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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Mule-powered railroad was desperate attempt to stave off ruin
Colonel T.E. Hogg built tiny track over Cascades, hauled in ...
Colonel T.E. Hogg built tiny track over Cascades, hauled in a boxcar so he could say he had service over the mountains.
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Oregon Trail medicine; or, How Not to Die of Dysentery
In the first half of the 1800s, mainstream medical doctors ...
In the first half of the 1800s, mainstream medical doctors were not very trusted; travelers on the Oregon Trail relied more on herbal remedies or cold water.
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“Holy roller” cult ended with murder, suicide, insanity
Bride of Christ cult sought perfect righeousness, Christ-like simplicity and ...
Bride of Christ cult sought perfect righeousness, Christ-like simplicity and total humility. In practice, though, it spawned nothing but misery and madness, and a legal precedent for “honor killings.”
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Oregon years — and Oregon flour mills — helped Hoover prevent mass starvation
One of 20th Century's most reviled presidents, he saved millions ...
One of 20th Century's most reviled presidents, he saved millions from starving — and grew up in Oregon; his name is on the title deed for Boston Flouring Mills
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Great women of Oregon History, Part II: The “Firsts”
Not many people know it, but Oregon had the first ...
Not many people know it, but Oregon had the first female governor (in 1909), first female sworn police officer (in 1908) and first female stagecoach driver (in the 1860s).
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The real story of the Corvallis “naked ladies cult”: How it began
Preacher Edmund Creffield's Bride of Christ Church broke up families, ...
Preacher Edmund Creffield's Bride of Christ Church broke up families, sanctioned adultery and inspired deadly violence in the early 20th Century. Ironically, its practitioners' goal was perfect holiness and godliness.
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Taming of the Rascal: Edouard Chambreau's redemption
After blowing his chance at a prosperous, respectable life in ...
After blowing his chance at a prosperous, respectable life in the Tygh Valley, the gambler and liquor man roared through frontier life as a keeper of rowdy saloons and bawdy joints before a Temperance crusader changed his life.
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Duniway isn't the only great woman of Oregon history
Other pioneering Oregonians worthy of having bridges and mountains named ...
Other pioneering Oregonians worthy of having bridges and mountains named after them include attorney Mary G. Leonard, historian Frances Fuller Victor and physician Bethenia Owens-Adair.
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Blimp squadron was first line of defense against enemy subs, balloon bombs
The massive dirigibles were housed in the largest clear-span wood ...
The massive dirigibles were housed in the largest clear-span wood buildings in the world, near Tillamook; one burned in 1992, while the other houses the Tillamook Air Museum today.
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Edouard Chambreau gave a swindler's-eye view of old Oregon
French-Canadian gambler started out as one of the most scurrilous ...
French-Canadian gambler started out as one of the most scurrilous rascals in the state, then reformed his ways and became one of its most earnest and effective reformers. This is the story of his early years. (Part 1 of 2)
