Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast

Hope and horror collide and the dark deeds of human nature are put on display. Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a tour into the world of Oregon's mental health care and the history of the Oregon State Hospital. Sources: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mental-illness-during-middle-ages https://www.britannica.com/science/psychiatric-hospital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Story_Kirkbride https://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/timeline/1801/tline14.html https://oshmuseum.org/oregon-hospital-for-the-insane-portland-1861-1883/#:~:text=The%20first%20institution%20in%20Oregon,Oregon%20Hospital%20for%20the%20Insane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Hawthorne https://oshmuseum.org/

A terrible murder. A witch's curse. A town destined to burn. Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford tells the story of an urban legend with real history behind it. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276872#sec003 https://www.languageconnections.com/blog/magic-witches-around-the-world/ https://davidcorkermurder.tombstonesproject.org/ https://oregontic.com/oregon-historical-markers/joel-perkins/ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perkins-8958 https://newlafayette.org/lafayette-history/lafayette-fires-setting-record-straight/ https://greenlettucead.com/lafayette-oregon-urban-legend/ https://www.co.yamhill.or.us/content/brief-history-yamhill-county#:~:text=Dayton%20and%20McMinnville%2C%20both%20smaller,small%20but%20rapidly%20growing%20city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamhill_County_Courthouse

Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a journey through the beginning of Oregon's history, from native cultures and pioneering explorers all the way up to the minting of a state. This show is part of the Oregon Voices Network, for more shows, content, and all the socials head to www.oregonvoices.net!Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Oregonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gray_(sea_captain)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vancouverhttps://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/brokentreaties/oregon-tribes-oral-history-broken-treaties/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Northwest-Coast-Indianhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Paiute_peoplehttps://pacificu.libguides.com/c.php?g=1050460&p=7794169https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trailhttps://www.npr.org/2007/10/08/15040888/coming-to-america-who-was-first#:~:text=Bettmann%2FCorbis-,Columbus%20gets%20the%20credit%20for%20being,to%20land%20on%20these%20shores.https://www.worldhistory.org/Leif_Erikson/#:~:text=Leif%20Erikson%20(also%20spelled%20Leif,1000%20CE.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expeditionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Passagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon

Hey guys! Check out the trailer for our new show we are producing about Oregon's history, lore and much more! From the coast through the mountains to the high desert, forgotten towns, urban legends, cryptids, folklore, everything you could possibly imagine. We are here to tell the stories of people and places both well known and lost to time.