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Oregon Vortex: 95 years of keeping experts guessing
ABOUT 20 YEARS ago, Alex Hirsch, a student at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, set out to make a low-budget short animated film…
2 months ago
The crazy story of U.S.’s first woman governor (Part 2 of 2)
HALFWAY THROUGH HIS second term in office, Governor Chamberlain ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate, and won the election. So he resigned his office as…
2 months ago
The crazy story of U.S.’s first woman governor (Part 1 of 2)
IF YOU ASK most Oregonians who the first woman governor in state history was, they’ll have an immediate answer … but they’ll be wrong. Conventional w…
2 months ago
Land-fraud swindlers plundered Oregon badly (Part 2 of 2)
Happily ensconced in their little bubble of like-minded businessmen and politicians, the land thieves had gotten to be a bit out of touch with how th…
2 months ago
Land-fraud swindlers plundered Oregon badly (Part 1 of 2)
ON THE MORNING of Dec. 7, 1904, Stephen A.D. Puter had just arrived at the office of U.S. Marshal Jack Matthews. He was expecting some friends to com…
2 months ago
'Most Wanted' desperadoes found a home and respect in Oregon(Part 2 of 2)
LATE IN THE MONTH of March, 1948, in the small coastal town of Gearhart, Pauline Virgin, 12, and her cousin Navarre Smith, 14, were listening to the …
2 months, 1 week ago
Running from FBI? Hide in a friendly Oregon town!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! In the spirit of the American tradition of the season, today we’re going to explore the stories of two Missouri men whose New Year’s …
2 months, 1 week ago
P-town mansion was once home of starvation cult
The motto of Kate Ann Williams' cult was “Pray and be Cured,” and adherents went on rigorous 40-day fasts that occasionally killed them. The cult dis…
2 months, 1 week ago
Oregon man’s wife killed his SCOTUS appointment
Senate committee went from a solid consensus to confirm George H. Williams, to a firm determination not to, in just one week. The cause? Most believe…
2 months, 1 week ago
‘Cape Foulweather Light’ built on the wrong cape
Today known properly as Yaquina Head Light, the state's tallest lighthouse is a popular tourist attraction, and until recently was the home of the na…
2 months, 1 week ago