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 (arranged by date of first publication);
A daily podcast (7 to 12 minutes long) optimized for mobile-device listening via iTunes , Stitcher , or the podcatcher of your choice;
A weekly RSS feed optimized for smartphone newsreader apps like Pulse or Feedly;
An active Facebook page , Twitter feed, Pinterest boards.
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— 1966, LANE COUNTY — COLUMN N° 529 — JANUARY 6, 2019 —
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— 1900, CROOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 530 — JANUARY 13, 2019 —
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— 1852, LINN COUNTY — COLUMN N° 531 — JANUARY 20, 2019 —
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— 1859, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 532 — JANUARY 27, 2019 —
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— 1874, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 533 — FEBRUARY 3, 2019 —
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— 1874, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 534 — FEBRUARY 10, 2019 —
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— 1874, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 535 — FEBRUARY 17, 2019 —
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— 1874, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 536 — FEBRUARY 23, 2019 —
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— 1920s, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 537 — MARCH 3, 2019 —
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— 1892, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 538 — MARCH 10, 2019 —
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— 1886, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 539 — MARCH 17, 2019 —
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— 1916, UMATILLA COUNTY — COLUMN N° 540 — MARCH 25, 2019 —
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— 1886, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 541 — MARCH 25, 2019 —
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— 1920s, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 542 — APRIL 7, 2019 —
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— 1930s, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 543 — APRIL 14, 2019 —
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— 1924, DESCHUTES COUNTY — COLUMN N° 544 — APRIL 21, 2019 —
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— 1924, DESCHUTES COUNTY — COLUMN N° 545 — APRIL 28, 2019 —
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— 1898, OFF LINCOLN COUNTY — COLUMN N° 546 — MAY 5, 2019 —
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— 1883, COOS COUNTY — COLUMN N° 547 — MAY 12, 2019 —
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— 1912, WASHINGTON COUNTY — COLUMN N° 548 — MAY 19, 2019 —
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— 1920s, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 549 — MAY 26, 2019 —
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— 1903, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 550 — JUNE 2, 2019 —
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— 1904, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 551 — JUNE 9, 2019 —
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— 1907, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 552 — JUNE 16, 2019 —
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— 1897, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 553 — JUNE 23, 2019 —
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— 1860s, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 554 — JUNE 30, 2019 —
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— 1910, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 555 — JULY 7, 2019 —
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— 1450, HOOD RIVER COUNTY — COLUMN N° 556 — JULY 14, 2019 —
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— 1925, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 557 — JULY 21, 2019 —
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— 1861, GRANT COUNTY — COLUMN N° 558 — JULY 28, 2019 —
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— 1871, DESCHUTES COUNTY — COLUMN N° 559 — AUGUST 4, 2019 —
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— 1930s, JACKSON COUNTY — COLUMN N° 560 — AUGUST 11, 2019 —
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— 1860, DESCHUTES COUNTY — COLUMN N° 561 — AUGUST 18, 2019 —
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— 1968, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 562 — AUGUST 25, 2019 —
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— 1910s, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 563 — SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 —
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— 1890s, MALHEUR COUNTY — COLUMN N° 564 — SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 —
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— 1854, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 565 — SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 —
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— 1854, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 566 — SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 —
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— 1882, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 567 — SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 —
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— 1882, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 568 — OCTOBER 6, 2019 —
Brothel madam’s sidekicks were bad at corpse disposal
This column will go live on December 13, 2019.
— 1943, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 569 — OCTOBER 13, 2019 —
Battleship U.S.S. Oregon was lost in Pearl Harbor attack — sort of
This column will go live on December 20, 2019.
— 1850s, STATEWIDE — COLUMN N° 570 — OCTOBER 20, 2019 —
Law in frontier Oregon was rough, but not always ready
This column will go live on December 27, 2019.
— 1854, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 571 — OCTOBER 27, 2019 —
Oregon’s first murder defendant saved from gallows by his wife
This column will go live on January 3, 2020.
— 1841, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 572 — NOVEMBER 3, 2019 —
Skill and a stout ship kept U.S.S. Peacock shipwreck fatality-free
This column will go live on January 10, 2020.
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