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Pioneer ‘lady doctor’ was Oregon's 'Modern Prometheus': Part 1 of 3-part series on Bethenia Owens-Adair
In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Shelley tells the story of a brilliant and gifted scientist-p…
6 months, 1 week ago
How the War of 1812 changed Oregon's fate (Part 2 of 2)
Yesterday, in Part One of this story, we had just gotten to the part where the Tonquin had been blown up, marooning the Astorians on the far side of …
6 months, 1 week ago
How Oregon almost became part of Canada once, eh? (Part 1 of 2)
For most people today, the story of the original colony of Astoria is remembered — if it’s remembered at all — as a dismal failure. It was an ill-equ…
6 months, 1 week ago
Vigilantes overreached with murder of ‘rustler’
Everyone thought John Hawk was stealing cattle, and he refused to talk about it. So one night, a group of cattlemen snuck into his camp and assassina…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Bold bandits robbed train 3 miles from Roseburg
The job got off to a bad start when the fireman escaped and sprinted for the nearby town. The main suspect in the robbery quickly left town, and a fe…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Cow Creek train robbers were liberal with the dynamite
The “Baritone Bandit” led a small group of desperados with a large cache of dynamite, and they got away with a good bit of loot from the Douglas Coun…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Oregon crooks have always loved their dynamite
Extortionists, jailbreakers, safecrackers, jealous lovers and even truant students have, throughout the early years of Oregon history, found high exp…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
How to rob trains with dynamite: Tips from a pro
Award-winning criminal mastermind/ motivational speaker Blackie DuQuesne shares a few key insights for aspiring train robbers on how to avoid “n00b m…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
‘Prepaid shanghaiing’ plot went off the rails — fatally
The sailor wanted to quit, but the captain didn't want him to; so he deposited a $60 'blood money' bonus with the British consul, as a reward if shan…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Old Oregon loggers, millworkers were tough characters
For workers in the 'bad old days' of working in the woods and in janky, underengineered sawmills, the occasional loss of a finger or two just came wi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago