Offbeat Oregon History podcast
www.offbeatoregon.com (finn @ offbeatoregon.com)
The Offbeat Oregon History Podcast is a daily service from the Offbeat Oregon History newspaper column. Each weekday morning, a strange-but-true story from Oregon's history from the archives of the column is uploaded. An exploding whale, a few shockingly scary cults, a 19th-century serial killer, several very naughty ladies, a handful of solid-brass con artists and some of the dumbest bad guys in the history of the universe. Source citations are included with the text version on the Web site at...
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Episodes (383)
Dog's 2,500-mile walk home made Silverton famous
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Bobbie the Wonder Dog put Silverton on the map
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SPADs, Sopwith Camels made with Oregon spruce
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Oregon back country is rich in legends of buried treasure
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Decade-long dam dispute resolved with dynamite
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Buying gas-station B-17 was a crazy adventure
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Mislabeled wood alcohol killed 28 Portland hobos
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Family camped unnoticed in downtown Portland — for 4 years
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Six iconic food items that were invented in Oregon (Part 2 of 2)
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Six iconic food items that were invented in Oregon (Part 1 of 2)
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Express clerk’s silence foiled Eugene train robber
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All-metal steam-powered zeppelin: Could it work?
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Alsea lad became ‘The Nikola Tesla of Oregon’
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I-25 submarine gave Oregon its first wartime bombardment
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Japanese sub blasted its way into Oregon history
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Japanese shipwrecks on coast predate Columbus
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‘Automo-bubble’ a part of Deschutes railroad war
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Gun-toting ‘Wildcat’ was nation’s first ‘shock jock’
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Portland’s Pioneer Square pitched as ‘crystal palace’
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Mountain town of Bourne was home of a magnificent swindle
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History happenings at OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY in Portland, next few months
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Did primitive Hug Point Road save our beaches?
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Pioneer Chinese doc was a city treasure in John Day
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Valley was Oregon Trail’s eden, used-ox dealership
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The world’s smallest natural harbor used to be even smaller
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Atlantis in Oregon: The underwater lost cities
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Grisly slasher murder still baffling a century later (2 of 2)
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State tried to pin Grisly slasher murder on victim's 'grim widow' (1 of 2)
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Astronaut left a piece of Oregon lava on the moon
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Beavercreek Bomber: Pay $1 million or out go the lights
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Pilot boat’s entire crew mysteriously disappeared
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Oregon’s tiger pimp went on the lam, became big problem for Idaho (2 of 2)
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Oregon had its own 'Tiger King,' only ours was worse (Part 1 of 2)
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Iconic movies filmed in Oregon, Part 3: 1975-1989
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Iconic movies filmed in Oregon, Part 2: 1965-1975
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Iconic movies shot in Oregon, part 1: 1908-1952
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Scenic highway was pitched as a 'park to park' experience (Part 2 of 2)
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Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway set the tone for Oregon roadbuilding for decades (...
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Getting trapped in ship’s wreckage saved mariner
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For ex-spy Claire Phillips, fame was fleeting but her PTSD was not (Part 2 of 2)
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Portland woman ran U.S. spy ring in World War II (Part 1 of 2)
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Bloody 1925 prison break ended badly for everyone involved (2 of 2)
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Rampant Klan cronyism led to bloody 1925 prison break (1 of 2)
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Brutal ‘Oregon Boot’ made our state prison infamous
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Meteorites that have fallen on the Beaver State (2 of 2)
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Man found meteorite on his neighbor's land ... so he stole it. (1 of 2)
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The last-minute choice that made aviation legend Jim Wright a true hero (Part 3...
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Aviator Jim Wright's day of triumph: A new world record at Reno Air Races (Part...
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The heroic final flight of Cottage Grove's Jim Wright: Part 1 of 3
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Trail Blazers’ fate hung on an extra-long bathroom break: Part 2 of 2
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