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Oregon's ‘King of moonshiners’ was an old-time music legend
Among musicians and fans of old-time string-band music, Benjamin Franklin Jarrell is basically royalty. As a member of one of the most influential bands from the golden age of old-time music — DaCost…
Published on 4 months ago
What really happened to DB Cooper? Pick a theory
For more than 40 years, amateurs and pros alike have put forward dozens of theories, many quite plausible and backed with some evidence. But the story seems destined to remain a delicious historical …
Published on 4 months ago
D.B. Cooper deplanes like a boss: Getting away with the loot
The hunt for the man who called himself Dan Cooper started just hours after he disappeared into the night sky with a bag of $20 bills tied to his waist. Did he get away? Did anyone find him? The sear…
Published on 4 months ago
D.B. Cooper deplanes: Getting away with the loot
After demanding four parachutes and a knapsack of $20 bills, the legendary anonymous skyjacker disappeared into the night sky over southwest Washington with $200,000 — touching off a massive manhunt.…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
D.B. Cooper skyjacking legend started at PDX
History's only unsolved hijacking drama started at Portland International Airport when a nondescript man calling himself 'Dan Cooper' stepped aboard a Boeing 727 bound for Seattle. (Part 1 of a 4-par…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Finn on KPNW's Wake Up Call: Hathaway Jones, Self-declared 'damnedest liar' in Oregon country
A recording of an on-air conversation with Bill Lundun and Gerry Snyder of the Wake Up Call on Eugene's KPNW Radio AM 1120. Topic: The wonderful tall tales of Hathaway Jones, the legendary Rogue Rive…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
For one Oregon slave, the Civil War didn’t end bondage
Ame died in 1874, more than 10 years after President Abraham Lincoln set her free. So, why does her gravestone still identify her as a slave? We'll probably never know. (Corvallis, Benton County; 187…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Oregon cold snaps seem mild, but one sank a ship
When the mercury dropped below 20 degrees for six weeks, a six-inch layer of ice formed on many Willamette Valley lakes — and locals took up ice skating. And five years earlier, it got so cold, a new…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Former robber became vice president of bank he once robbed
Young cowboy David Tucker wanted a share of the loot so he could marry his sweetheart; after he got out of prison, he worked for decades to earn back the trust of both her and their community. (Josep…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Ka-Ton-Ka patent remedy was Oregon’s own, sort of
In the mid-1870s, a fast-talking East Coast hustler teamed up with a famous half-Native Indian scout to cash in on his fame with a line of dodgy faux-Indian patent remedies — and the Oregon Indian Me…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago