December 21st – Today in Oregon History
December 21st – Today in Oregon History 1970 – The Supreme Court case, Oregon vs Mitchell is decided. It lowers the minimum voting age in the United States to 18...
November 24th – Today in Oregon History
November 24th – Today in Oregon History 1971 – A man using the pseudonym of Dan Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 flying between Seattle and Portland. He ransomed the Passengers...
October 12th – Today in Oregon History
October 12th – Today in Oregon History 1923 – The town of Maxville is created. 60 Black workers moved their families here to work for the Bower-Hicks Lumber Company 1962...
September 18th – Today in Oregon History
September 18th – Today in Oregon History Alonzo Tucker, a Black man in Marshfield (now Coos Bay,) is charged with raping a white woman. He is released from jail, hunted...
August 12th – Today in Oregon History
August 12th – Today in Oregon History The Lewis and Clark Expedition crosses the Continental divide at Lemhi Pass, leaving the Louisiana Territory, and entering what would become the Oregon...
July 12th – Today in Oregon History
July 12th – Today in Oregon History 1925 – In a show of racism and xenophobia, residents of Toledo Oregon forced Japanese laborers and their families to leave town.
June 25th – Today in Oregon History
June 25th – Today in Oregon History In an attempt to keep Oregon from joining the Union as a slave state, the Provisional Government enacted the “Lash Law.” To keep...
June 4th – Today in Oregon History
June 4th – Today in Oregon History 1990 – Dr. Kevorkian assists an woman to commit suicide for the first time, sparking an nation wide debate over the right to...
March 8th – Today in Oregon History
March 8th – Today in Oregon History National Oregon Day – Recognizes the 33rd State joining the Union (Not sure why this isn’t Feb 14th, the day Oregon became a...
February 17th – Today in Oregon History
February 17th – Today in Oregon History 1913 – Oregon puts the first minimum wage law into place
February 4th – Today in Oregon History
February 4th – Today in Oregon History 1999 – The MV New Carissa runs aground at the mouth of Coos Bay
“Colonist Rates” – 1910 railroad advertisement
Colonist Rates This vintage advertisement from 1910 caught my eye. It is from “The Orderly,” a student run magazine created by the seniors at Hill Military Academy in Portland Oregon....
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