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Finn on KPNW's Wake Up Call: Oregon's own Indiana Jones — Luther Cressman
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, recorded in January of last year. The topic of conversation: Luther Cressma…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Community of Mohawk debated school policies with dynamite
AS OF THE time of this writing, it’s election season, and some of us are being asked to approve bond measures for local schools. So, most likely I don’t have to tell you that such debates can get pre…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Is treasure of lucky beach gold miners still out there?
IMAGINE YOU'RE A gold prospector from the Willamette Valley, on your way to the California gold fields in the first year of the 1848 gold rush. You’re a little late to the party, and you’ve chosen t…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
First seaworthy log raft helped build San Diego
Lumber magnate Simon Benson needed to get logs from the Columbia to his mill in Southern California, so he designed cigar-shaped log rafts a full acre in size. They were a familiar sight until the ea…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
‘Sand pounders’ of Coast Guard kept beach secure
They never did see any action against the Japanese spies and commando teams they expected. But the fact that they were on the job may have had something to do with the fact that none ever tried to co…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
In lieu of prison, convict was auctioned off as temporary slave
Although he had done it, Return Everman stoutly denied having burgled Cyrenius Hooker’s home. Hooker just as firmly accused him of the deed, and wouldn’t stop talking about it. So Everman decided it …
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago