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The REAL story of Charity Lamb, Oregon's most misunderstood ax murderess
Abusive husband Nathaniel Lamb probably didn't really plan to kill his wife, but when he aimed his rifle at her that morning, he clearly wanted her to think he did. That night, over supper, he learne…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Oregon’s scenic bridges are Conde McCullough’s legacy (Part 2 of 2-part series)
ANYONE WHO'S DONE much driving around Oregon — especially along the coast — knows the state’s bridges have a particular and distinctive style. That style is actually hard to put your finger on, isn’t…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Bridge patent trolls found match in McCullough (Part 1 of 2-part series)
CONDE MCCULLOUGH had a problem. Actually, let’s restate that. The Iowa highway department, which McCullough worked for at the time (in 1914), had a problem; what McCullough had was an opportunity. H…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Gidget Goes Berzerk: The Seaside rock-and-roll riots
SEPT. 1, 1962, WAS an unusually sultry day for the north Oregon coast, and the little beachside resort town of Seaside was crammed with high-school and college kids. They had come from all over the s…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Fierce debate over UFO sighting continues today
Was the flying saucer photographed over the Trent farm near McMinnville real, or a clever hoax? Either way makes for a great story. (McMinnville, Yamhill County; 1950s) (For text and pictures, see ht…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Flying saucer stories got their start in Pendleton
While looking for a crashed plane, aviator Kenneth Arnold saw a squadron of strange shining metallic things flying by Mt. Rainier. His description of them led to the coining of the term 'Flying Sauce…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Oregon called BS on Cali papers’ 1890s UFO stories
A handful of California newspapers started a UFO scare in 1896 with a series of stories of sightings. But were they making it all up? Oregon newspapers sure thought so. (TL;DR: Yes, they were.) (Stat…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
In west’s first newspaper, each copy was handmade
IT’S WIDELY KNOWN that the first newspaper west of the Mississippi River was the short-lived Oregon Spectator, which published its first issue on Feb. 5, 1846. But that’s only true if you define “new…
Published on 6 months ago