, and he was about to crash it. When he did, somebody would die. Who that would be was OREGON LOST WORLD'S BIGGEST LOG CABIN IN SPECTACULAR 1964 complete. When the sun came up on the morning of August 17, 1964, Oregon was home of the world’s largest log cabin. When the sun went down that evening, it wasn’t — and firefighters were still battling a blaze that sent flames 10 stories into the air and rained burning embers the size of apples down on neighboring houses’ roofs. FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION IN PORTLAND STILL SURROUNDED WITH On the afternoon of Nov. 8, 1858, 48-year-old Danford Balch was standing on the deck of the Stark Street Ferry, holding a double-barreled shotgun. Both barrels were still smoking. At his feet in a widening crimson puddle lay the body of his son-in-law, Mortimer Stump. It was the crime that would lead, early the following year, to the first public execution in Portland’s history. WAS SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN “THE BONEYARD” REALLY A MURDER The coroner ruled Thomas McMahon's death an accident, and everyone moved on. But the testimony of witness Eliza “Boneyard Mary” Bunets was suspicious and contradictory. Could she have gotten away with murder? (By Finn J.D. John - 03 Nov 2013) #ofor STORIES, LEGENDS AND LIES OF OREGON Fire in the Bush (memoir) Drawing on his personal experience as a young man on a British Columbia logging crew, legendary Oregon writer Stewart Holbrook gives a gripping account of his crew's battle to save the logging camp — and their very lives — back in the era of "misery whips" and railroad logging. With podcast (17:40). OREGON LOST WORLD'S BIGGEST LOG CABIN IN SPECTACULAR 1964 complete. When the sun came up on the morning of August 17, 1964, Oregon was home of the world’s largest log cabin. When the sun went down that evening, it wasn’t — and firefighters were still battling a blaze that sent flames 10 stories into the air and rained burning embers the size of apples down on neighboring houses’ roofs. OREGON ALMOST BECAME PART OF CANADA, EH? How Oregon almost became part of Canada, eh? Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. THE HEROIC FINAL FLIGHT OF COTTAGE GROVE'S JIM WRIGHT The heroic final flight of. Cottage Grove’s Jim Wright. He’d spent thousands of hours re-creating history’s most mysterious aircraft. Something had gone wrong, and he was about to crash it. When he did, somebody would die. Who that would be was LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION LEFT A TRAIL OF HEAVY-METAL Lewis and Clark expedition left a trail of heavy-metal laxatives Dozens and dozens of mercury-laden purgative pills invented by Founding Father Benjamin Rush were an indispensible part of the Corps of Discovery's kit; the toxic-but-effective tablets helped explorers cope with a very-low-fiber diet. OREGON IS HOME OF WORLD'S ONLY WORLD WAR II-ERA PT BOAT Portland is home of world’s only working PT boat from WWII. Twenty years ago, PT-658 was a weatherbeaten hulk, rotting away at a pier in San Francisco Bay. Today, it's a priceless piece of American history that you'll occasionally see on the waters of Portland Harbor. Bridgeduring the
WHY LEGENDARY LAWMAN VIRGIL EARP IS BURIED IN PORTLAND Why legendary Old West lawman Virgil Earp is buried in Oregon. Retired marshal of Tombstone, Ariz., had only visited Portland once. But his connection to his daughter, Nellie Jane Bertrand, proved to be a strong one. Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil Earp. Portland’s Riverview Cemetery is the state’s oldest nonprofit cemetery, dating back to1882.
HOW OREGON ALMOST LOST PUBLIC ACCESS TO ITS BEACHES How Oregon almost lost public access to its beaches. After a beachfront landowner discovered a loophole in the law and fenced off “his” beach, other oceanfront property owners were eager to follow suit. Governor Tom McCall was determined to "HOLY ROLLER" CULT ENDED WITH MURDER, SUICIDE, MADNESS Downloadable audio file (MP3, 96 Kbps) In the autumn of 1904, F. Edmund Creffield was sentenced to two years in prison. As a practical matter, though, the sentence might as well have been death. When Creffield emerged from prison after serving his term, it was a completely different world that waited for him outside. PRISON BREAK HAPPENED DURING “CONJUGAL VISIT” AT CHEAP By far the most embarrassing jailbreak in state history happened when a murderer simply walked out the back door of a Motel 6 during an unsupervised 'date.'. A month later, two innocent people were dead, but the warden got to keep his job. (Finn J.D. John - 15 Jul 2012) THE MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK The mysterious skeletons of Crater Lake National Park. Oregon's only national park is a surprisingly dangerous place, and a number of people have died there. Several of these left only bones behind to help us understand what caused their death. This scene from the 1945 Warner Bros. film “Tarzan and the Amazons”. OREGON ALMOST BECAME PART OF CANADA, EH? How Oregon almost became part of Canada, eh? Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. THE LEGENDARY SPANISH GOLD OF NEAHKAHNIE MOUNTAIN Poor Neahkahnie Mountain hasn’t been the same since. One settler after another has become obsessed with the legend and gone to try and retrieve the Spanish gold. People have spent years, decades, whole lifetimes digging hopeful holes in the bluff. In the 1870s, a treasure hunter named Pat Smith found some stones marked with arrows, crosses RAJNEESHPURAM, OREGON'S MOST INFAMOUS ASHRAM -- THE BACKSTORY It was a huge ranch in central Oregon on the John Day River, near the tiny hamlet of Antelope. After they bought it and rechristened it “Rajneeshpuram,” the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh snuck out of Poona, got on a jet airliner, and a short time later became – physically, though never legally – an Oregon resident. (Sources: Gulick, Bill. FOSSIL LAKE: OREGON'S PALEOLITHIC-AGE PARADISE Fossil Lake: Oregon's answer to the LaBrea Tar Pits Discovered (sort of) by Oregon's first governor, the dry lakebed in south-central Oregon's Lake County is a gold mine of Ice Age fossils, from tiny rodents to wooly mammoths, saber-tooth cats and dire wolves. WRECK OF GLENESSLIN: INSURANCE FRAUD, OR DRUNKENSEE MORE ONOFFBEATOREGON.COM
WAS SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN “THE BONEYARD” REALLY A MURDER The coroner ruled Thomas McMahon's death an accident, and everyone moved on. But the testimony of witness Eliza “Boneyard Mary” Bunets was suspicious and contradictory. Could she have gotten away with murder? (By Finn J.D. John - 03 Nov 2013) #ofor LEGENDARY “CHIEF BIGFOOT” AS ELUSIVE AS HIS MODERN Nearly every Oregonian knows a story or two about Bigfoot — the legendary and elusive ape-creature that supposedly lives deep in the wilderness and serves as an inspiration to crypto-zoologists and bad reality TV producers nationwide. More than a few Oregonians have claimed to have seen the elusive fellow — or, at least, to knowsomebody
FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION IN PORTLAND STILL SURROUNDED WITH On the afternoon of Nov. 8, 1858, 48-year-old Danford Balch was standing on the deck of the Stark Street Ferry, holding a double-barreled shotgun. Both barrels were still smoking. At his feet in a widening crimson puddle lay the body of his son-in-law, Mortimer Stump. It was the crime that would lead, early the following year, to the first public execution in Portland’s history. "UNCLE JOAB" POWELL WAS MORE THAN LEGISLATURE BARGAINED FOR Pioneer and Baptist circuit rider “Uncle” Joab Powell was famous for spending hours preaching when the spirit moved him. So when he took the podium before the first regular post-statehood meeting of the Oregon Legislature, in 1860, one imagines the representatives settling down comfortably for a long discourse. What they got was a bitshorter.
THE MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK The mysterious skeletons of Crater Lake National Park. Oregon's only national park is a surprisingly dangerous place, and a number of people have died there. Several of these left only bones behind to help us understand what caused their death. This scene from the 1945 Warner Bros. film “Tarzan and the Amazons”. OREGON ALMOST BECAME PART OF CANADA, EH? How Oregon almost became part of Canada, eh? Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. THE LEGENDARY SPANISH GOLD OF NEAHKAHNIE MOUNTAIN Poor Neahkahnie Mountain hasn’t been the same since. One settler after another has become obsessed with the legend and gone to try and retrieve the Spanish gold. People have spent years, decades, whole lifetimes digging hopeful holes in the bluff. In the 1870s, a treasure hunter named Pat Smith found some stones marked with arrows, crosses RAJNEESHPURAM, OREGON'S MOST INFAMOUS ASHRAM -- THE BACKSTORY It was a huge ranch in central Oregon on the John Day River, near the tiny hamlet of Antelope. After they bought it and rechristened it “Rajneeshpuram,” the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh snuck out of Poona, got on a jet airliner, and a short time later became – physically, though never legally – an Oregon resident. (Sources: Gulick, Bill. FOSSIL LAKE: OREGON'S PALEOLITHIC-AGE PARADISE Fossil Lake: Oregon's answer to the LaBrea Tar Pits Discovered (sort of) by Oregon's first governor, the dry lakebed in south-central Oregon's Lake County is a gold mine of Ice Age fossils, from tiny rodents to wooly mammoths, saber-tooth cats and dire wolves. WRECK OF GLENESSLIN: INSURANCE FRAUD, OR DRUNKENSEE MORE ONOFFBEATOREGON.COM
WAS SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN “THE BONEYARD” REALLY A MURDER The coroner ruled Thomas McMahon's death an accident, and everyone moved on. But the testimony of witness Eliza “Boneyard Mary” Bunets was suspicious and contradictory. Could she have gotten away with murder? (By Finn J.D. John - 03 Nov 2013) #ofor LEGENDARY “CHIEF BIGFOOT” AS ELUSIVE AS HIS MODERN Nearly every Oregonian knows a story or two about Bigfoot — the legendary and elusive ape-creature that supposedly lives deep in the wilderness and serves as an inspiration to crypto-zoologists and bad reality TV producers nationwide. More than a few Oregonians have claimed to have seen the elusive fellow — or, at least, to knowsomebody
FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION IN PORTLAND STILL SURROUNDED WITH On the afternoon of Nov. 8, 1858, 48-year-old Danford Balch was standing on the deck of the Stark Street Ferry, holding a double-barreled shotgun. Both barrels were still smoking. At his feet in a widening crimson puddle lay the body of his son-in-law, Mortimer Stump. It was the crime that would lead, early the following year, to the first public execution in Portland’s history. "UNCLE JOAB" POWELL WAS MORE THAN LEGISLATURE BARGAINED FOR Pioneer and Baptist circuit rider “Uncle” Joab Powell was famous for spending hours preaching when the spirit moved him. So when he took the podium before the first regular post-statehood meeting of the Oregon Legislature, in 1860, one imagines the representatives settling down comfortably for a long discourse. What they got was a bitshorter.
STORIES, LEGENDS AND LIES OF OREGON Fire in the Bush (memoir) Drawing on his personal experience as a young man on a British Columbia logging crew, legendary Oregon writer Stewart Holbrook gives a gripping account of his crew's battle to save the logging camp — and their very lives — back in the era of "misery whips" and railroad logging. With podcast (17:40). FOSSIL LAKE: OREGON'S PALEOLITHIC-AGE PARADISE Fossil Lake: Oregon's answer to the LaBrea Tar Pits Discovered (sort of) by Oregon's first governor, the dry lakebed in south-central Oregon's Lake County is a gold mine of Ice Age fossils, from tiny rodents to wooly mammoths, saber-tooth cats and dire wolves. QUEST FOR “LOST CABIN GOLD MINE” LED TO DISCOVERY OF Hang around a group of gold miners long enough, and sooner or later — but most likely sooner — you will hear a story involving a lost gold mine of unfathomable richness, located close by a lost cabin that folks have been looking for for the last 150 years. Depend on it. Among gold-mining stories, the “lost cabin mine” has become a cliché, like the bug-eyed monster in science fiction OREGON IS HOME OF WORLD'S ONLY WORLD WAR II-ERA PT BOAT Portland is home of world’s only working PT boat from WWII. Twenty years ago, PT-658 was a weatherbeaten hulk, rotting away at a pier in San Francisco Bay. Today, it's a priceless piece of American history that you'll occasionally see on the waters of Portland Harbor. Bridgeduring the
1959 “ROSEBURG BLAST” LOOKED LIKE NUCLEAR WAR It’s hard to imagine what it must have been like in the cockpit of the Frontier Airlines passenger liner, flying along at 17,000 feet in the middle of the night, when the pilot saw the mushroom cloud rising over an Oregon city.. The year was 1959. All over the country, children were “ducking and covering” to prepare for the nuclear war that everyone knew was a real possibility. BRUTAL “OREGON BOOT” MADE OUR STATE PRISON FAMOUS The last time an Oregon Boot is known to have been used on an Oregon inmate was 1939, when one was installed on a Mill City prisoner for his trip to the state pen. Today, they’re like stockades and lashes — just another memento of the bad old days. (Sources: McAfee, Ward. “The Formation of Prison-Management Philosophy in Oregon,” Oregon THE HEROIC FINAL FLIGHT OF COTTAGE GROVE'S JIM WRIGHT The heroic final flight of. Cottage Grove’s Jim Wright. He’d spent thousands of hours re-creating history’s most mysterious aircraft. Something had gone wrong, and he was about to crash it. When he did, somebody would die. Who that would be was BOILER BAY AND THE FIERY SHIPWRECK OF THE J. MARHOFFER IN 1910 A brand-new schooner. The J. Marhoffer was a 175-foot, 600-ton steam schooner built at John Lindstrom’s shipyard in Aberdeen, in Washington's Grays Harbor, in 1907. On May 18, 1910, she was still practically brand-new and was coming back to her home port in Portland from a run to San Francisco when an assistant engineer, working on agasoline
"UNCLE JOAB" POWELL WAS MORE THAN LEGISLATURE BARGAINED FOR Pioneer and Baptist circuit rider “Uncle” Joab Powell was famous for spending hours preaching when the spirit moved him. So when he took the podium before the first regular post-statehood meeting of the Oregon Legislature, in 1860, one imagines the representatives settling down comfortably for a long discourse. What they got was a bitshorter.
"HOLY ROLLER" CULT ENDED WITH MURDER, SUICIDE, MADNESS Downloadable audio file (MP3, 96 Kbps) In the autumn of 1904, F. Edmund Creffield was sentenced to two years in prison. As a practical matter, though, the sentence might as well have been death. When Creffield emerged from prison after serving his term, it was a completely different world that waited for him outside. THE MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK The mysterious skeletons of Crater Lake National Park. Oregon's only national park is a surprisingly dangerous place, and a number of people have died there. Several of these left only bones behind to help us understand what caused their death. This scene from the 1945 Warner Bros. film “Tarzan and the Amazons”. OREGON ALMOST BECAME PART OF CANADA, EH? How Oregon almost became part of Canada, eh? Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. OREGON’S WORST PLANE CRASH IS ALSO ITS MOST MYSTERIOUS This plane crash was the worst in Oregon history, with a total death toll of 18 souls — 13 passengers and five crew members. It could, of course, have been much, much worse; the basic DC-9 can hold up to 109 people, although more typically they seat 70 to 90 plus crew. It was the first fatal plane crash in the 20-year history of West Coast THE 1870S IN LAKE COUNTY An Oregon Folklore Studies interview by Sara Wrenn of the WPA Federal Writers' Project with old Lake County cattleman Gus Schroder at his home. Gus was the widower of Silver Lake fire heroine Lucinda Schroder.(Sarah B. Wrenn - 27 Mar 1939 - Presented by Offbeat OregonHistory)
THE LEGENDARY SPANISH GOLD OF NEAHKAHNIE MOUNTAIN Poor Neahkahnie Mountain hasn’t been the same since. One settler after another has become obsessed with the legend and gone to try and retrieve the Spanish gold. People have spent years, decades, whole lifetimes digging hopeful holes in the bluff. In the 1870s, a treasure hunter named Pat Smith found some stones marked with arrows, crosses WRECK OF GLENESSLIN: INSURANCE FRAUD, OR DRUNKENSEE MORE ONOFFBEATOREGON.COM
LEGENDARY “CHIEF BIGFOOT” AS ELUSIVE AS HIS MODERN Nearly every Oregonian knows a story or two about Bigfoot — the legendary and elusive ape-creature that supposedly lives deep in the wilderness and serves as an inspiration to crypto-zoologists and bad reality TV producers nationwide. More than a few Oregonians have claimed to have seen the elusive fellow — or, at least, to knowsomebody
FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION IN PORTLAND STILL SURROUNDED WITH On the afternoon of Nov. 8, 1858, 48-year-old Danford Balch was standing on the deck of the Stark Street Ferry, holding a double-barreled shotgun. Both barrels were still smoking. At his feet in a widening crimson puddle lay the body of his son-in-law, Mortimer Stump. It was the crime that would lead, early the following year, to the first public execution in Portland’s history. "HOLY ROLLER" CULT ENDED WITH MURDER, SUICIDE, MADNESSBRIDE MINISTRIESCULT
Downloadable audio file (MP3, 96 Kbps) In the autumn of 1904, F. Edmund Creffield was sentenced to two years in prison. As a practical matter, though, the sentence might as well have been death. When Creffield emerged from prison after serving his term, it was a completely different world that waited for him outside. "UNCLE JOAB" POWELL WAS MORE THAN LEGISLATURE BARGAINED FOR Pioneer and Baptist circuit rider “Uncle” Joab Powell was famous for spending hours preaching when the spirit moved him. So when he took the podium before the first regular post-statehood meeting of the Oregon Legislature, in 1860, one imagines the representatives settling down comfortably for a long discourse. What they got was a bitshorter.
THE MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK The mysterious skeletons of Crater Lake National Park. Oregon's only national park is a surprisingly dangerous place, and a number of people have died there. Several of these left only bones behind to help us understand what caused their death. This scene from the 1945 Warner Bros. film “Tarzan and the Amazons”. OREGON ALMOST BECAME PART OF CANADA, EH? How Oregon almost became part of Canada, eh? Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. OREGON’S WORST PLANE CRASH IS ALSO ITS MOST MYSTERIOUS This plane crash was the worst in Oregon history, with a total death toll of 18 souls — 13 passengers and five crew members. It could, of course, have been much, much worse; the basic DC-9 can hold up to 109 people, although more typically they seat 70 to 90 plus crew. It was the first fatal plane crash in the 20-year history of West Coast THE 1870S IN LAKE COUNTY An Oregon Folklore Studies interview by Sara Wrenn of the WPA Federal Writers' Project with old Lake County cattleman Gus Schroder at his home. Gus was the widower of Silver Lake fire heroine Lucinda Schroder.(Sarah B. Wrenn - 27 Mar 1939 - Presented by Offbeat OregonHistory)
THE LEGENDARY SPANISH GOLD OF NEAHKAHNIE MOUNTAIN Poor Neahkahnie Mountain hasn’t been the same since. One settler after another has become obsessed with the legend and gone to try and retrieve the Spanish gold. People have spent years, decades, whole lifetimes digging hopeful holes in the bluff. In the 1870s, a treasure hunter named Pat Smith found some stones marked with arrows, crosses WRECK OF GLENESSLIN: INSURANCE FRAUD, OR DRUNKENSEE MORE ONOFFBEATOREGON.COM
LEGENDARY “CHIEF BIGFOOT” AS ELUSIVE AS HIS MODERN Nearly every Oregonian knows a story or two about Bigfoot — the legendary and elusive ape-creature that supposedly lives deep in the wilderness and serves as an inspiration to crypto-zoologists and bad reality TV producers nationwide. More than a few Oregonians have claimed to have seen the elusive fellow — or, at least, to knowsomebody
FIRST PUBLIC EXECUTION IN PORTLAND STILL SURROUNDED WITH On the afternoon of Nov. 8, 1858, 48-year-old Danford Balch was standing on the deck of the Stark Street Ferry, holding a double-barreled shotgun. Both barrels were still smoking. At his feet in a widening crimson puddle lay the body of his son-in-law, Mortimer Stump. It was the crime that would lead, early the following year, to the first public execution in Portland’s history. "HOLY ROLLER" CULT ENDED WITH MURDER, SUICIDE, MADNESSBRIDE MINISTRIESCULT
Downloadable audio file (MP3, 96 Kbps) In the autumn of 1904, F. Edmund Creffield was sentenced to two years in prison. As a practical matter, though, the sentence might as well have been death. When Creffield emerged from prison after serving his term, it was a completely different world that waited for him outside. "UNCLE JOAB" POWELL WAS MORE THAN LEGISLATURE BARGAINED FOR Pioneer and Baptist circuit rider “Uncle” Joab Powell was famous for spending hours preaching when the spirit moved him. So when he took the podium before the first regular post-statehood meeting of the Oregon Legislature, in 1860, one imagines the representatives settling down comfortably for a long discourse. What they got was a bitshorter.
THE MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK The mysterious skeletons of Crater Lake National Park. Oregon's only national park is a surprisingly dangerous place, and a number of people have died there. Several of these left only bones behind to help us understand what caused their death. This scene from the 1945 Warner Bros. film “Tarzan and the Amazons”. THE 1870S IN LAKE COUNTY An Oregon Folklore Studies interview by Sara Wrenn of the WPA Federal Writers' Project with old Lake County cattleman Gus Schroder at his home. Gus was the widower of Silver Lake fire heroine Lucinda Schroder.(Sarah B. Wrenn - 27 Mar 1939 - Presented by Offbeat OregonHistory)
OREGON ALMOST BECAME PART OF CANADA, EH? How Oregon almost became part of Canada, eh? Few people know how close Oregon came to officially becoming a British possession under the treaty that ended the War of 1812 — and the thing that "saved" the state was an expedition everyone thinks of as a disastrous failure. OREGON IS HOME OF WORLD'S ONLY WORLD WAR II-ERA PT BOAT Portland is home of world’s only working PT boat from WWII. Twenty years ago, PT-658 was a weatherbeaten hulk, rotting away at a pier in San Francisco Bay. Today, it's a priceless piece of American history that you'll occasionally see on the waters of Portland Harbor. Bridgeduring the
FOSSIL LAKE: OREGON'S PALEOLITHIC-AGE PARADISE Fossil Lake: Oregon's answer to the LaBrea Tar Pits Discovered (sort of) by Oregon's first governor, the dry lakebed in south-central Oregon's Lake County is a gold mine of Ice Age fossils, from tiny rodents to wooly mammoths, saber-tooth cats and dire wolves. STRANGE-BUT-TRUE STORIES OUT OF OREGON: HEROES AND RASCALS From the archives of the Offbeat Oregon History newspaper column. Stories of shanghaied sailors and 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. HOW OREGON ALMOST LOST PUBLIC ACCESS TO ITS BEACHES How Oregon almost lost public access to its beaches. After a beachfront landowner discovered a loophole in the law and fenced off “his” beach, other oceanfront property owners were eager to follow suit. Governor Tom McCall was determined to BOILER BAY AND THE FIERY SHIPWRECK OF THE J. MARHOFFER IN 1910 A brand-new schooner. The J. Marhoffer was a 175-foot, 600-ton steam schooner built at John Lindstrom’s shipyard in Aberdeen, in Washington's Grays Harbor, in 1907. On May 18, 1910, she was still practically brand-new and was coming back to her home port in Portland from a run to San Francisco when an assistant engineer, working on agasoline
"UNCLE JOAB" POWELL WAS MORE THAN LEGISLATURE BARGAINED FOR Pioneer and Baptist circuit rider “Uncle” Joab Powell was famous for spending hours preaching when the spirit moved him. So when he took the podium before the first regular post-statehood meeting of the Oregon Legislature, in 1860, one imagines the representatives settling down comfortably for a long discourse. What they got was a bitshorter.
