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Mount Angel Abbey owes grandeur to colorful monk
Jovial and gregarious, Adelhelm Odermatt locked his sights on a vision of a hilltop monastery — and then deployed himself like a jovial, glad-handing…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
‘Unwritten Law’ no help for man who murdered his wife's brother
“Amsterdam Jack” Murray claimed it was all a misunderstanding, but the jury obviously suspected he'd intended to murder his wife's brother all along;…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Frontier murder was even darker than it appeared
When first reported, it looked like a simple murder-suicide. But it quickly became clear that it was something far more sinister — and the motives of…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Pixieland and Oregon's midcentury culture
Jerry and Lu Parks envisioned a “fairy-tale history of Oregon” in the form of an amusement park. What they created was a rich cultural artifact, and …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
‘Daredevil Al’ Fossett was Evel Knievel of the ’20s
The former logger tried to cash in on his knack for boat design and total lack of normal fear by paddling over waterfalls: Willamette Falls, Celilo F…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
West’s first female lawyer: A legal Mother Teresa?
The real Mary Leonard was probably someone who had given up “the good life” after realizing, during her time in jail, that the powerless women of her…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Pioneering “lady lawyer” deserved a better legacy
Had Mary Leonard died in 1890, she'd be remembered as she really was — a brilliant orator and an inspiration to future Oregon women and attorneys. Bu…
3 months ago
Acquitted murder suspect became first ‘lady lawyer’
Many historians, eager to see in her the caricature of the nagging, garrulous fishwife and gold-digging black widow, have missed the real story of Ma…
3 months ago
Fiery explosive shipwreck gave Boiler Bay its name
A MILE OR two north of the picturesque little Central Coast town of Depoe Bay, there’s a little unassuming wide spot at the side of Highway 101 where…
3 months ago
Bob Straub stopped plan to put highway on the beach
State treasurer Straub was a regular visitor to the state park through which the highway department wished to route the main Oregon Coast arterial. H…
3 months ago