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Union squabbles were part of life on the waterfront

Every few years, in the early 1900s, burly and hard-fisted dock workers got into a battle of...

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Malheur County rancher saves pioneer Oregon aviator’s life

Barnstormer Ted Barber was down to his last half-cup of gasoline when Ralph Grove rescued him by...

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Decade-long dam dispute resolved with dynamite (Episode for Friday, March 22)

IN THE SMALL hours of the morning of Aug. 16, 1906, a powerful explosion jolted residents awake...

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Tiny home-built schooner saved Tillamook settlers (Episode for Tue, March 19)

After the only skipper willing to brave their fearsome river bar died, the only way to get wheat...

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Bridge-building scandal aroused Portlanders’ fury (Episode for Wed, March 20)

Crafty county commissioners tried to rig the bidding so their favorite bid, padded to the tune of...

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Did monk from China “discover” Oregon 1,600 years ago?

Legend of a monk's journey to a land called “Fusang” dates back to 499 A.D.; is it possible that...

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Announcement: All This Week Episodes at Once, and Why

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Rabies epidemic was like a war in Eastern Oregon (episode for Tue, March 12)

State health officials scoffed at the idea of hydrophobia in Oregon — until people started dying....

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Massive passenger liner won race with fiery death(episode for Wed, March 13)

Calm seas, a hard-working crew and a cool-headed skipper helped the steamship Congress and...

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Chinese smuggler saved woman and her baby, then vanished (episode for Thu, March 14)

In Gold Rush-era Oregon, the most skilled miners were probably the Chinese — but they were in...

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Was legendary city of Quivira on Oregon Coast? (Episode for Fri, March 15)

Native Americans told Coronado there was a fabulous gold-and-turquoise city called Quivira just...

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Recollections of an old Oregon mining-law specialist (WPA oral-history interview)

On May 3, 1938, Federal Writers Project worker Andrew Sherbert sat down with a tall, urbane,...

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Innocent man’s sacrifice averted deadly ‘tong war’

It was obvious to nearly everyone that Chee Gong was innocent. But one of his tong brothers had...

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Circuit Preacher Tales III: Longshoreman’s Funeral

The Reverend preached the funeral service to an empty church, while the deceased's friends and...

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Circuit Preacher Stories 2: Shanghaiing up a flock

When trying to minister to the spiritual needs of a crowd of hard-sinning miners and sailors, it...

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Circuit Preacher Stories 1: The Rev. Wells’ wild ride

Eagerly, the Reverend leaped into the waiting bathtub, positioned at the top of the stairs in the...

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Recollections of an old Oregon hard-rock miner (WPA oral-history interview)

"I was introduced to Hank Simms by the superintendent of the Home (for the Aged) and he took me...

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‘Tillamook Guerillas’ were ready for enemy invasion

When the Oregon National Guard was called up, Oregonians felt vulnerable to Japanese invasion. So...

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