PRISON BREAK HAPPENED DURING “CONJUGAL VISIT” AT CHEAP By far the most embarrassing jailbreak in state history happened when a murderer simply walked out the back door of a Motel 6 during an unsupervised 'date.'. A month later, two innocent people were dead, but the warden got to keep his job. (Finn J.D. John - 15 Jul 2012) HEROES AND RASCALS... SHIPWRECKS AND LOST GOLD ... Welcome to Offbeat Oregon History, a public-history resource for the state we love. Here's what you'll find here: * A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER COLUMN published in about a dozen Oregon community newspapers; * An ARCHIVE of columns we've published since 2008, with pictures; * A DAILY PODCAST (7 to 12 minutes long) optimized for mobile-device listening via iTunes , Stitcher, or the
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—JANUARY 1, 2021 — COLUMN N° 593 (21-01) — #1940S #1950S RUNNING FROM FBI? HIDE OUT IN OREGON! #WASHINGTONCOUNTY #CLATSOPCOUNTY #FBIMOSTWANTED #OUTLAWS #KEX #COWBOYJIMWILLIAMS #KENVANKAMPEN #GANGBUSTERS #FUGITIVES — FEBRUARY 1, 2021 — COLUMN N° 594 (21-02) — #1910S DRUNK LOOTING PARTY AT SHIPWRECK SCENE #COOSCOUNTY #MARSHFIELD #NORTHBEND #SALVAGERIGHTS #SANTACLARA #STEAMSHIP #PROHIBITION #FATAL #LOOTERS #PIRATES #WHISKEYGALORE — MARCH 1, 2021 — COLUMN N° 595 (21-03) — #1930S OREGONIANS INVOLVED IN ‘TRUNK MURDERS’ #PHOENIX #ANNIELEROI #SAMMYSAMUELSON #DRWILLIAMJUDD #WINNIERUTHJUDD #OPIUM #LOVETRIANGLE #RAILROADS #UNSOLVED #DISMEMBERED — APRIL 1, 2021 — COLUMN NO. 596 (21-04) — #1890S #1920S #1930S FRANKIE (‘FRANKIE & JOHNNY’) HID IN PDX #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #FRANKIEBAKER #RAGTIME #BORDELLOS #JAZZ #MUSIC #PIANOPROFESSORS #ALLENBRITT #NELLIEBLY #MAEWEST #MURDER — MAY 1, 2021 — COLUMN NO. 597 (21-05) — #1900S #1901S ORE. TOWN HAD ITS OWN ‘BAD LEROY BROWN’ #CLACKAMASCOUNTY #FREECOLDWELL #JIMCROCE #BARFIGHTER #BORING #BLUTO #TOMMYBURNS #NOAHBRUSSO #WORLDCHAMPION #TOWNBULLY #BOXING — JANUARY 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 581 (20-01) — #1850S #1860S#1870S
AC EDMUNDS’ FRIENDS NEEDED NO ENEMY #PORTLAND #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #TEMPERANCECRUSADERS #SUFFRAGE #UNITARIAN #ABOLITIONIST #UNIONS #WTPL #WCTU #VOTERSBOOKOFREMEMBRANCE — FEBRUARY 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 582 (20-02) — #1930S GREAT SEA SERPENT OF THE COLUMBIA BAR #CLATSOPCOUNTY #COLOSSALCLAUDE #CRYPTIDS #ROSE #LIGHTSHIP #VIV #ARGO #SEAMONSTER #PLESIOSAURIDS #COLUMBIARIVERBAR #BIGFOOT #DEVILSCHURN — MARCH 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 583 (20-03) — #1860S #1870S #1880S A LEGENDARY PROSPECTOR & HIS ‘LOST GOLD’ #JACKSONCOUNTY #EDSCHIEFFELIN #TOMBSTONE #GOLDMINER #LOSTCABINGOLD #LOSTREDBLANKETMINE #STEWARTHOLBROOK #TREASUREMAP #BURIEDTREASURE — APRIL 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 584 (20-04) — #1860S HOGG’S WAR RECORD: HIGHWAY ROBBERY #LINCOLNCOUNTY #TEDGENTONHOGG #CIVILWAR #CONFEDERATE #NEWGRANADA #CUNNINGPLAN #RAILROAD #JAILBIRD #YAQUINA #PIRATES #PRIVATEERS#ALCATRAZ
— MAY 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 585 (20-05) — #1850S #1890S OREGON'S CRAZIEST ‘LOST CABIN GOLD’ STORY #JACKSONCOUNTY #SAMSIMPSON #ROGUEINDIANS #SHASTAINDIANS #GHOST #SKELETONS #BURIEDTREASURE #POETRY #OREGONNATIVESONMAGAZINE — JUNE 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 586 (20-06) — #1920S DYNAMITE MURDERER INTO SEXY LINGERIE #DOUGLASCOUNTY #ROSEBURG #BRUMFIELD #DENNISRUSSELL #CARFIRE #CORPSE #SILKPANTIES #NORMANWHITNEY #SUICIDE #SUSPICIOUS #CONVICTED — JULY 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 587 (20-07) — #1970S SMUGGLER’S STINGINESS GOT HIM BUSTED #COOSCOUNTY #DRUGSMUGGLING #STEAMSHIP #DUKW #BEACHBILL #LARC-V #NEWRIVER #STORMRANCH #HEART #BIGGEST #DRUGBUST #CANNABIS — AUGUST 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 588 (20-08) — #1920S #1930S #1950S JANKY MT. HOOD CABLE CAR WAS TERRIFYING #CLACKAMASCOUNTY #HOODRIVERCOUNTY#TIMBERLINELODGE #USFS #SKYSCRAPER #AERIAL #TRAMWAY #CLOUDCAPINN #SKIWAY #MAZAMACLUB #FLYINGBUSES — SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 589 (20-09) — #1890S #1900S#1910S
BOSS SHANGHAIER BECAME STOCK SWINDLER #GOLDFIELDNEVADA #LARRYSULLIVAN #GEORGEGRAHAMRICE #GRANTBROS #GAMBLING #HORSERACING #SHANGHAIING #GANS #NELSON #GOLDMINES #BOXING — OCTOBER 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 590 (20-10) — #1890S #1900S AIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A SHANGHAIING PARTY #CLATSOPCOUNTY #ASTORIA #PORTLAND #LARRYSULLIVAN #AQUILLAERNESTCLARK #BUNCOKELLEY #SHANGHAIED #RIVERBOAT #PARTY #ASTORIA #HOOKERS#WATERFRONT
— NOVEMBER 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 591 (20-11) — #1890S SCOTUS: SLAVERY OK BUT ONLY FOR SAILORS #CLATSOPCOUNTY #ARGOFOUR #UNION #SUPREMECOURT #13THAMENDMENT #SEAMENSUNION #ROBERTSONVSBALDWIN SEAMENSACT #CONSTITUTION #ASTORIA — DECEMBER 1, 2020 — COLUMN N° 592 (20-12) — #1870S RABBI GOT IN A GUNFIGHT AT POTUS’S HOTEL #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #RUTHERFORDBHAYES #BETHISRAEL #REFORM #ORTHODOX #JEWS #MINHAG #ASHKENAZI #SYNAGOGUE #MOSESMAY #ISAACMAYERWISE — JANUARY 6, 2019 — COLUMN N° 529 (1901A) — #1960S FILMING OF ‘WORST WESTERN’ SPECTACULAR #LANECOUNTY #LAKECOUNTY #EUGENE — JANUARY 13, 2019 — COLUMN N° 530 (1901B) — #1880S #1890S#1900S
SHORTY DAVIS: OREGON’S OLDEST COLD CASE? #CROOKCOUNTY #PRINEVILLE — JANUARY 20, 2019 — COLUMN N° 531 (1901C) — #1850S #1860S UNCLE JOAB, WEST'S MOST FAMOUS PASTOR #LINNCOUNTY #MARIONCOUNTY #SALEM — JANUARY 27, 2019 — COLUMN N° 532 (1901D) — #1850S #1860S SINFUL POLS FOUND UNCLE JOAB TOO BLUNT ##LINNCOUNTY #MARIONCOUNTY #SALEM — FEBRUARY 3, 2019 — COLUMN N° 533 (1902A) — #1870S PORTLAND’S TEMPERANCE WAR: BACKSTORY #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND — FEBRUARY 10, 2019 — COLUMN N° 534 (1902B) — #1870S CRAZY BARMAN VS. ANTI-LIQUOR CRUSADERS #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND — FEBRUARY 17, 2019 — COLUMN N° 535 (1902C) — #1870S RIOT RESULTED IN ARRESTS, BUT NOT RIOTERS’ #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND — FEBRUARY 23, 2019 — COLUMN N° 536 (1902D) — #1870S PREACHINESS KILLED TEMPERANCE CRUSADE #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND — MARCH 3, 2019 — COLUMN N° 537 (1903A) — #1920S #1930S #1940S THE COLORFUL LIFE OF AN OLD COUNTRY DOC #TILLAMOOKCOUNTY #GARIBALDI — MARCH 10, 2019 — COLUMN N° 538 (1903B) — #1890S SHYSTER’S LAND-THEFT PLAN: SHANGHAIING #CLATSOPCOUNTY #ASTORIA — MARCH 17, 2019 — COLUMN N° 539 (1903C) — #1880S A LONG-DISTANCE VIEW TO A SHANGHAIING #CLATSOPCOUNTY #ASTORIA — MARCH 23, 2019 — COLUMN N° 540 (1903D) — #1910S MAYOR LOST RE-ELECTION BID — TO HIS WIFE#UMATILLACOUNTY
— MARCH 31, 2019 — COLUMN N° 541 (1903E) — #1880S PREPAID SHANGHAIING PLOT ENDED FATALLY #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND #WATERFRONT — APRIL 7, 2019 — COLUMN N° 542 (1904A) — #1930S TRAPPER'S PLAY FOR SKUNK PELT WENT BAD#TILLAMOOKCOUNTY
— APRIL 14, 2019 — COLUMN N° 543 (1904B) — #1920S #1930S #1940S OLD-TIME LOGGERS WERE TOUGH, STOIC GUYS#TILLAMOOKCOUNTY
— APRIL 21, 2019 — COLUMN N° 544 (1904C) — #1920S MISSING TRAPPER’S MOM FEARED FOUL PLAY #DESCHUTESCOUNTY #LAVALAKES — APRIL 28, 2019 — COLUMN N° 545 (1904D) — #1920S LAVA LAKE MURDERS STILL UNSOLVED, BUT ... #DESCHUTESCOUNTY #LAVALAKES — MAY 5, 2019 — COLUMN N° 546 (1905A) — #1890S CAPTAIN DOUBLED DOWN ON BAD BET, LOST #LINCOLNCOUNTY #OFFSHORE #TILLICUMBEACH — MAY 12, 2019 — COLUMN N° 547 (1905B) — #1880S COWARDICE OF ‘LIFESAVER’ COST 11 LIVES #COOSCOUNTY #CAPEARAGO — MAY 19, 2019 — COLUMN N° 548 (1905C) — #1910S ‘DIAMOND BILL’ WAS ‘HEIRESS WHISPERER’ #WASHINGTONCOUNTY #HILLSBORO — MAY 26, 2019 — COLUMN N° 549 (1905D) — #1890S #1900S #1910S ‘SHANGHAI TUNNELS’ MOSTLY MYTH, BUT... #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND #WATERFRONT — JUNE 2, 2019 — COLUMN N° 550 (1906A) — #1900S CHAMPION BY DAY, SHANGHAIER BY NIGHT #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND #WATERFRONT — JUNE 9, 2019 — COLUMN N° 551 (1906B) — #1900S STATE PROTECTED BOSS SHANGHAIER’S RACKET #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND #WATERFRONT — JUNE 16, 2019 — COLUMN N° 552 (1906C) — #1900S BUNGLING TRY BY SHANGHAIERS ENDED ERA #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND #WATERFRONT — JUNE 23, 2019 — COLUMN N° 553 (1906D) — #1890S GIANT HOUSE PARTY STOPPED LEGISLATURE #MARIONCOUNTY #SALEM — JUNE 30, 2019 — COLUMN N° 554 (1906E) — #1860S #1870S REBEL REFUGEES CHANGED OREGON LIFE #MARIONCOUNTY #SALEM — JULY 7, 2019 — COLUMN N° 555 (1907A) — #1900S A BANANA PEEL CHANGED OREGON HISTORY #MARIONCOUNTY #SALEM — JULY 14, 2019 — COLUMN N° 556 (1907B) — #15THCENTURY WAS BRIDGE OF THE GODS A REAL THING? YES#WASCOCOUNTY
— JULY 21, 2019 — COLUMN N° 557 (1907C) — #1920S ‘LOBSTER TRAP FOR BOOTLEGGERS’ WORKED#TILLAMOOKCOUNTY
— JULY 28, 2019 — COLUMN N° 558 (1907D) — #1860S CHASING A RUMOR, THEY MISSED BIG STRIKE #GRANTCOUNTY #PRAIRIECITY — AUGUST 4, 2019 — COLUMN N° 559 (1908A) — #1860S #1870S PLOT TO SEIZE MINES WITH TROOPS STOPPED#WASHINGTONDC
— AUGUST 11, 2019 — COLUMN N° 560 (1908B) — #1920S #1930S ‘MINER 29ERS’ SURVIVED BY PANNING GOLD#SOUTHERNOREGON
— AUGUST 18, 2019 — COLUMN N° 561 (1908C) — #1850S #1860S COLLEGE PRESIDENT STARTED A GUNFIGHT#LANECOUNTY #EUGENE
— AUGUST 25, 2019 — COLUMN N° 562 (1908D) — #1940S #1950S HAYSTACK ROCK TARGET FOR BAD CLIMBERS #CLATSOPCOUNTY #CANNONBEACH — SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 — COLUMN N° 563 (1909A) — #20THCENTURY DORY FLEET LAUNCHES IN TEETH OF BREAKERS #TILLAMOOKCOUNTY #PACIFICCITY SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 — COLUMN N° 564 (1909B) — #1890S #1900S #1910S HORSE RACING, RACE FIXING ONCE RED HOT #MALHEURCOUNTY #JORDANVALLEY SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 — COLUMN N° 565 (1909C) — #1830S #1840S#1850S
