21st Dec 2020
December 21st – Today in Oregon History

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...

24th Nov 2020
November 24th – Today in Oregon History

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...

12th Oct 2020
October 12th – Today in Oregon History

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...

18th Sep 2020
September 18th – Today in Oregon History

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...

12th Aug 2020
August 12th – Today in Oregon History

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...

12th Jul 2020
July 12th – Today in Oregon History

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.

25th Jun 2020
June 25th – Today in Oregon History

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...

04th Jun 2020
June 4th – Today in Oregon History

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...

08th Mar 2020
March 8th – Today in Oregon History

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...

17th Feb 2020
February 17th – Today in Oregon History

February 17th – Today in Oregon History

February 17th – Today in Oregon History 1913 – Oregon puts the first minimum wage law into place

04th Feb 2020
February 4th – Today in Oregon History

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

23rd Jan 2020
The Orderly 1910 - Train Travel Advertisement

“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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