Offbeat Oregon History podcast
243 episodes — Page 1 of 5
Lola Baldwin's life mission: Battle human trafficking in Portland
Jun 26, 202612 min
First policewoman was a municipal Rescuer — like Bianca
Jun 25, 202611 min
Did ‘Vortex I’ prevent riots in downtown Portland?
Jun 24, 20269 min
McCall expected ‘Vortex I’ to cost him re-election
Jun 23, 20268 min
Riot at PSU set the stage for ‘Governor’s Pot Party’
Jun 22, 20269 min
Yachter’s treasure caught FBI’s interest too late
Jun 19, 202611 min
Portland's Vaudeville mayor made city famous as well as notorious
Jun 18, 202610 min
When The Oregonian newspaper burgled a candidate’s home
Jun 17, 20268 min
How Stewart Holbrook became Oregon's great storyteller (Part 2 of 2)
Jun 16, 202610 min
Stewart Holbrook: The literary spirit of mid-century Oregon (Part 1 of 2)
Jun 15, 20267 min
How a national mythology was made from massacre
Jun 12, 202615 min
Marcus Whitman: The man behind the myths and the massacre
Jun 11, 202613 min
Portland home of world’s only working P.T. boat
Jun 10, 20268 min
After logger’s murder, bordello madam vanished
Jun 9, 20269 min
Cayuse tribe’s amazing ponies are now very rare
Jun 8, 20269 min
Famous dance hall hosted Berry, Cash, many more
Jun 5, 20269 min
The notorious Tusko led a colorful and tragic life
Jun 4, 202611 min
Lotus Isle, Oregon’s most surreal amusement park
Jun 3, 20269 min
Pirates were defeated in Yaquina Bay Oyster Wars
Jun 2, 20269 min
NASA’s ‘Moon Trees’ have roots in Oregon forest fire
Jun 1, 20268 min
‘Rajneesh’ or ‘Osho’? In Oregon, his name is mud (Part 4 of 4)
May 29, 202615 min
Rajneeshees’ doom sealed by scheme to seize power (Part 3 of 4)
May 28, 202614 min
Rajneeshees got on well with neighbors ... at first (Part 2 of 4)
May 27, 202615 min
Rajneeshpuram: Oregon’s most (in)famous ashram
May 26, 202613 min
Opium culture a forgotten part of urban underworld
May 25, 20269 min
The ex-Oregonian who got the U.S. into World War II: Yosuke Matsuoka (#6 of series of 6 related episodes)
May 22, 202617 min
Japan's most influential diplomat of all time grew up in Portland (#5 of series of 6 related episodes)
May 21, 202615 min
World's most incompetent drug smugglers lost tons of opium to theft, seizure (#4 of series of 6 related episodes)
May 20, 202613 min
Blum and Dunbar smuggled opium by the steamship load (#3 of series of 6 related episodes)
May 19, 202614 min
Lotan's venture into opium smuggling was doomed from the start (#2 of series of 6 related episodes)
May 18, 20269 min
The blind ferryman from Tillamook who could 'see' just fine — and an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ...
May 16, 20265 min
Minor politician became opium king of West Coast (1 of series of 6 related episodes)
May 15, 20269 min
When the last geyser in Pacific Northwest went still in Lakeview
May 14, 20267 min
Fossil Lake: Oregon’s answer to the LaBrea Tar Pits
May 13, 20266 min
Town destroyed by its founder’s favorite garden shrub
May 12, 20266 min
Steam excursion train line is now a new bike path
May 11, 20266 min
How Sheriff Bentley arrested legendary outlaw Hank Vaughan — and an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ...
May 9, 202611 min
World champion hired to humiliate town bully
May 8, 202614 min
Oregon Indian prince was Japan’s intro to the West
May 7, 20268 min
An unrecognized Indian prince’s quest to see Japan
May 6, 20269 min
Bike business in P-town ruined by ... prostitutes?
May 5, 202610 min
Schemers sought to steal Peter Iredale shipwreck
May 4, 20269 min
Uncle Dave's Incredible Shrinking Horse Story — and an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ...
May 2, 20268 min
The legendary lies and tall tales of Reub Long (2 of 2)
May 1, 202614 min
Rancher Reub Long, the legendary Sage of Fort Rock (1 of 2)
Apr 30, 202613 min
War-games campaign blanketed Central Oregon
Apr 29, 20268 min
Camp Adair hardened recruits with combat training — and poison oak (Part 2 of 2)
Apr 28, 20269 min
Oregon's second-largest city was built in six months (Part 1 of 2)
Apr 27, 20266 min
Before news “crusade,” milk was killing babies
Apr 24, 20267 min
Quest for lost gold mine led to 12,000-acre jewel
Apr 23, 202610 min