ORE. LIT STARTED WITH ‘CONFESSION’ BOOK #MARIONCOUNTY #FRENCHPRAIRIE — SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 — COLUMN N° 566 (1909D) — #1830S #1840S#1850S
ORE.'S FIRST NOVEL A TORRID PAGE-TURNER #MARIONCOUNTY #FRENCHPRAIRIE — SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 — COLUMN N° 567 (1909E) — #1870S #1880S THE BRIGID O'SHAUGHNESSY OF OLD PDX #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND — OCTOBER 6, 2019 — COLUMN N° 568 (1910A) — #1880S BRIGID’S GOONS BAD AT CORPSE DISPOSAL #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND — OCTOBER 13, 2019 — COLUMN N° 569 (1910B) —#1890S #1940S BATTLESHIP OREGON ‘LOST’ AT PEARL HARBOR #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND OCTOBER 20, 2019 — COLUMN N° 570 (1910C) — #1850S #1860S #1870S FRONTIER LAW ROUGH, NOT ALWAYS READY #TILLAMOOKCOUNTY #POLKCOUNTY #WASHINGTONTERRITORY — OCTOBER 27, 2019 — COLUMN N° 571 (1910D) — #1850S MURDER CONVICT SAVED BY WIFE’S ARRIVAL #BENTONCOUNTY #MARYSVILLE #CORVALLIS — NOVEMBER 3, 2019 — COLUMN N° 572 (1911A) — #1840S SKILL, STOUTNESS SAVED PEACOCK SAILORS #CLATSOPCOUNTY #COLUMBIARIVERBAR NOVEMBER 10, 2019 — COLUMN N° 573 (1911B) — #1860S #1870S #1880S OLD P-TOWN MAYORS WERE DRAMA QUEENS #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND — NOVEMBER 17, 2019 — COLUMN N° 574 (1911C) — #1880S #1890S P-TOWN MAYOR CAUGHT PAYING TO PLAY #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND NOVEMBER 24, 2019 — COLUMN N° 575 (1911D) — #1940S #1950S #1960S LEE, SCHRUNK SET TONE FOR MCM PORTLAND #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND — DECEMBER 1, 2019 — COLUMN N° 576 (1912A) — #1870S #1880S HOW THE RUBES WERE HUSTLED AT THE FAIR #MULTNOMAHCOUNTY #PORTLAND #WASHINGTONCOUNTY — DECEMBER 8, 2019 — COLUMN N° 577 (1912B) — #1850S THEFT OF WIDOW’S HOME TOO MUCH FOR JURY #BENTONCOUNTY #SOAPCREEKVALLEY #CORVALLIS — DECEMBER 15, 2019 — COLUMN N° 578 (1912C) — #1850S #1860S DR. WEED WAS OREGON'S FIRST WOMAN DOC #MARIONCOUNTY #SALEM — DECEMBER 22, 2019 — COLUMN N° 579 (1912D) — #1900S #1910S FIRST BOAT MOTORS MADE ON WEST COAST #CLATSOPCOUNTY #ASTORIA — DECEMBER 29, 2019 — COLUMN N° 580 (1912E) — #1890S #1900S#1910S
THE WILLAMETTE RIVER STEAMBOAT ERA #CLACKAMASCOUNTY #OREGONCITY — JANUARY 7, 2018 — COLUMN N° 477 (1801A) — PLANE CRASH ‘DECAPITATED’ STATE GOV'T#
— JANUARY 14, 2018 — COLUMN N° 478 (1801B) — JOURNAL'S COPTER CRASH HIT P-TOWN HARD#
— JANUARY 21, 2018 — COLUMN N° 479 (1801C) — DAVY CROCKETT IN ORE.? ONLY IN LEGEND#
— JANUARY 28, 2018 — COLUMN N° 480 (1801D) — JOE DRAKE: MURDERER, OR SCAPEGOAT?#
— FEBRUARY, 2018 — COLUMN N° 481 (1802) — HUGE DC-8 LANDED AT TINY AIRPORT#
— FEBRUARY, 2018 — COLUMN N° 482 (1802) — TILLAMOOK GUERILLAS READY TO BATTLE#
— FEBRUARY, 2018 — COLUMN N° 483 (1802) — DEATH MAY HAVE STOPPED TONG WAR#
— FEBRUARY, 2018 — COLUMN N° 484 (1802) — WAS LEGENDARY QUIVIRA ON ORE. COAST?#
— MARCH 4, 2018 — COLUMN N° 485 (1803A) — MURDERER FAKED COMA NEARLY 2 YEARS#
— MARCH 11, 2018 — COLUMN N° 486 (1803B) — ‘MURDER’ VICTIM WAS CREEPY STALKER#
— MARCH 18, 2018 — COLUMN N° 487 (1803C) — ANARCHIST PAPER SHUT DOWN FOR ‘SMUT’#
— MARCH 25, 2018 — COLUMN N° 488 (1803D) — BAKER'S THEATRE DEFINED P-TOWN CULTURE#
— APRIL 1, 2018 — COLUMN N° 489 (1804A) — MURDERERS ROAMED, DESPERATE FOR ALIBI#
— APRIL 8, 2018 — COLUMN N° 490 (1804B) — SHIPWRECK WAS A LUCKY BREAK FOR SAILOR#
— APRIL 15, 2018 — COLUMN N° 491 (1804C) — KILLERS STOLE FROM THE WRONG LANDLADY#
— APRIL 22, 2018 — COLUMN N° 492 (1804D) — FLOODED SHIP SAILED THROUGH HURRICANE#
— APRIL 29, 2018 — COLUMN N° 493 (1804E) — UNWRITTEN LAW DIDN'T COVER IN-LAWS#
— MAY 6, 2018 — COLUMN N° 494 (1805A) — DEADWOOD DICK PULPS SET IN OREGON#
— MAY 13, 2018 — COLUMN N° 495 (1805B) — FRONTIER ROMEO AND JULIET, WITH A TWIST#
— MAY 20, 2018 — COLUMN N° 496 (1805C) — HER TREASON: NOT LENDING CASH TO GOV'T#
— MAY 27, 2018 — COLUMN N° 497 (1805D) — UO FOUNDER DEADY EARLIER OPPOSED IT#
— JUNE 3, 2018 — COLUMN N° 498 (1806A) — WAY'S LYNCHING LIKE A DEADLY PARODY#
— JUNE 10, 2018 — COLUMN N° 499 (1806B) — ‘AMERICA'S WORST NEST OF ANARCHISTS’#
— JUNE 17, 2018 — COLUMN N° 500 (1806C) — DUNIWAY CONSIDERED HERSELF A NOVELIST#
— JUNE 24, 2018 — COLUMN N° 501 (1806D) — OREGON WAS JFK'S MAKE-OR-BREAK STATE#
— JULY 1, 2018 — COLUMN N° 502 (1807A) — LOCALS CALLED BS ON CALI UFO STORIES#
— JULY 8, 2018 — COLUMN N° 503 (1807B) — FLYING SAUCERS STARTED IN PENDLETON#
— JULY 15, 2018 — COLUMN N° 504 (1807C) — MCMINNVILLE UFO PHOTOS STILL DEBATED#
— JULY 22, 2018 — COLUMN N° 505 (1807D) — BEESWAX WRECK MYSTERY IS SOLVED#
— JULY 29, 2018 — COLUMN N° 506 (1807E) — GIRL ENDED FAMILY FEUD WITH SHOTGUN#
— AUGUST 5, 2018 — COLUMN N° 507 (1808A) — THE GREAT CHRISTMAS VALLEY LAND HUSTLE#
— AUGUST 12, 2018 — COLUMN N° 508 (1808B) — ‘TEMPORARY INSANITY’ FAILED HER#
— AUGUST 19, 2018 — COLUMN N° 509 (1808C) — HERO RUMRUNNERS SENT TO JAIL ANYWAY#
— AUGUST 26, 2018 — COLUMN N° 510 (1808D) — ACTIVIST BLOCKED FORCED STERILIZATIONS#
— SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 — COLUMN N° 511 (1809A) — 1ST PORTABLE CHAINSAW INVENTED IN ORE.#
— SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 — COLUMN N° 512 (1809B) — BUGS IN STUMP INSPIRED CHAINSAW#
— SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 — COLUMN N° 513 (1809C) — BOOTLEGGERS' BAD LUCK MADE LOCALS' DAY#
— SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 — COLUMN N° 514 (1809D) — BOOTLEGGERS' MIDNIGHT JAILBREAK A BUST#
— SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 — COLUMN N° 515 (1809E) — NO JURY AGREEMENT? IN ORE., NO PROB#
— OCTOBER 7, 2018 — COLUMN N° 516 (1810A) — LINN CO.'S BLOODIEST HOLIDAY SEASON?#
— OCTOBER 14, 2018 — COLUMN N° 517 (1810B) — DEAD DOC'S ID STOLEN BY SERIAL SWINDLER#
— OCTOBER 21, 2018 — COLUMN N° 518 (1810C) — STUBBORN CITIZEN GOT BOTTLE BILL PASSED#
— OCTOBER 28, 2018 — COLUMN N° 519 (1810D) — P-TOWN-THE DALLES RIVALRY COST A MINT#
— NOVEMBER 4, 2018 — COLUMN N° 520 (1811A) — ORE.'S LOST CRYSTAL CAVE: JUST A LEGEND?#
— NOVEMBER 11, 2018 — COLUMN N° 521 (1811B) — MODEL T ENGINES ARE BAD PLANE MOTORS#
— NOVEMBER 19, 2018 — COLUMN N° 522 (1811C) — EDWARDS MADE OREGON SHEEP COUNTRY#
— NOVEMBER 25, 2018 — COLUMN N° 523 (1811D) — DYNAMITE MURDER WAS A LOVE TRIANGLE#
— DECEMBER 2, 2018 — COLUMN N° 524 (1812A) — COURTHOUSE SQUABBLE WASTED $3.1 MIL#
— DECEMBER 9, 2018 — COLUMN N° 525 (1812B) — DRY TOWN'S STING ON SALOON WAS A FLOP#
— DECEMBER 16, 2018 — COLUMN N° 526 (1812C) — ORE.'S OWN PATENT-MEDICINE SENSATION?#
— DECEMBER 23, 2018 — COLUMN N° 527 (1812D) — TWO P-TOWN BOYS' SHIPWRECK ADVENTURE#
— DECEMBER 30, 2018 — COLUMN N° 528 (1812E) — JOE KNOWLES WAS ‘BEAR GRYLLS OF 1910S’#
— JANUARY 1, 2017— COLUMN N° 424 (1701A) — BIG TRAIN ROBBERY AN INCOMPETENT MESS#
— JANUARY 8, 2017— COLUMN N° 425 (1701B) — BUNGLED TRAIN HEIST SOLVED IN ‘CSI’ STYLE#
— JANUARY 15, 2017— COLUMN N° 426 (1701C) — ALKALI LAKES ONCE GREAT INLAND SEAS#
— JANUARY 22, 2017— COLUMN N° 427 (1701D) — QUEST FOR LEGENDARY MINE LED TO RICHES#
— JANUARY 29, 2017— COLUMN N° 428 (1701E) — THE LEGEND OF THE POLYBIUS VIDEOGAME#
— FEBRUARY 5, 2017— COLUMN N° 429 (1702A) — FAILED ORE. FARMER STARTED GOLD RUSH#
— FEBRUARY 12, 2017— COLUMN N° 430 (1702B) — NEWBURG ORPHAN GREW UP TO BE POTUS#
— FEBRUARY 19, 2017— COLUMN N° 431 (1702C) — EX-OREGONIAN SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES#
— FEBRUARY 26, 2017— COLUMN N° 432 (1702D) — HOW A.C. GILBERT SAVED CHRISTMAS#
— MARCH 5, 2017— COLUMN N° 433 (1703A) — PIRATE, JAILBIRD, HUSTLER, TYCOON ...#
— MARCH 12, 2017— COLUMN N° 434 (1703B) — DID SIR FRANCIS DRAKE VISIT OREGON?#
— MARCH 19, 2017— COLUMN N° 435 (1703C) — A SOUVENIR OF THE AGE OF SHANGHAIING#
— MARCH 26, 2017— COLUMN N° 436 (1703D) — ERECTOR SET INVENTOR WAS UNUSUAL MAN#
— APRIL 2, 2017— COLUMN N° 437 (1704A) — SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL KO'D BOXING EVENT#
— APRIL 9, 2017— COLUMN N° 438 (1704B) — LIGHTHOUSE BUILT 18 DAYS TOO LATE#
— APRIL 16, 2017— COLUMN N° 439 (1704C) — WHEN P-TOWN FLOODS, RAISE SIDEWALKS#
— APRIL 23, 2017— COLUMN N° 440 (1704D) — BONUS ARMY OF ’32 STARTED IN P-TOWN#
— APRIL 30, 2017— COLUMN N° 441 (1704E) — COTTAGE GROVE'S REVENGE WAS SAVAGE#
— MAY 7, 2017— COLUMN N° 442 (1705A) — AWS SAW FEW ENEMIES, BUT SAVED FRIENDS#
— MAY 14, 2017— COLUMN N° 443 (1705B) — MT. HOOD: IT'S STILL AN ACTIVE VOLCANO!#
— MAY 21, 2017— COLUMN N° 444 (1705C) — COLD SNAP SANK A STEAMSHIP#
— MAY 28, 2017— COLUMN N° 445 (1705D) — SOAPY'S FIRST SOAP SWINDLE WAS IN ORE.#
— JUNE 4, 2017— COLUMN N° 446 (1706A) — GOV. GEER A BIKE COMMUTING PIONEER#
— JUNE 11, 2017— COLUMN N° 447 (1706B) — CAPE FOULWEATHER LIGHT ON WRONG SPOT#
— JUNE 18, 2017— COLUMN N° 448 (1706C) — PRO-TIP: COWS MAKE LOUSY BOAT ENGINES#
— JUNE 25, 2017— COLUMN N° 449 (1706D) — MONA BELL WAS A WILD WEST ‘BEARCAT’#
— JULY 3, 2017— COLUMN N° 450 (1707A) — MARIE DORIAN, WILDERNESS SURVIVAL NINJA#
— JULY 10, 2017— COLUMN N° 451 (1707B) — ASTORIANS SHOULDN'T HAVE FOLLOWED RIVER#
— JULY 17, 2017— COLUMN N° 452 (1707C) — HOW MARIE BECAME ‘OREGON'S REVENANT’#
— JULY 23, 2017— COLUMN N° 453 (1707D) — NATURALIST LOST HIS SPECIMENS TO BOOZER#
— JULY 30, 2017— COLUMN N° 454 (1707E) — SCHEMES TO EXPLOIT MULTNOMAH FALLS#
— AUGUST 6, 2017— COLUMN N° 455 (1708A) — GOV.'S SECRETARY IMPOSED MARTIAL LAW#
— AUGUST 13, 2017— COLUMN N° 456 (1708B) — STATE SCHEMED TO RUN 101 ON A BEACH#
— AUGUST 20, 2017— COLUMN N° 457 (1708C) — DAREDEVIL AL, EVEL KNIEVEL OF THE '20S#
— AUGUST 27, 2017— COLUMN N° 458 (1708D) — MURDER MORE COMPLEX THAN IT SEEMED#
— SEPTEMBER 3, 2017— COLUMN N° 459 (1709A) — NONEXISTENT GHOST SAVED A LIGHTHOUSE#
— SEPTEMBER 10, 2017— COLUMN N° 460 (1709B) — GRAND RONDE LIKE USED-OXEN DEALERSHIP#
— SEPTEMBER 17, 2017— COLUMN N° 461 (1709C) — PIXIELAND, ORE.'S CULTURAL ROSETTA STONE#
— SEPTEMBER 24, 2017— COLUMN N° 462 (1709D) — PRO-TIP: MURDERING BRO-IN-LAW IS ILLEGAL#
— OCTOBER 1, 2017— COLUMN N° 463 (1710A) — BEACHED SHIP HAD TO ‘SAIL’ THRU WOODS#
