Offbeat Oregon History podcast
A daily podcast of true Oregon stories from the wilder side of the Beaver State. Tales of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold, of shanghaied sailors and skid-road bordellos and pirates and robbers and buried treasure ... From the archives of the Offbeat ...
A daily podcast of true Oregon stories from the wilder side of the Beaver State. Tales of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold, of shanghaied sailors and skid-road bordellos and pirates and robbers and buried treasure ... From the archives of the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspaper column.
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Gallon House covered bridge: Ground Zero in battle over booze
The historic structure, halfway between “dry” Silverton and “wet” Mt. ...
The historic structure, halfway between “dry” Silverton and “wet” Mt. Angel, became a meeting place for the thirsty — and a symbol of Oregon's strange relationship with good ol' Demon Rum.
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The rowdy-but-golden past of almost-ghost-town Granite
Not long ago, the former gold-mining Blue Mountain boomtown was ...
Not long ago, the former gold-mining Blue Mountain boomtown was an incorporated city of one; it's grown 2,800 percent since.
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Oregon lad became a founding father of Russian Communism
Portland native Jack Reed was the only American buried in ...
Portland native Jack Reed was the only American buried in the Kremlin wall; his enthusiasm for the Bolsheviks was cooling toward the end, but after he died they gave him a state funeral and declared him a martyr to the revolution.
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Amateur pirates' bumbling scheme didn't work out as they'd planned
Two liquored-up Navy deserters planned to (a) seize control of ...
Two liquored-up Navy deserters planned to (a) seize control of a passenger liner; (b) drive it onto the beach; and (c) steal away into the night with three tons of gold. It's probably safe to say they didn't think their plan through very well.
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Local boy saves millions from starving, becomes president
Few people know it, but the most hated president of ...
Few people know it, but the most hated president of the 20th Century saved more people from starving to death than anyone else in the history of the world — ever.
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Would inventor’s steam-powered metal airship have worked?
If so, the Linn County lad might have revolutionized air ...
If so, the Linn County lad might have revolutionized air travel. But a launch-day disaster ruined his prototype, the Great Depression scared off all his investors, and the Hindenburg disaster ended the era of airship travel.
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Voice of Goofy was Oregon's incomparable “Pinto” Colvig
One of the 20th Century's most influential show-biz men, the ...
One of the 20th Century's most influential show-biz men, the Jacksonville native was a Beaver who made it big; he worked on Disney projects and Popeye cartoons and delighted kids as the first Bozo the Clown.
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Prineville: The Oregon town that refused to die
Many Oregon towns, when bypassed by the railroad, withered into ...
Many Oregon towns, when bypassed by the railroad, withered into tiny hamlets — but one of them built its own railroad instead.
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Benton County lad became the “Nicola Tesla of Oregon”
Thomas B. Slate first invented the commercial production process for ...
Thomas B. Slate first invented the commercial production process for making dry ice, then took his new-made fortune and used it to re-imagine airship travel in an almost unbelievably “steampunk” way.
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Legendary Civil War ship came to ignominious end in Coos Bay
During its glory days, the Gertrude was the fastest blockade ...
During its glory days, the Gertrude was the fastest blockade runner in the Confederate fleet. But just 17 years later, it was just another dumpy old steamer on a lowly coastwise run, wrecked in what was probably an insurance-fraud scheme.
