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Storm-tossed ships shared a double date with destiny
The Mindora and the Merrithew had docked next to each other in San Francisco, arrived within a few days of each other, wrecked within a few hours of …
1 day, 9 hours ago
“Roaring 20s” murder solved by cop’s diligence
Caught by a railroad “bull,” the thief shot his way out and ran for it. But an accurate shot by the dying guard and some persistent police work broug…
2 days, 9 hours ago
Oregon’s highest, smallest city once had its jail stolen
Because of how it's chartered, the ghost town of Greenhorn remained an incorporated city even when its population was zero — but it couldn't defend i…
3 days, 9 hours ago
Miracle saved sailors from death on Columbia bar
As they hung in the riggings of the sailing ship Etoile du Matin waiting for death, they felt their ship start to break apart — but the piece that br…
4 days, 9 hours ago
Historic lighthouse saved by a nonexistent ghost ... but was she, really?
But did Lischen M. Miller create the story of Muriel Trevenard, the mysterious young woman who came to Newport in the 1870s and vanished ... or did s…
5 days, 9 hours ago
Heppner's devastation brought out heroism in face of watery death (2 of 2)
WHEN IT WAS over, the survivors in Heppner had an awful job ahead of them. A quote from the Portland Oregonian, reprinted in DenOuden’s article in th…
1 week, 1 day ago
Worst natural flash flood in U.S. history struck here (Part 1 of 2)
ON JUNE 15, 1903, a strange little article appeared in the Portland Morning Oregonian. “It is reported that a tremendous cloudburst occurred at Heppn…
1 week, 2 days ago
Mount Angel Abbey owes grandeur to colorful monk
Jovial and gregarious, Adelhelm Odermatt locked his sights on a vision of a hilltop monastery — and then deployed himself like a jovial, glad-handing…
1 week, 3 days ago
‘Unwritten Law’ no help for man who murdered his wife's brother
“Amsterdam Jack” Murray claimed it was all a misunderstanding, but the jury obviously suspected he'd intended to murder his wife's brother all along;…
1 week, 4 days ago
Frontier murder was even darker than it appeared
When first reported, it looked like a simple murder-suicide. But it quickly became clear that it was something far more sinister — and the motives of…
1 week, 5 days ago