— OCTOBER 8, 2017— COLUMN N° 464 (1710B) — OREGON'S ‘INT'L MURDERER O' MYSTERY’#
— OCTOBER 15, 2017— COLUMN N° 465 (1710C) — LAKESIDE RESORT WAS A FAVE IN HOLLYWOOD#
— OCTOBER 22, 2017— COLUMN N° 466 (1710D) — LAFAYETTE AX MURDER WAS SUPER SORDID#
— OCTOBER 29, 2017— COLUMN N° 467 (1710E) — STATE AGGRESSIVENESS COST YACHATS BEACH#
— NOVEMBER 5, 2017— COLUMN N° 468 (1711A) — O'NEIL: MURDERER, OR INNOCENT PATSY?#
— NOVEMBER 12, 2017— COLUMN N° 469 (1711B) — GRENADE BLAST ENDED CRATER LAKE CHASE#
— NOVEMBER 19, 2017— COLUMN N° 470 (1711C) — VIGILANTE'S GUNFIGHT ENDED WITH 4 DEAD#
— NOVEMBER 26, 2017— COLUMN N° 471 (1711D) — PDX-BOUND PLANE BLOWN FOR INSURANCE#
— DECEMBER 3, 2017— COLUMN N° 472 (1712A) — HAWAII-BOUND FLIGHT DITCHED IN OPEN SEA#
— DECEMBER 10, 2017— COLUMN N° 473 (1712B) — K-FALLS AIRPORT HAD UNUSUALLY BAD LUCK#
— DECEMBER 17, 2017— COLUMN N° 474 (1712C) — OREGON'S WORST PLANE CRASH MYSTIFIES#
— DECEMBER 24, 2017— COLUMN N° 475 (1712D) — LESSONS FROM CRASH STILL SAVING LIVES#
— DECEMBER 31, 2017— COLUMN N° 476 (1712E) — FATAL CRASHES MADE 1933 A ROUGH YEAR#
— JANUARY 3, 2016 — COLUMN N° 372 (1601A) — GOV.'S GOONS FOUGHT DIRTY, BUT DUMB#
— JANUARY 10, 2016 — COLUMN N° 373 (1601B) — ‘JITNEY WARS’: LITTLE GUYS VS. MONOPOLY#
— JANUARY 17, 2016 — COLUMN N° 374 (1601C) — BONE WARS TOUCHED ORE., BUT BARELY#
— JANUARY 24, 2016 — COLUMN N° 375 (1601D) — BUYING A BOMBER WAS A WILD#
— JANUARY 31, 2016 — COLUMN N° 376 (1601E) — CAPTAIN REFUSED TO LEAVE SHIPWRECK#
— FEBRUARY 7, 2016 — COLUMN N° 377 (1602A) — SCHOONER CREW RACED WITH FIRERY DEATH#
— FEBRUARY 14, 2016 — COLUMN N° 378 (1602B) — BENTON COUNTY LAD ‘NICOLA TESLA OF ORE.’#
— FEBRUARY 21, 2016 — COLUMN N° 379 (1602C) — COULD METAL STEAM AIRSHIP WORK?#
— FEBRUARY 28, 2016 — COLUMN N° 380 (1602D) — OREGON LAD A FOUNDING FATHER OF USSR#
— MARCH 6, 2016 — COLUMN N° 381 (1603A) — THE REV. WELLS' WILD RIDE#
— MARCH 13, 2016 — COLUMN N° 382 (1603B) — SHANGHAIING UP A FLOCK FOR THE LORD#
— MARCH 20, 2016 — COLUMN N° 383 (1603C) — A LONGSHOREMAN'S FUNERAL#
— MARCH 27, 2016 — COLUMN N° 384 (1603D) — VAUDEVILLE SUSIE'S RIOT AND GUNFIGHT#
— APRIL 3, 2016 — COLUMN N° 385 (1604A) — GREAT WOMEN OF OREGON HISTORY#
— APRIL 10, 2016 — COLUMN N° 386 (1604B) — ORE. WOMAN WAS FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR#
— APRIL 17, 2016 — COLUMN N° 387 (1604C) — HOW TO NOT DIE OF DYSENTERY ON TRAIL#
— APRIL 24, 2016 — COLUMN N° 388 (1604D) — FRONTIER ORE. MEDICAL SWINDLERS#
— MAY 1, 2016 — COLUMN N° 389 (1605A) — OREGON'S FIRST FAKE-VIAGARA SCAMMER#
— MAY 8, 2016 — COLUMN N° 390 (1605B) — THE JACKSON COUNTY REBELLION#
— MAY 15, 2016 — COLUMN N° 391 (1605C) — RISE OF LLEWELLYN BANKS, DEMAGOGUE#
— MAY 22, 2016 — COLUMN N° 392 (1605D) — POPULIST LEADER PLANNED GUERILLA FIGHT#
— MAY 29, 2016 — COLUMN N° 393 (1605E) — ‘QUEEN OF FAKIRS’ SWINDLED RAILROADS#
— JUNE 5, 2016 — COLUMN N° 394 (1606A) — HEAVEN'S GATE CULT STARTED IN WALDPORT#
— JUNE 12, 2016 — COLUMN N° 395 (1606B) — CATASTROPHIC SHIPWRECK A LUCKY BREAK#
— JUNE 19, 2016 — COLUMN N° 396 (1606C) — COLD SNAP BROKE SHIP IN HALF AT PIER#
— JUNE 26, 2016 — COLUMN N° 397 (1606D) — WARTIME MURDER ENDED IN RAILROAD JOB#
— JULY 3, 2016 — COLUMN N° 398 (1607A) — LIKELY MURDERER BECAME STAR WITNESS#
— JULY 10, 2016 — COLUMN N° 399 (1607B) — WHOSE MOTIVE TO FRAME INNOCENT MAN?#
— JULY 17, 2016 — COLUMN N° 400 (1607C) — SCOTUS DECLARED SLAVERY OK FOR SAILORS#
— JULY 24, 2016 — COLUMN N° 401 (1607D) — HIS CHEATIN' HEART KILLED THE JOURNAL#
— JULY 31, 2016 — COLUMN N° 402 (1607E) — TRUCK BOMBING DOOMED UNION'S STRIKE#
— AUGUST 7, 2016 — COLUMN N° 403 (1608A) — CHRISTMAS SHIP NEEDED SANTA'S HELP#
— AUGUST 14, 2016 — COLUMN N° 404 (1608B) — THE GREAT EXPLODING WHALE INCIDENT#
— AUGUST 21, 2016 — COLUMN N° 405 (1608C) — JAPAN'S BALLOON BOMBS TERRIFIED COAST#
— AUGUST 28, 2016 — COLUMN N° 406 (1608D) — GRAVEYARD OF PACIFIC NOT EASILY TAMED#
— SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 — COLUMN N° 407 (1609A) — A DAM, CRAFTY POLITICS, AND THE NAZIS#
— SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 — COLUMN N° 408 (1609B) — FISH WHEELS A LEGACY OF SALMON ERA#
— SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 — COLUMN N° 409 (1609C) — NEWSMAN SAVED CRATER LAKE FOR A PARK#
— SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 — COLUMN N° 410 (1609D) — FEUD ENDED WITH ‘MASKED ASSASSINS’#
— OCTOBER 2, 2016 — COLUMN N° 411 (1610A) — ORE. HAS BEEN HOME SINCE 12,000 BC#
— OCTOBER 9, 2016 — COLUMN N° 412 (1610B) — ONE EYED CHARLEY'S AMAZING SECRET#
— OCTOBER 16, 2016 — COLUMN N° 413 (1610C) — ANDY WARHOL PUNK'D TWO ORE. COLLEGES#
— OCTOBER 23, 2016 — COLUMN N° 414 (1610D) — BOOTLEGGER RETURNED CAR SOAKED IN BLOOD#
— OCTOBER 30, 2016 — COLUMN N° 415 (1610E) — FATHER OF ORE. GEOLOGY'S GRAFFITI IN CAVE#
— NOVEMBER 6, 2016 — COLUMN N° 416 (1611A) — IN 1850S JACKSONVILLE BANK ‘ROBBED’ YOU#
— NOVEMBER 13, 2016 — COLUMN N° 417 (1611B) — BAYOCEAN WAS SWALLOWED UP BY THE SEA#
— NOVEMBER 20, 2016 — COLUMN N° 418 (1611C) — ONCE SOGGIEST ORE. TOWN, VALSETZ GONE#
— NOVEMBER 27, 2016 — COLUMN N° 419 (1611D) — BRING PREACHER ON LIQUOR RAID? BAD IDEA#
— DECEMBER 4, 2016 — COLUMN N° 420 (1612A) — IS BEESWAX SHIP A SUNKEN TREASURE SHIP?#
— DECEMBER 11, 2016 — COLUMN N° 421 (1612B) — RISE AND FALL OF ORE. ELECTRIC RAILWAY#
— DECEMBER 18, 2016 — COLUMN N° 422 (1612C) — HOW OREGON, KAISER HELPED SAVE UK#
— DECEMBER 25, 2016 — COLUMN N° 423 (1612D) — OREGON SYSTEM WAS U'REN'S BABY#
— JANUARY 4, 2015 — COLUMN N° 320 (1501A) — TRAIN CLERK'S SILENCE FOILED ROBBER#
— JANUARY 11, 2015 — COLUMN N° 321 (1501B) — DYNAMITE USED TO BE FAR MORE COMMON#
— JANUARY 18, 2015 — COLUMN N° 322 (1501C) — HOW TO ROB TRAINS: TIPS FROM THE PROS#
— JANUARY 25, 2015 — COLUMN N° 323 (1501D) — OREGON CROOKS LOVED THEIR DYNAMITE#
— FEBRUARY 1, 2015 — COLUMN N° 324 (1502A) — WHEN REBEL FLAG FLEW OVER OREGON SOIL#
— FEBRUARY 8, 2015 — COLUMN N° 325 (1502B) — COW CREEK ROBBERS DYNAMITE-HAPPY#
— FEBRUARY 15, 2015 — COLUMN N° 326 (1502C) — BANDITS ROBBED TRAIN NEAR ROSEBURG#
— FEBRUARY 22, 2015 — COLUMN N° 327 (1502D) — PENCE'S PLAN: FLATTEN HILLS TO FILL LAKE#
— MARCH 1, 2015 — COLUMN N° 328 (1503A) — WRECKED SAILORS ROWED TO PUGET SOUND#
— MARCH 8, 2015 — COLUMN N° 329 (1503B) — GOLD PLAN FAILED; LUCKY FOR TARZAN FANS#
— MARCH 15, 2015 — COLUMN N° 330 (1503C) — USCG ‘SAND POUNDERS’ KEPT COAST SECURE#
— MARCH 22, 2015 — COLUMN N° 331 (1503D) — PLOTTERS HOPED WEST COAST WOULD SECEDE#
— MARCH 29, 2015 — COLUMN N° 332 (1503E) — FRANCES FULLER VICTOR STARTED WITH PULPS#
— APRIL 4, 2015 — COLUMN N° 333 (1504A) — ‘MOTHER OF ORE. HISTORY’ NO LUCRATIVE GIG#
— APRIL 12, 2015 — COLUMN N° 334 (1504B) — SAILORS MIRACULOUSLY SAVED ON THE BAR#
— APRIL 19, 2015 — COLUMN N° 335 (1504C) — DOOLITTLE RAID CAME OUT OF PENDLETON#
— APRIL 26, 2015 — COLUMN N° 336 (1504D) — MEET OREGON'S DOOLITTLE RAIDERS#
— MAY 3, 2015 — COLUMN N° 337 (1505A) — RAIDERS MADE MORE HISTORY AFTER WAR#
— MAY 10, 2015 — COLUMN N° 338 (1505B) — SHIPS SHARED DOUBLE DATE WITH DESTINY#
— MAY 17, 2015 — COLUMN N° 339 (1505C) — MT. ANGEL ABBEY'S COLORFUL FOUNDER#
— MAY 24, 2015 — COLUMN N° 340 (1505D) — TINY TOWN HAD ITS JAIL STOLEN ONE NIGHT#
— MAY 31, 2015 — COLUMN N° 341 (1505E) — FBI WANTED GANGSTER WAS IN BEAVERTON#
— JUNE 7, 2015 — COLUMN N° 342 (1506A) — SANDY POLICE CHIEF EXECUTED FOR MURDER#
— JUNE 14, 2015 — COLUMN N° 343 (1506B) — THE ‘SHIP OF ROMANCE AND DEATH’#
— JUNE 21, 2015 — COLUMN N° 344 (1506C) — S.S. ROSECRANS WAS ONE UNLUCKY SHIP#
— JUNE 28, 2015 — COLUMN N° 345 (1506D) — ROSECRANS RESCUE WAS DRAMATIC SUCCESS#
— JULY 5, 2015 — COLUMN N° 346 (1507A) — TEMPEST CAUGHT RIVERBOAT AT WORST TIME#
— JULY 12, 2015 — COLUMN N° 347 (1507B) — STAGE ROBBER WAS JOAQUIN MILLER'S SON#
— JULY 19, 2015 — COLUMN N° 348 (1507C) — URANIUM CRAZE WAS THE NEW GOLD RUSH#
— JULY 26, 2015 — COLUMN N° 349 (1507D) — SKIPPER'S FEAR OF DESERTION SPELLED DOOM#
— AUGUST 2, 2015 — COLUMN N° 350 (1508A) — NAVY'S LOSS WAS CANNON BEACH'S GAIN#
— AUGUST 9, 2015 — COLUMN N° 351 (1508B) — SIX PICNICKERS FELL VICTIM TO BALLOONS#
— AUGUST 16, 2015 — COLUMN N° 352 (1508C) — A FEW GOT AWAY FROM TROUBLE ON BAR#
— AUGUST 23, 2015 — COLUMN N° 353 (1508D) — THE UNWRITTEN LAW: LICENSE TO KILL?#
— AUGUST 30, 2015 — COLUMN N° 354 (1508E) — HAILED AS HERO FOR MURDERING SISTER'S EX#
— SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 — COLUMN N° 355 (1509A) — PRIVATE MANHUNT APPROVED BY JURY#
— SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 — COLUMN N° 356 (1509B) — COP'S MURDER LOOKED SIMPLE, BUT ...#
— SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 — COLUMN N° 357 (1509C) — ...CLEAN-CUT CASE TURNED SORDID FAST#
— SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 — COLUMN N° 358 (1509D) — SOMETIMES UNWRITTEN LAW NOT ALL BAD#
— OCTOBER 4, 2015 — COLUMN N° 359 (1510A) — MURDERER SHOCKED WHEN ‘LAW’ FAILS HIM#
— OCTOBER 11, 2015 — COLUMN N° 360 (1510B) — TWO HEROES, OF TWO DIFFERENT CIVIL WARS#
— OCTOBER 18, 2015 — COLUMN N° 361 (1510C) — DARING RESCUE MADE SKIPPER A HERO#
— OCTOBER 25, 2015 — COLUMN N° 362 (1510D) — LIGHTHOUSE GHOST GREETED NEW KEEPER#
— NOVEMBER 1, 2015 — COLUMN N° 363 (1511A) — TILLAMOOK ROCK WORKERS HARD TO HIRE#
— NOVEMBER 8, 2015 — COLUMN N° 364 (1511B) — KEEPING T. ROCK RUNNING WAS COSTLY#
— NOVEMBER 15, 2015 — COLUMN N° 365 (1511C) — MONMOUTH: LAST DRY TOWN IN WEST#
— NOVEMBER 22, 2015 — COLUMN N° 366 (1511D) — IONE'S ALL-NIGHT MUNICIPAL GUNFIGHT#
— NOVEMBER 29, 2015 — COLUMN N° 367 (1511E) — CHARITY LAMB, OREGON AX-MURDERESS#
— DECEMBER 6, 2015 — COLUMN N° 368 (1512A) — INCOMPETENCE, STRIKE LED TO SHIPWRECK#
— DECEMBER 13, 2015 — COLUMN N° 369 (1512B) — GEORGE HIMES, ORE.'S ‘HISTORY HOARDER’#
— DECEMBER 20, 2015 — COLUMN N° 370 (1512C) — GOV. MARTIN, ORE.'S WOULD-BE DICTATOR#
— DECEMBER 27, 2015 — COLUMN N° 371 (1512D) — MARTIN TRIED TO RUN STATE LIKE ARMY BASE#
