— 1966, LANE COUNTY — COLUMN N° 529 — JANUARY 6, 2019 — Filming of “worst Western” was an unforgettable spectacle |
— 1900, CROOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 530 — JANUARY 13, 2019 — Sheepman’s disappearance may be Oregon’s oldest cold case |
— 1852, LINN COUNTY — COLUMN N° 531 — JANUARY 20, 2019 — “Uncle Joab” Powell was West’s most famous pioneer preacher |
— 1859, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 532 — JANUARY 27, 2019 — Plain-talking “Uncle Joab” too blunt for Legislature’s comfort |
— 1874, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 533 — FEBRUARY 3, 2019 — Portland’s “Temperance War of 1874”: The backstory |
— 1874, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 534 — FEBRUARY 10, 2019 — Stubborn saloonkeeper wouldn't play nice with crusading ladies |
— 1874, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 535 — FEBRUARY 17, 2019 — Riot at saloon led to charges … but not against the rioters |
— 1874, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 536 — FEBRUARY 23, 2019 — “Temperance Crusade” failed when leaders got too preachy |
— 1920s, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 537 — MARCH 3, 2019 — Old-time country doctors led colorful and interesting lives |
— 1892, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 538 — MARCH 10, 2019 — Shyster lawyer planned to steal man’s land by shanghaiing him |
— 1886, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 539 — MARCH 17, 2019 — Letter from afar gave man's family a view to a shanghaiing |
— 1916, UMATILLA COUNTY — COLUMN N° 540 — MARCH 25, 2019 — Umatilla mayor’s wife had an ‘election-day surprise’ for him |
— 1886, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 541 — MARCH 25, 2019 — “Prepaid shanghaiing” plot went off the rails — fatally |
— 1920s, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 542 — APRIL 7, 2019 — Skunk’s “beautiful pelt” woulda been best admired from afar |
— 1930s, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 543 — APRIL 14, 2019 — Old-time loggers, millworkers were tough, stoic characters |
— 1924, DESCHUTES COUNTY — COLUMN N° 544 — APRIL 21, 2019 — Trappers’ disappearance had relative suspecting foul play |
— 1924, DESCHUTES COUNTY — COLUMN N° 545 — APRIL 28, 2019 — Lava Lake murders are still officially unsolved, but … |
— 1898, OFF LINCOLN COUNTY — COLUMN N° 546 — MAY 5, 2019 — Ship captain doubled down on ill-considered wager … and lost |
— 1883, COOS COUNTY — COLUMN N° 547 — MAY 12, 2019 — Life station keeper’s cowardice cost 11 sailors their lives |
— 1912, WASHINGTON COUNTY — COLUMN N° 548 — MAY 19, 2019 — “Diamond Bill” Barrett was “The Heiress Whisperer” |
— 1920s, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 549 — MAY 26, 2019 — Portland’s “Shanghai Tunnels”: Mostly myth, but not entirely |
— 1903, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 550 — JUNE 2, 2019 — Billy Smith: World champion by day, shanghaier by night |
— 1904, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 551 — JUNE 9, 2019 —
Oregon tried to regulate crimps with monopoly for worst one |
— 1907, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 552 — JUNE 16, 2019 — Bungling attempt by old crimps marked end of shanghaiing era |
— 1897, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 553 — JUNE 23, 2019 — “Hold-Up Session” of 1896-97 featured a giant house party |
— 1860s, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 554 — JUNE 30, 2019 — Surge of confederate refugees made big changes in Oregon |
— 1910, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 555 — JULY 7, 2019 — How a banana peel changed the course of Oregon history |
— 1450, HOOD RIVER COUNTY — COLUMN N° 556 — JULY 14, 2019 — Was the Bridge of the Gods a real thing? Almost certainly |
— 1925, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 557 — JULY 21, 2019 — “Lobster trap for bootleggers” was a huge but costly success |
— 1861, GRANT COUNTY — COLUMN N° 558 — JULY 28, 2019 — Chasing a rumor, prospectors turned backs on a fortune twice |
— 1871, DESCHUTES COUNTY — COLUMN N° 559 — AUGUST 4, 2019 — Mining law a response to plot to seize gold mines with troops |
— 1930s, JACKSON COUNTY — COLUMN N° 560 — AUGUST 11, 2019 — Oregon’s “Miner 29ers” beat Depression with a gold pan |
— 1860, DESCHUTES COUNTY — COLUMN N° 561 — AUGUST 18, 2019 — Eugene’s first university died when president started gunfight |
— 1968, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 562 — AUGUST 25, 2019 — Haystack Rock was once a target for daredevil climbers |
— 1910s, TILLAMOOK COUNTY — COLUMN N° 563 — SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 — Cape Kiwanda dory fleet launches into teeth of breakers |
— 1890s, MALHEUR COUNTY — COLUMN N° 564 — SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 — Horse racing, and race fixing, used to be wildly popular |
— 1854, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 565 — SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 — Oregon’s literary legacy built on a “True Confession” novel |
— 1854, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 566 — SEPTEMBER 22, 2019 — West Coast’s first published novel a torrid page-turner |
— 1882, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 567 — SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 — Carrie Bradley was the Brigid O’Shaughnessy of old Portland |
— 1882, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 568 — OCTOBER 6, 2019 — Brothel madam’s sidekicks were bad at corpse disposal |
— 1942, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 569 — OCTOBER 13, 2019 — Battleship U.S.S. Oregon lost in Pearl Harbor attack — sort of |
— 1850s, STATEWIDE — COLUMN N° 570 — OCTOBER 20, 2019 — Law in frontier Oregon was rough, but not always ready |
— 1854, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 571 — OCTOBER 27, 2019 — Oregon’s first murder convict saved from gallows by his wife |
— 1841, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 572 — NOVEMBER 3, 2019 — Skill and a stout ship kept U.S.S. Peacock shipwreck fatality-free |
— MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 572 — NOVEMBER 10, 2019 — Frontier-era mayors were a surprisingly dramatic bunch |
— MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 574 — NOVEMBER 17, 2019 — In 1800s Portland, at least one mayor paid to play |
— MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 575 — NOVEMBER 24, 2019 — Mayors Lee, Schrunk set tone for Portland’s MCM era |
— MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 576 — DECEMBER 1, 2019 — How Abe Tichner hustled the rubes at 1870s county fairs |
— 1852, BENTON COUNTY — COLUMN N° 577 — DECEMBER 8, 2019 — Neighbor’s theft of widow and orphans’ home too much for jury |
— 1858, MARION COUNTY — COLUMN N° 578 — DECEMBER 15, 2019 — Asahel Bush crossed swords with Oregon’s first woman doc, lost |
— 1810s, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 579 — DEC. 22, 2019 — West Coast once the Detroit of the marine-engine industry |
— 1810s, CLATSOP COUNTY — COLUMN N° 579 — DEC. 22, 2019 — Grahams’ “Yellow Stack Line” epitomized steamboat era |