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— 1947, LAKE COUNTY — COLUMN N° 477 — JANUARY 7, 2018 —
Oregon lost its governor, secretary of state, and Senate president when their Beechcraft Bonanza slammed into the side of a ridge southwest of Lakeview.
In the tall tales of 1840s almanacs, the “King of the Wild Frontier” had a lively interest in the Beaver State. But he did get a few of his facts wrong ...
It's nearly certain that Drake was guilty only of extreme naivete — and his landlord, after murdering a neighbor, knew he could pin the crime on him because Drake was black.
Troutdale Airfield is just 10 miles from Portland International — and built to serve Cessnas, not Boeings. But one dark night in 1962, a jumbo-jet pilot got confused....
When the Oregon National Guard was called up, Oregonians felt vulnerable to Japanese invasion. So they loaded their rifles and possed up, ready to give 'em hell!
It was obvious to nearly everyone that Chee Gong was innocent. But one of his tong brothers had murdered Lee Yik and disappeared, and blood had to answer for blood.
Native Americans told Coronado there was a fabulous just to the north. All he found were Indian villages. But, was there a real city behind this vague legend?
A startup newspaper in Albany was determined to see Mattie Allison hanged, one way or another.But when her court case got started, the real story came out ...
They'd left Condon with a wealthy rancher and murdered him on the way. Only then did they realize how bad it would look to show up at their destination without him ...
Taken to Ocean Park after being nearly killed in a shipwreck, William Begg was nursed back to health by Maude Taylor – who turned out to be the love of his life.
The cops wouldn't return her call, and they would be gone by morning. So Mrs. Whitlock picked up the phone – at 10:15 at night! – and woke up the District Attorney.
Off Yaquina Bay, the lumber schooner Frank W. Howe suddenly filled with water. Luckily, the cargo of railroad ties kept her afloat – for a week-long fight for life.
White-hat con man Deadwood Dick was the hero of dozens of dime novels in the late 1800s. But his New York author didn't really know much about the West.
Murderer Pleasant Armstrong said he had no idea what came over him. But a strange woman claimed, in court, that he was the victim of a family of murdering hypnotists.
— MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 499 — JUNE 10, 2018 —
When the White Eagle Saloon was America's most notorious nest of anarchists
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— MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 500 — JUNE 17, 2018 —
Abigail Scott Duniway thought she'd be remembered primarily for her novels, but ...
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— STATEWIDE — COLUMN N° 501— JUNE 24, 2018 —
Oregon was JFK's make-or-break state in the 1960 primary
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— STATEWIDE — COLUMN N° 502 — JULY 1, 2018 —
Oregonians called BS on California papers' UFO stories in 1890s
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— UMATILLA COUNTY — COLUMN N°503— JULY 8, 2018 —
Flying Saucer stories got their start in Pendleton
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— YAMHILL COUNTY — COLUMN N°504— JULY 15, 2018 —
McMinnville UFO photos still hotly debated today
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