— JANUARY 5, 2014 — COLUMN N° 268 (1401A) — NEWSPAPER BURGLED A CANDIDATE'S HOME#
— JANUARY 12, 2014 — COLUMN N° 269 (1401B) — PORTLAND'S FAMOUS VAUDEVILLE MAYOR#
— JANUARY 19, 2014 — COLUMN N° 270 (1401C) — OREGON HOME OF ONLY WORKING PT BOAT#
— JANUARY 26, 2014 — COLUMN N° 271 (1401D) — GENTLEMAN BY DAY, BANDITO BY NIGHT#
— FEBRUARY 2, 2014 — COLUMN N° 272 (1402A) — OPIUM CULTURE PART OF OLD PORTLAND#
— FEBRUARY 9, 2014 — COLUMN N° 273 (1402B) — RUSTLER HANK VAUGHAN: IN EARLY YEARS#
— FEBRUARY 16, 2014 — COLUMN N° 274 (1402C) — HANK VAUGHAN'S PRIME RUSTLING YEARS#
— FEBRUARY 23, 2014 — COLUMN N° 275 (1402D) — VAUGHAN: THE OUTLAW ELDER STATESMAN#
— MARCH 2, 2014 — COLUMN N° 276 (1403A) — AFTER LOGGER'S MURDER, HOOKER VANISHED#
— MARCH 9, 2014 — COLUMN N° 277 (1403B) — ‘OREGON BOOT’ MADE STATE NOTORIOUS#
— MARCH 16, 2014 — COLUMN N° 278 (1403C) — ICONIC MOVIES SHOT IN OREGON, PART 1#
— MARCH 23, 2014 — COLUMN N° 279 (1403D) — ICONIC MOVIES SHOT IN OREGON, PART 2#
— MARCH 30, 2014 — COLUMN N° 280 (1403E) — ICONIC MOVIES SHOT IN OREGON, PART 3#
— APRIL 6, 2014 — COLUMN N° 281 (1404A) — CAYUSE TRIBE'S PONIES WORLD FAMOUS#
— APRIL 13, 2014 — COLUMN N° 282 (1404B) — BEAVERCREEK BOMBER DEMANDED $1 MIL#
— APRIL 20, 2014 — COLUMN N° 283 (1404C) — BAD ‘DEHORN’ ALCOHOL KILLED 28 HOBOS#
— APRIL 27, 2014 — COLUMN N° 284 (1404D) — JAPANESE SHIPWRECKS PREDATE COLUMBUS#
— MAY 4, 2014 — COLUMN N° 285 (1405A) — ENTIRE CREW MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED#
— MAY 11, 2014 — COLUMN N° 286 (1405B) — MOON TREE ROOTS SCORCHED IN ORE. FIRE#
— MAY 18, 2014 — COLUMN N° 287 (1405C) — PIONEER SQUARE AS A ‘CRYSTAL PALACE’?#
— MAY 25, 2014 — COLUMN N° 288 (1405D) — PIRATES DEFEATED IN YAQUINA OYSTER WAR#
— JUNE 1, 2014 — COLUMN N° 289 (1406A) — RIOT AT PSU SET UP ‘GOVERNOR'S POT PARTY’#
— JUNE 8, 2014 — COLUMN N° 290 (1406B) — MCCALL: VORTEX I MAY COST RE-ELECTION#
— JUNE 15, 2014 — COLUMN N° 291 (1406C) — DID VORTEX I PREVENT P-TOWN RIOTS?#
— JUNE 22, 2014 — COLUMN N° 292 (1406D) — CHINESE DOC A JOHN DAY CITY TREASURE#
— JUNE 29, 2014 — COLUMN N° 293 (1406E) — UNDERWATER LOST CITIES OF OREGON#
— JULY 6, 2014 — COLUMN N° 294 (1407A) — L. RON HUBBARD'S SUBMARINE BATTLE#
— JULY 13, 2014 — COLUMN N° 295 (1407B) — BUNCO KELLEY, KING OF THE SHANGHAIERS#
— JULY 20, 2014 — COLUMN N° 296 (1407C) — BUNCO KELLEY, COYOTE OF P-TOWN MYTHS#
— JULY 27, 2014 — COLUMN N° 297 (1407D) — TILLAMOOK BURN: THE ORIGIN STORY ...#
— AUGUST 3, 2014 — COLUMN N° 298 (1408A) — BURN BLEW UP WITH SHOCKING SPEED#
— AUGUST 10, 2014 — COLUMN N° 299 (1408B) — MEMORIES OF REPLANTING TILLAMOOK BURN#
— AUGUST 17, 2014 — COLUMN N° 300 (1407C) — FUTURE COSTA RICA ADMIRAL WRECKED SHIP#
— AUGUST 24, 2014 — COLUMN N° 301 (1408D) — MASSIVE WAR GAME COVERED CENTRAL ORE.#
— AUGUST 31, 2014 — COLUMN N° 302 (1408E) — STUNT MADE SILAS CHRISTOFFERSON FAMOUS#
— SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 — COLUMN N° 303 (1409A) — HOOKERS ENDED BIKE CRAZE IN PORTLAND#
— SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 — COLUMN N° 304 (1409B) — ‘CHIEF BIGFOOT’ WAS ELUSIVE AS SQUATCH#
— SEPTEMBER 21, 2014 — COLUMN N° 305 (1409C) — SECRET NATIVE PRINCE DREAMED OF JAPAN#
— SEPTEMBER 28, 2014 — COLUMN N° 306 (1409D) — INDIAN PRINCE OPENED JAPAN TO WEST#
— OCTOBER 5, 2014 — COLUMN N° 307 (1410A) — JEFFERSON SECESSION WAS PUBLICITY STUNT#
— OCTOBER 12, 2014 — COLUMN N° 308 (1410B) — PR WIZARD DID SECESSION LIKE A MOVIE#
— OCTOBER 19, 2014 — COLUMN N° 309 (1410C) — BONUS OFFER RESULTED IN SHIPWRECK#
— OCTOBER 26, 2014 — COLUMN N° 310 (1410D) — BURKHART TRUE FATHER OF OREGON AVIATION#
— NOVEMBER 2, 2014 — COLUMN N° 311 (1411A) — TRAGEDY OF P-TOWN'S MUNICIPAL WHALE#
— NOVEMBER 9, 2014 — COLUMN N° 312 (1411B) — NUTTY GUV GAVE OREGON 2 THANKSGIVINGS#
— NOVEMBER 16, 2014 — COLUMN N° 313 (1411C) — WRECK OF STEAMER IS BAFFLING MYSTERY#
— NOVEMBER 23, 2014 — COLUMN N° 314 (1411D) — OREGON'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: CHINOOK?#
— NOVEMBER 30, 2014 — COLUMN N° 315 (1411E) — A PIONEER NURSERYMAN AND HIS SEX CULT#
— DECEMBER 7, 2014 — COLUMN N° 316 (1412A) — ‘HARMONIAL’ COLONY WAS A DISASTER#
— DECEMBER 14, 2014 — COLUMN N° 317 (1412B) — SIMPSON MADE COOS BAY SHIP MECCA#
— DECEMBER 21, 2014 — COLUMN N° 318 (1412C) — ORE. SENATOR ALMOST BECAME POTUS#
— DECEMBER 28, 2014 — COLUMN N° 319 (1412D) — ‘CHAMPAGNE RIOT’ NOT WHAT YOU THINK#
— JANUARY 6, 2013 — COLUMN N° 216 (1301A) — LARRY SULLIVAN'S SHANGHAIING SYNDICATE#
— JANUARY 13, 2013 — COLUMN N° 217 (1301B) — ‘ORE. WILDCAT’ AMERICA'S 1ST SHOCK JOCK#
— JANUARY 20, 2013 — COLUMN N° 218 (1301C) — ALLIES FLEW PLANES MADE OF ORE. SPRUCE#
— JANUARY 27, 2013 — COLUMN N° 219 (1301D) — WOBBLIES GOT SUPPORT OF ORE. LOGGERS#
— FEBRUARY 2, 2013 — COLUMN N° 220 (1302A) — ANTI-JAPANESE RIOT BROKE OUT IN TOLEDO#
— FEBRUARY 9, 2013 — COLUMN N° 221 (1302B) — DARK MYSTERY SURROUNDS BALCH STORY#
— FEBRUARY 16, 2013 — COLUMN N° 222 (1302C) — CAMP CASTAWAY: INCONVENIENT MIRACLE#
— FEBRUARY 24, 2013 — COLUMN N° 223 (1302D) — SHIPWRECK DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SO DEADLY#
— MARCH 3, 2013 — COLUMN N° 224 (1303A) — ANTI-PROSTITUTION CRUSADE FIZZLED BADLY#
— MARCH 10, 2013 — COLUMN N° 225 (1303B) — RABIES EPIDEMIC WAS LIKE A WAR#
— MARCH 17, 2013 — COLUMN N° 226 (1303C) — LINER WON RACE AGAINST FIERY DEATH#
— MARCH 24, 2013 — COLUMN N° 227 (1303D) — BRIDGE SCANDAL AROUSED P-TOWN'S FURY#
— MARCH 31, 2013 — COLUMN N° 228 (1303E) — UNION SQUABBLES PART OF WATERFRONT LIFE#
— APRIL 7, 2013 — COLUMN N° 229 (1304A) — MASSIVE DOCK STRIKE PARALYZED P-TOWN#
— APRIL 14, 2013 — COLUMN N° 230 (1304B) — RISE OF KU KLUX KLAN PYRAMID SCHEME#
— APRIL 21, 2013 — COLUMN N° 231 (1304C) — HOW THE KKK TOOK OVER THE STATE#
— APRIL 28, 2013 — COLUMN N° 232 (1304D) — CORRUPTION AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF KLUX#
— MAY 5, 2013 — COLUMN N° 233 (1305A) — DID ZODIAC KILLER WORK IN OREGON?#
— MAY 12, 2013 — COLUMN N° 234 (1305B) — THE FLYING SAMURAI WHO ATTACKED ORE.#
— MAY 19, 2013 — COLUMN N° 235 (1305C) — A TOWN'S FRIENDSHIP WITH ONETIME ENEMY#
— MAY 26, 2013 — COLUMN N° 236 (1305D) — BANK ROBBER BECAME VP OF SAME BANK#
— JUNE 2, 2013 — COLUMN N° 237 (1306A) — DB COOPER TOOK FLIGHT OUT OF PDX#
— JUNE 9, 2013 — COLUMN N° 238 (1306B) — DB COOPER: GETTING AWAY WITH LOOT#
— JUNE 16, 2013 — COLUMN N° 239 (1306C) — DB COOPER: SEARCHING FOR DROP ZONE#
— JUNE 23, 2013 — COLUMN N° 240 (1306D) — DB COOPER: THE CRAZY THEORIES#
— JUNE 30, 2013 — COLUMN N° 241 (1306E) — ROSEBURG JOURNALISTS GOT IN A GUNFIGHT#
— JULY 7, 2013 — COLUMN N° 242 (1307A) — MCCARTY GANG: BONANZA + UNFORGIVEN#
— JULY 14, 2013 — COLUMN N° 243 (1307B) — HARRY LANE, REAL GREAT WAR HERO#
— JULY 21, 2013 — COLUMN N° 244 (1307C) — WHEN STEAMBOATS EXPLODED#
— JULY 28, 2013 — COLUMN N° 245 (1307D) — RACKETEERS BATTLED OVER PINBALL#
— AUGUST 4, 2013 — COLUMN N° 246 (1308A) — OREGON'S PROHIBITION ADVENTURES#
— AUGUST 11, 2013 — COLUMN N° 247 (1308B) — OREGON FOUNDERS' RACE-EXCLUSION CLAUSE#
— AUGUST 18, 2013 — COLUMN N° 248 (1308C) — LOVE TRIANGLE ENDED IN MURDER, A KISS#
— AUGUST 25, 2013 — COLUMN N° 249 (1308D) — SHEVLIN, ORE.'S WANDERING TIMBER TOWN#
— SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 — COLUMN N° 250 (1309A) — VALSETZ STAR AND ITS 9-YEAR-OLD EDITOR#
— SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 — COLUMN N° 251 (1309B) — COXEY'S ARMY TRIED TO ‘BORROW’ A TRAIN#
— SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 — COLUMN N° 252 (1309C) — TRAIN ROBBERY BECAME SHOOTOUT WITH LAW#
— SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 — COLUMN N° 253 (1309D) — WHEN ‘DARK STRANGLER’ PROWLED P-TOWN#
— SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 — COLUMN N° 254 (1309E) — MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS OF CRATER LAKE#
— OCTOBER 5, 2013 — COLUMN N° 255 (1309A) — CIVIL WAR SHIP CAME TO INGLORIOUS END#
— OCTOBER 13, 2013 — COLUMN N° 256 (1309B) — PINTO COLVIG WAS VOICE OF GOOFY, BLUTO#
— OCTOBER 20, 2013 — COLUMN N° 257 (1309C) — GANGSTER AND MOLL ‘TAKEN FOR A RIDE’#
— OCTOBER 27, 2013 — COLUMN N° 258 (1309D) — VIGILANTES WENT TOO FAR MURDERING HAWK#
— NOVEMBER 3, 2013 — COLUMN N° 259 (1311A) — WAS ‘BONEYARD’ ACCIDENT REALLY MURDER?#
— NOVEMBER 10, 2013 — COLUMN N° 260 (1311B) — BILL MINER'S DISASTROUS TRAIN ROBBERY#
— NOVEMBER 17, 2013 — COLUMN N° 261 (1311C) — RIVERBOAT CAUGHT IN STORM ON OPEN SEA#
— NOVEMBER 24, 2013 — COLUMN N° 262 (1311D) — ‘BLUE RUIN’ INSPIRED FIRST PROHIBITION#
— DECEMBER 1, 2013 — COLUMN N° 263 (1310A) — EDOUARD CHAMBREAU, FRONTIER CROOK#
— DECEMBER 8, 2013 — COLUMN N° 264 (1310B) — CHAMBREAU'S REDEMPTION#
— DECEMBER 13, 2013 — COLUMN N° 265 (1310C) — FARO WAS A CROOKED GAMBLER'S DREAM#
— DECEMBER 22, 2013 — COLUMN N° 266 (1310D) — BAD AUDIO LED FBI TO INVESTIGATE BAND#
— DECEMBER 29, 2013 — COLUMN N° 267 (1310E) — BRIDES WERE STRIPPED OF CITIZENSHIP#
— JANUARY 1, 2012 — COLUMN N° 162 (1201A) — WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC SERVICE WAS IN ORE.#
— JANUARY 8, 2012 — COLUMN N° 163 (1201B) — TANGENT CITY HALL OFFICE CAT WAS LANDLORD#
— JANUARY 15, 2012 — COLUMN N° 164 (1201C) — USCG WORST DISASTER STARTED AS ROUTINE#
— JANUARY 22, 2012 — COLUMN N° 165 (1201D) — USCG DISASTER CAUSE: BAD BOAT DESIGN#
— JANUARY 29, 2012 — COLUMN N° 166 (1201E) — HOUSE PARTY STOPPED LEGISLATURE#
— FEBRUARY 5, 2012 — COLUMN N° 167 (1202A) — HOMESTEADER'S PLAN TO GET LAND: MURDER#
— FEBRUARY 12, 2012 — COLUMN N° 168 (1202B) — FOG TURNED REPRIMAND INTO A MEDAL#
— FEBRUARY 19, 2012 — COLUMN N° 169 (1202C) — RAFTS OF OREGON LOGS BUILT SAN DIEGO#
— FEBRUARY 26, 2012 — COLUMN N° 170 (1202D) — P-TOWN'S INCOMPETENT OPIUM SMUGGLERS#
— MARCH 4, 2012 — COLUMN N° 171 (1203A) — SHIP CAPTAIN ‘FELL INTO A LIFEBOAT’#
— MARCH 12, 2012 — COLUMN N° 172 (1203B) — PORTLAND TURNED AWAY BILLIE HOLIDAY#
— MARCH 19, 2012 — COLUMN N° 173 (1203C) — ‘ORE. OUTBACK,’ MOONSHINER'S PARADISE#
— MARCH 25, 2012 — COLUMN N° 174 (1203D) — IN ASTORIA IT WAS EASY TO GET SHANGHAIED#
— APRIL 1, 2012 — COLUMN N° 175 (1204A) — WRECKED SAILOR SAVED BY BEING TRAPPED#
— APRIL 8, 2012 — COLUMN N° 176 (1204B) — MASS MURDERER HONORED IN MONUMENT#
— APRIL 15, 2012 — COLUMN N° 177 (1204C) — SCOTUS NOMINATION SCOTCHED BY WIFE#
— APRIL 22, 2012 — COLUMN N° 178 (1204D) — KATE WILLIAMS AND HER STARVATION CULT#
— APRIL 29, 2012 — COLUMN N° 179 (1204E) — A GIANT SKELETON AND BURIED TREASURE?#
— MAY 6, 2012 — COLUMN N° 180 (1205A) — BOXCAR MURDER VICTIM DIED SHOOTING#
— MAY 13, 2012 — COLUMN N° 181 (1205B) — FIRST WOMAN LAWYER FACED MURDER RAP#
— MAY 20, 2012 — COLUMN N° 182 (1205C) — MARY LEONARD DESERVED A BETTER LEGACY#
— MAY 27, 2012 — COLUMN N° 183 (1205D) — MARY LEONARD: LEGAL MOTHER TERESA?#
— JUNE 3, 2012 — COLUMN N° 184 (1206A) — OREGON ALMOST LOST PUBLIC BEACHES#
— JUNE 10, 2012 — COLUMN N° 185 (1206B) — WHAT HAPPENED TO S.S. SOUTH COAST?#
— JUNE 17, 2012 — COLUMN N° 186 (1206C) — WORLD'S BIGGEST LOG CABIN BURNED UP#
— JUNE 24, 2012 — COLUMN N° 187 (1206D) — REAL ‘MOST DANGEROUS CATCH’ IN 1880S#
— JULY 1, 2012 — COLUMN N° 188 (1207A) — GAMBLER BECAME P-TOWN POLICE CHIEF#
— JULY 8, 2012 — COLUMN N° 189 (1207B) — QUEST FOR LOST MINE LED TO CRATER LAKE#
— JULY 15, 2012 — COLUMN N° 191 (1207C) — ‘CONJUGAL VISIT’ WAS REALLY A JAILBREAK#
— JULY 22, 2012 — COLUMN N° 192 (1207D) — SAFECRACKERS WERE THE BEST JAILBREAKERS#
— JULY 29, 2012 — COLUMN N° 193 (1207E) — RUSTY HULK WAS LIBERTY SHIP LIFEBOAT#
— AUGUST 5, 2012 — COLUMN N° 194 (1208A) — COTTONWOODS DANCE HALL HOSTED GREATS#
— AUGUST 12, 2012 — COLUMN N° 195 (1208B) — WHEN TAINTED MILK WAS KILLING BABIES#
— AUGUST 19, 2012 — COLUMN N° 196 (1208C) — ASTRONAUT LEFT PIECE OF ORE. ON MOON#
— AUGUST 26, 2012 — COLUMN N° 197 (1208D) — A SCHEME TO STEAL THE PETER IREDALE#
— SEPTEMBER 2, 2012 — COLUMN N° 198 (1209A) — REUB LONG COULD SPIN A TALL TALE#
— SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 — COLUMN N° 199 (1209B) — LOTUS ISLE A SURREAL AMUSEMENT PARK#
— SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 — COLUMN N° 200 (1209C) — TUSKO, OREGON'S MOST FAMOUS ELEPHANT#
— SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 — COLUMN N° 201 (1209D) — BUCK ROGERS POLICE BOAT DIDN'T WORK OUT#
— SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 — COLUMN N° 202 (1209E) — AUBURN: LONG-GONE MINING GHOST TOWN#
— OCTOBER 7, 2012 — COLUMN N° 203 (1210A) — DEADLY WEATHER IS RARE IN OREGON#
— OCTOBER 14, 2012 — COLUMN N° 204 (1210B) — MYSTERIOUS SKELETONS OF OREGON#
— OCTOBER 21, 2012 — COLUMN N° 205 (1210C) — GUILD'S LAKE ONCE WATER WONDERLAND#
— OCTOBER 28, 2012 — COLUMN N° 206 (1210D) — SEN. MITCHELL: SNIDELY WHIPLASH OF ORE.#
— NOVEMBER 4, 2012 — COLUMN N° 207 (1211A) — WALL STREETER KNEW HOW TO WIN B-BALL BET#
— NOVEMBER 11, 2012 — COLUMN N° 208 (1211B) — PALACIAL HOTEL PORTLAND IS LONG GONE#
— NOVEMBER 18, 2012 — COLUMN N° 209 (1211C) — ASYLUM KITCHEN MIX-UP KILLED DOZENS#
— NOVEMBER 25, 2012 — COLUMN N° 210 (1211D) — WHEN VIGILANTES RULED IN PRINEVILLE#
— DECEMBER 2, 2012 — COLUMN N° 211 (1212A) — THE FALL OF THE PRINEVILLE VIGILANTES#
— DECEMBER 9, 2012 — COLUMN N° 212 (1212B) — VISIT TO P-TOWN ENDED IN PRISON#
— DECEMBER 16, 2012 — COLUMN N° 213 (1212C) — JIM TURK, SHANGHAIER MILLIONAIRE#
— DECEMBER 23, 2012 — COLUMN N° 214 (1212D) — CHEMAWA SCHOOL A CULTURAL TREASURE#
— DECEMBER 30, 2012 — COLUMN N° 215 (1212E) — LARRY SULLIVAN, P-TOWN BOSS SHANGHAIER#
— JANUARY 2, 2011 — COLUMN N° 107 (1101A) — BOBBIE THE WONDER DOG'S JOURNEY HOME#
— JANUARY 9, 2011 — COLUMN N° 108 (1101B) — BROTHER JONATHAN SHIPWRECK A DISASTER#
— JANUARY 16, 2011 — COLUMN N° 109 (1101C) — BACKCOUNTRY RICH IN TALES OF TREASURE#
— JANUARY 23, 2011 — COLUMN N° 110 (1101D) — VANPORT HOUSES FLOATED LIKE LIFE RAFTS#
— JANUARY 30, 2011 — COLUMN N° 111 (1101E) — JAPANESE SUB I-25 BLASTED INTO HISTORY#
— FEBRUARY 6, 2011 — COLUMN N° 112 (1102A) — LITTLE REMAINS OF WILHOIT LUXURY SPA#
— FEBRUARY 13, 2011 — COLUMN N° 113 (1102B) — SHIPWRECKED TRADERS WALKED TO LA.#
— FEBRUARY 20, 2011 — COLUMN N° 114 (1102C) — ROSEBURG BLAST LOOKED LIKE A NUKE#
— FEBRUARY 27, 2011 — COLUMN N° 115 (1102D) — HOME-BUILT SCHOONER SAVED TILLAMOOK#
— MARCH 6, 2011 — COLUMN N° 116 (1103A) — CHINESE SMUGGLER SAVED WOMAN, BABY#
— MARCH 13, 2011 — COLUMN N° 117 (1103B) — DID BUDDHIST MONK ‘DISCOVER’ OREGON?#
— MARCH 20, 2011 — COLUMN N° 118 (1103C) — HARNEY RANCHER SAVED AVIATOR'S LIFE#
— MARCH 27, 2011 — COLUMN N° 119 (1103D1) — EUGENE WOMAN FIRST FEMALE VP NOMINEE#
— MARCH 27, 2011 — COLUMN N° 120 (1103D2) — OREGON HAD U.S.'S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR#
— APRIL 3, 2011 — COLUMN N° 121 (1104A) — BURGLARS SKUNKED ON COURTHOUSE JOB#
— APRIL 10, 2011 — COLUMN N° 122 (1104B) — ONLY SITTING SENATOR KIA WAS OREGON'S#
— APRIL 17, 2011 — COLUMN N° 123 (1104C) — BUMBLING PIRATES' SCHEME WENT BADLY#
— APRIL 27, 2011 — COLUMN N° 124 (1104D) — BOOZE SWAPPED AT GALLON HOUSE BRIDGE#
— MAY 1, 2011 — COLUMN N° 125 (1105A) — COAST GUARD RESCUED FUTURE GULAG SHIP#
— MAY 8, 2011 — COLUMN N° 126 (1105B) — ‘HERMIT OF CRAGGIES’ LOVED PRISON FOOD#
— MAY 15, 2011 — COLUMN N° 127 (1105C) — SCHOONER CREW RESCUED BY RAILROAD TRAIN#
— MAY 22, 2011 — COLUMN N° 128 (1105D) — BLIMPS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST SUBS#
— MAY 29, 2011 — COLUMN N° 129 (1105E) — THE REAL STORY OF ‘NUDIST CHURCH’#
— JUNE 5, 2011 — COLUMN N° 130 (1106A) — HOLY ROLLERS ENDED IN MURDER, MADNESS#
— JUNE 12, 2011 — COLUMN N° 132 (1106B) — WRESTLER PINNED BY REAL-ESTATE DREAM#
— JUNE 19, 2011 — COLUMN N° 133 (1106C) — JOEL MUNSON FATHER OF LIFESAVING SERVICE#
— JUNE 26, 2011 — COLUMN N° 134 (1106D) — GOLD-FIELD BANDITS' LOOT STILL UNCLAIMED#
— JULY 3, 2011 — COLUMN N° 135 (1107A) — WAS GLENESSLIN WRECK INSURANCE FRAUD?#
— JULY 10, 2011 — COLUMN N° 136 (1107B) — HERO OF SILVER LAKE FIRE DIED SAVING LIVES#
— JULY 17, 2011 — COLUMN N° 137 (1107C) — MARINER'S DREAM WAS SPOOKILY PRECISE#
— JULY 24, 2011 — COLUMN N° 138 (1107D) — SACAGAWEA'S SON'S STORY MOSTLY MYSTERY#
— JULY 31, 2011 — COLUMN N° 139 (1107E) — THE DAY THE DRINKS WERE ON GOV. WEST#
— AUGUST 7, 2011 — COLUMN N° 140 (1108A1) — ASTORIA'S ‘NANTUCKET OF WEST’ PLAN SANK#
— AUGUST 7, 2011 — COLUMN N° 141 (1108A2) — SPACE-AGE WHALERS HUNTED FOR NASA#
— AUGUST 14, 2011 — COLUMN N° 142 (1108B) — KLONDIKE KATE A CENTRAL ORE. LEGEND#
— AUGUST 21, 2011 — COLUMN N° 143 (1108C) — FIRST US YOUTH SYMPHONY FROM BURNS#
— AUGUST 28, 2011 — COLUMN N° 144 (1108D) — SHIP SAILED THROUGH SAND, RELAUNCHED#
— SEPTEMBER 4, 2011 — COLUMN N° 145 (1109A) — WAS RAY JACKSON A SERIAL KILLER?#
— SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 — COLUMN N° 146 (1109B) — CENTRAL OREGON'S ‘ANGEL OF DEATH’#
— SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 — COLUMN N° 147 (1109C) — ASTORIA MAN INVENTED CABLE TV#
— SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 — COLUMN N° 148 (1109D) — OREGON EMBRACED CARNEGIE LIBRARIES#
— OCTOBER 3, 2011 — COLUMN N° 149 (1110A) — AURORA COLONY, JEWEL OF UTOPIANISM#
— OCTOBER 10, 2011 — COLUMN N° 150 (1110B) — JEMMY JONES, 19TH-CENTURY HAN SOLO#
— OCTOBER 17, 2011 — COLUMN N° 151 (1110C) — FOR AME, CIVIL WAR DIDN'T END BONDAGE#
— OCTOBER 24, 2011 — COLUMN N° 152 (1110D) — THEY LAUGHED AT HIS UGLY BOAT, UNTIL...#
— OCTOBER 31, 2011 — COLUMN N° 153 (1110E) — STEAMBOAT MONOPOLY'S COUP WAS ERROR#
— NOVEMBER 7, 2011 — COLUMN N° 154 (1111A) — CAPTAIN'S QUICK DECISION SAVED ALL#
— NOVEMBER 14, 2011 — COLUMN N° 155 (1111B) — CONDE MCCULLOUGH AND OREGON BRIDGES#
— NOVEMBER 21, 2011 — COLUMN N° 156 (1111C) — BLACK SHEEP OF ARMY WAS LAST VETERAN#
— NOVEMBER 28, 2011 — COLUMN N° 157 (1111D) — SAMMY DAVIS JR. GOT BREAK IN P-TOWN#
— DECEMBER 4, 2011 — COLUMN N° 158 (1112A) — MISSING GOLD SUGGESTS DIRTY WORK#
— DECEMBER 11, 2011 — COLUMN N° 159 (1112B) — PORT ORFORD METEORITE: REAL, OR HOAX?#
— DECEMBER 19, 2011 — COLUMN N° 160 (1112C) — MEL BLANC TERROR OF HIS P-TOWN SCHOOL#
— DECEMBER 25, 2011 — COLUMN N° 161 (1112D) — DORY FISHERMEN RESCUED SAILORS#
— JANUARY 3, 2010 — COLUMN N° 055 (1001A) — TIMBERLINE COULD HAVE BEEN SKYSCRAPER#
— JANUARY 11, 2010 — COLUMN N° 056 (1001B) — BING CHERRY HAS ROOTS ON ORE. TRAIL#
— JANUARY 18, 2010 — COLUMN N° 057 (1001C) — BIGGEST US METEORITE FOUND IN WEST LINN#
— JANUARY 25, 2010 — COLUMN N° 058 (1001D) — THE LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN SNUFF CAN#
— JANUARY 31, 2010 — COLUMN N° 059 (1001E) — UNDERGROUND CITY FOUND IN POTHOLES#
— FEBRUARY 7, 2010 — COLUMN N° 060 (1002A) — FOR PIONEER FAMILY, ROBBERS LIFESAVERS#
— FEBRUARY 14, 2010 — COLUMN N° 061 (1002B) — BITS OF MOVIE WRECK STILL IN ROW RIVER#
— FEBRUARY 21, 2010 — COLUMN N° 062 (1002C) — REZ LAND DISPUTE LASTED 101 YEARS#
— FEBRUARY 28, 2010 — COLUMN N° 063 (1002D) — OREGON VORTEX STILL KEEPS 'EM GUESSING#
— MARCH 7, 2010 — COLUMN N° 064 (1003A) — LURE OF SEA BROUGHT POTATOES TO OREGON#
— MARCH 14, 2010 — COLUMN N° 065 (1003B) — MOHAWK VALLEY DEBATED WITH DYNAMITE#
— MARCH 21, 2010 — COLUMN N° 066 (1003C) — OLD EXCURSION TRAIN IS NOW A BIKE PATH#
— MARCH 28, 2010 — COLUMN N° 067 (1003D) — IS OREGON'S CRYSTAL CAVE A MYTH? WELL...#
— APRIL 4, 2010 — COLUMN N° 068 (1004A) — WOLF CREEK WAS JACK LONDON'S RETREAT#
— APRIL 11, 2010 — COLUMN N° 069 (1004B) — BOILER BAY NAMED FOR FIERY SHIPWRECK#
— APRIL 18, 2010 — COLUMN N° 070 (1004C) — FLASH FLOOD WAS NATION'S DEADLIEST#
— APRIL 25, 2010 — COLUMN N° 071 (1004D) — SPRAWLING CAMP ADAIR BUILT IN 6 MONTHS#
— MAY 2, 2010 — COLUMN N° 072 (1005A) — OREGON ASTRONAUTS MADE HISTORY#
— MAY 9, 2010 — COLUMN N° 073 (1005B) — RAJNEESHPURAM: THE BACKSTORY#
— MAY 16, 2010 — COLUMN N° 074 (1005C) — RAJNEESHPURAM: THE RISE#
— MAY 23, 2010 — COLUMN N° 075 (1005D) — RAJNEESHPURAM: THE FALL#
— MAY 30, 2010 — COLUMN N° 076 (1005E) — HOW DANGEROUS WAS RAJNEESHPURAM?#
— JUNE 6, 2010 — COLUMN N° 077 (1006A) — PREACHER WAS TOO MUCH FOR LEGISLATURE#
— JUNE 13, 2010 — COLUMN N° 078 (1006B) — D RIVER HOLDS A WORLD RECORD PART-TIME#
— JUNE 20, 2010 — COLUMN N° 079 (1006C) — P-TOWN WAS ‘SHANGHAI CAPITAL OF WORLD’#
— JUNE 27, 2010 — COLUMN N° 080 (1006D) — LEWIS & CLARK LEFT A ‘TRAIL’ OF LAXATIVES#
— JULY 5, 2010 — COLUMN N° 081 (1007A) — ORE.'S FIRST NEWSPAPER WAS HANDWRITTEN#
— JULY 12, 2010 — COLUMN N° 082 (1007B) — HARRY TRACY'S BLOODY JAILBREAK#
— JULY 19, 2010 — COLUMN N° 083 (1007C) — WAGON TRAIN WAS LED BY A DEAD MAN#
— JULY 26, 2010 — COLUMN N° 084 (1007D) — THE FLOATING BORDELLO OF OLD PORTLAND#
— AUGUST 1, 2010 — COLUMN N° 085 (1008A) — GOVERNOR TO US PRESIDENT: DROP DEAD#
— AUGUST 8, 2010 — COLUMN N° 086 (1008B) — ASTORIAN ‘FAILURE’ KEPT OREGON IN US#
— AUGUST 15, 2010 — COLUMN N° 087 (1008C) — ORE. HAD WEST COAST'S FIRST FEMALE MD#
— AUGUST 22, 2010 — COLUMN N° 088 (1008D) — THE LEGENDARY GOLD OF NEAHKAHNIE#
— AUGUST 29, 2010 — COLUMN N° 089 (1008E) — NORTH BEND ONCE MINTED WOODEN MONEY#
— SEPTEMBER 6, 2010 — COLUMN N° 090 (1009A) — CELILO FALLS DROWNED BY BPA DAM#
— SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 — COLUMN N° 091 (1009B) — KNOWLES WAS BEAR GRYLLS OF HIS DAY#
— SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 — COLUMN N° 092 (1009C) — ORE.'S RANGE WARS WERE HARD ON SHEEP#
— SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 — COLUMN N° 093 (1009D) — WHY VIRGIL EARP IS BURIED IN P-TOWN#
— OCTOBER 3, 2010 — COLUMN N° 094 (1010A) — WHITMAN SOUGHT TO SAVE SOULS, NOT LAND#
— OCTOBER 10, 2010 — COLUMN N° 095 (1010B) — WORLD'S STEEPEST STREET IS IN ORE. CITY#
— OCTOBER 17, 2010 — COLUMN N° 096 (1010C) — FOSSIL LAKE, OREGON'S LABREA TAR PITS#
— OCTOBER 24, 2010 — COLUMN N° 097 (1010D) — FAMILY CAMPED IN FOREST PARK FOR YEARS#
— NOVEMBER 1, 2010 — COLUMN N° 098 (1011A) — BOURNE HOME OF CRAZY MINING SWINDLE#
— NOVEMBER 8, 2010 — COLUMN N° 099 (1011B) — BLAZERS' FATE HUNG ON BATHROOM BREAK#
— NOVEMBER 13, 2010 — COLUMN N° 100 (1011C) — LAST GEYSER IN NW IS IN LAKEVIEW#
— NOVEMBER 22, 2010 — COLUMN N° 101 (1011D) — BANDON FOUNDER'S SHRUB BURNED TOWN#
— NOVEMBER 29, 2010 — COLUMN N° 102 (1011E) — BEACH WAS ONCE COAST'S ONLY HIGHWAY#
— DECEMBER 5, 2010 — COLUMN N° 103 (1012A) — TEMPERANCE CRUSADERS HAD BAR FIGHT#
— DECEMBER 13, 2010 — COLUMN N° 104 (1012B) — CROWN POINT WAS US'S FIRST REST AREA#
— DECEMBER 20, 2010 — COLUMN N° 105 (1012C) — DEPOE BAY IS WORLD'S SMALLEST HARBOR#
— DECEMBER 27, 2010 — COLUMN N° 106 (1012D) — HEROISM DIDN'T SAVE RUMRUNNERS#
— JANUARY 1, 2009 — COLUMN N° 190 (1207SP) — THE HEROIC FLIGHT OF ORE.'S JIM WRIGHT#
— FEBRUARY 1, 2009 — COLUMN N° 009 (H101) — ART STUDENTS GOT 'PUNK'D' BY WARHOL#
— FEBRUARY 11, 2009 — COLUMN N° 010 (H102) — OREGON CENTENNIAL: A STATEWIDE PARTY#
— FEBRUARY 19, 2009 — COLUMN N° 011 (H103) — A PIONEER SCIENTIST'S GRAFFITI IN A CAVE#
— FEBRUARY 25, 2009 — COLUMN N° 012 (H104) — THE OREGON TOWN THAT FELL INTO THE SEA#
— MARCH 7, 2009 — COLUMN N° 013 (H106) — VALSETZ WAS OREGON'S SOGGIEST TOWN#
— MARCH 18, 2009 — COLUMN N° 014 (H107) — ‘BEESWAX WRECK’ IS OVER 350 YEARS OLD#
— MARCH 22, 2009 — COLUMN N° 015 (H009) — LOVE CRATER LAKE? THANK ALBANY MAN#
— MARCH 22, 2009 — COLUMN N° 016 (H108) — RISE AND FALL OF ORE. ELECTRIC RAILROAD#
— APRIL 6, 2009 — COLUMN N° 018 (H110) — DEAUTREMONT BROS. WERE LOUSY ROBBERS#
— APRIL 12, 2009 — COLUMN N° 019 (H111) — THIS WAS THE LAKE THAT WASN'T, LATER WAS#
— APRIL 19, 2009 — COLUMN N° 020 (H112) — LOST BLUE BUCKET MINE STILL NOT FOUND#
— APRIL 26, 2009 — COLUMN N° 021 (H113) — OREGON FARMER STARTED CALI GOLD RUSH#
— MAY 2, 2009 — COLUMN N° 017 (H109) — LIBERTY SHIPS BUILT FASTER THAN SUNK#
— MAY 3, 2009 — COLUMN N° 022 (H114) — PRINEVILLE BUILT ITS OWN CITY RAILROAD#
— MAY 3, 2009 — COLUMN N° 023 (H117) — HERBERT HOOVER GREW UP IN OREGON#
— MAY 5, 2009 — COLUMN N° 024 (H105) — GRANITE IS AN ALMOST-GHOST TOWN#
— MAY 10, 2009 — COLUMN N° 025 (H115) — ORE. FREEWAYS WERE ENVY OF THE WEST#
— MAY 21, 2009 — COLUMN N° 026 (H116) — OREGON HELPED HOOVER FEED THE STARVING#
— MAY 24, 2009 — COLUMN N° 027 (H117) — SWINE FLU: IS IT DEJA VU?#
— MAY 31, 2009 — COLUMN N° 028 (H118) — MULE POWERED RAILROAD A DESPERATE PLAY#
— JUNE 8, 2009 — COLUMN N° 029 (H119) — DID SIR FRANCIS DRAKE STAY IN OREGON?#
— JULY 8, 2009 — COLUMN N° 030 (H120) — ASHLAND SHAKESPEARE BEAT OUT BOXING#
— JULY 10, 2009 — COLUMN N° 031 (H026) — UNEXPLODED BOMB RODE IN GLOVEBOX#
— JULY 22, 2009 — COLUMN N° 032 (H121) — LIGHTHOUSE BUILT 3 WEEKS TOO LATE#
— JULY 27, 2009 — COLUMN N° 033 (H025) — MAN PADDLED OVER SILVER FALLS AND LIVED#
— AUGUST 2, 2009 — COLUMN N° 035 (H128) — HANK VAUGHAN'S PROFITABLE ‘GUNFIGHT’#
— AUGUST 17, 2009 — COLUMN N° 034 (H122) — PORTLAND MAN AWOKE DURING HIS WAKE#
— AUGUST 23, 2009 — COLUMN N° 036 (0908A) — GHOST STORIES HAUNT WHITE EAGLE TAVERN#
— AUGUST 24, 2009 — COLUMN N° 037 (0908B) — ‘GRAVEYARD OF ORE. TRAIL’ SAID HAUNTED#
— SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 — COLUMN N° 038 (H013) — AWS SAW NO ENEMIES, BUT SAVED FRIENDS#
— SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 — COLUMN N° 039 (0909A) — MT. HOOD CELEBRATED WITH FIREWORKS#
— SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 — COLUMN N° 040 (H015) — WHEN P-TOWN FLOODS, FOLKS RAISE WALKS#
— SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 — COLUMN N° 041 (0909D) — BONUS ARMY STARTED IN P-TOWN#
— SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 — COLUMN N° 042 (H016) — ICE SKATING ON COTTAGE GROVE LAKE?#
— SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 — COLUMN N° 043 (H012) — THE COW-POWERED RIVERBOAT EXPERIMENT#
— OCTOBER 1, 2009 — COLUMN N° 044 (H019) — GOV. GEER'S LONG BICYCLE RIDE#
— OCTOBER 6, 2009 — COLUMN N° 045 (0910A) — WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE TIDEPOOLS#
— OCTOBER 21, 2009 — COLUMN N° 046 (H021) — THWARTED BY A THIRSTY SHIPMATE#
— OCTOBER 29, 2009 — COLUMN N° 047 (H022) — MARIE DORION, WILDERNESS SURVIVALIST#
— NOVEMBER 5, 2009 — COLUMN N° 048 (H020) — MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN MINING TOWN#
— NOVEMBER 8, 2009 — COLUMN N° 049 (H023) — OREGONIANS FLOCKED TO CALI GOLD FIELDS#
— NOVEMBER 15, 2009 — COLUMN N° 050 (0911A) — BLM, STRAUB STOPPED BAD BEACH PLAN#
— DECEMBER 1, 2009 — COLUMN N° 131 (0912A) — DID NEWPORT NEARLY SURPASS PORTLAND?#
— DECEMBER 6, 2009 — COLUMN N° 052 (0912C) — PIXIELAND AN EDGY AMUSEMENT PARK#
— DECEMBER 12, 2009 — COLUMN N° 051 (0912B) — LIGHTSHIP ‘SAILED’ ACROSS PENINSULA#
— DECEMBER 21, 2009 — COLUMN N° 053 (0912D) — GRAND RONDE VALLEY: USED-OXEN SHOP#
— DECEMBER 27, 2009 — COLUMN N° 054 (0912E) — YAQUINA GHOST STORY IS FICTION ... RIGHT?#
— OCTOBER 19, 2008 — COLUMN N° 001 (H001) — FLORENCE'S FAMOUS EXPLODING WHALE#
— OCTOBER 26, 2008 — COLUMN N° 002 (H002) — BALLOON BOMBS MAY HAVE STARTED FIRE#
— NOVEMBER 9, 2008 — COLUMN N° 003 (H007) — DID BONNEVILLE DAM WIN WW2?#
— NOVEMBER 16, 2008 — COLUMN N° 004 (H008) — FISH WHEELS CLEANED OUT SALMON#
— NOVEMBER 23, 2008 — COLUMN N° 005 (H010) — 14,000-YEAR-OLD POOP DISCOVERED#
— DECEMBER 7, 2008 — COLUMN N° 006 (H011) — THE SECRET OF ONE-EYED CHARLEY#
— DECEMBER 28, 2008 — COLUMN N° 007 (H014) — JACKSONVILLE, WHERE GOLD CHEAP AS SALT#
A MODEST COLLECTION OF ...COLORFUL CHARACTERS
CRAZY ‘TALL TALES’ NUTTY NEWSPAPER STORIES ORAL HISTORY NARRATIVESWITNESS STATEMENTS
... AND OTHER PRIMARY-SOURCES DISCOVERIES TOO FUN TO IGNORE! WPA WRITERS PROJECT OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES. THE WPA, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WAS A NEW DEAL AGENCY CREATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DURING THE 1930S TO COMBAT THE GREAT DEPRESSION. THE IDEA WAS RATHER THAN LAZILY PUMPING MONEY INTO THE ECONOMY BY BAILING OUT FAILING BANKS AND PROPPING UP BUSINESSES, TO GET SOMETHING FOR IT BY PUTTING THE MONEY IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD SPEND EVERY PENNY OF IT PATRONIZING BUSINESSES AND PUMPING UP THE ECONOMY. WHETHER IT WORKED OR NOT IS FOR THE POLITICAL TYPES TO WRANGLE ABOUT, BUT I DON’T MIND TELLING YOU I APPROVE OF THE PHILOSOPHY, NOT LEAST OF ALL BECAUSE IT SURE YIELDED SOME GOOD OREGON HISTORY STUFF — STORIES THAT WOULD HAVE DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY IF THEYHADN’T.
LIKE THESE:
THE GHOST TOWN OF ELLENDALE, IN POLK COUNTY ON THE ROAD WITH THE CIRCUS IN THE 1890S C.C. BEEKMAN, 1800S JACKSONVILLE BANKER STAMPEDES, COWBOY LIFE IN 1870S LAKE COUNTYSTEWART HOLBROOK.
ONE OF OREGON'S MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL RACONTEURS, AUTHOR STEWART HOLBROOK WROTE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF ARTICLES, ORAL HISTORIES, AND BOOKS ABOUT THE OLD OREGON COUNTRY. HOLBROOK CAN'T ALWAYS BE TRUSTED NOT TO STRETCH THE TRUTH A BIT TO MAKE A BETTER STORY, BUT HE IS ALWAYS LIVELY, WITTY, AND ENTERTAINING. BULL-COOKS: FORGOTTEN LOGGING-CAMP CHARACTERS LUMBERJACKS' SATURDAY NIGHTFIRE IN THE BUSH
PACIFIC MONTHLY MAGAZINE. PACIFIC MONTHLY WAS A LITERARY JOURNAL PUBLISHED OUT OF PORTLAND FROM 1898 TO 1911, WHEN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD BOUGHT IT OUT AND MERGED IT WITH ITS IN-HOUSE PROMOTIONAL MAGAZINE, SUNSET. THEY BOUGHT IT FOR ITS LITERARY CREDIBILITY; THE MAGAZINE HAD A FANTASTICREPUTATION.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN IT: THE LOST LEDGE, BY LAURA MILLER (DEC. 1898) OVER THE BAR, BY LISCHEN M. MILLER (OCT. 1898) OLD HANKINS' ROUNDUP, BY ADONEN (MAY 1899) THE HAUNTED LIGHT AT NEWPORT-BY-THE-SEA, BY LISCHEN M. MILLER (AUG. 1899)OTHER SOURCES.
HERE ARE A FEW TIDBITS FOUND ALONG THE WAY IN MISCELLANEOUS PLACES: OREGON'S MOST NOTORIOUS JAILBREAK: A CONVICT'S-EYE VIEW INSIDE DOPE ON THE HARRY TRACY BREAKOUT, BY A FELLOW INMATE. THE HERMIT OF THE SISKIYOUS, BY HENRY LAURENZ A STORY PUBLISHED IN THE JAN. 1887 ISSUE OF THE WEST SHORE MAGAZINE. 2008-2021 by Finn J.D. John. Copyright assertion does not apply to assets that are in the public domain or are used by permission.Details
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