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
January 28th – Today in Oregon History
January 28th – Today in Oregon History 1965 – After heavy rainfall through December (1964) and early January (1965) across the entire West Coast, a landslide hits Mapleton Oregon’s “downtown”....
“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....
January 18th – Today in Oregon History
January 18th – Today in Oregon History 1979 – Travel Author Peter Jenkins finishes his five year “Walk Across America” in Florence, Oregon.
Ghost Town of Maxville Oregon (Vincent)
Ghost Town of Maxville Oregon Maxville was a small company lumber town in the Wallowa’s known for being multi-cultural town in days when Segregation was still the norm. Unlike many...
Today in Oregon History
Today in Oregon History Today in Oregon history is an attempt to highlight the important events that happened in Oregon History. Mostly this is a vanity project for myself to...
January 9th – Today in Oregon History
January 9th – Today in Oregon History 1880 – The Great Gale devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with heavy snow and high speed winds.
Trapp Creek Covered Bridge (Chitwood #2)
Trapp Creek Covered Bridge After the floods that took out so many covered bridges in the 60’s photographers of all skill levels set out to catalog the remaining bridges. Luckily,...
Lowell Covered Bridge
Lowell Covered Bridge Lowell Covered Bridge is possibly among my favorite Covered Bridge in the Pacific Northwest. It is one of the many Lane County Bridges that still exist. But...
Corvallis and Eastern Covered railroad bridge
Corvallis and Eastern Covered railroad bridge This is an examples of the covered railroad bridges that were once so numerous across the west portion of Oregon. Unfortunately, there is only...
Ghost town of Chitwood Oregon
Ghost town of Chitwood Oregon Chitwood Oregon is a familiar name to many travelers due to the fact that it is the location of one of Oregon’s remaining covered bridges....
Willamette Falls
Willamette Falls Located at present day Oregon City, there are few locations anywhere in Oregon that have been more important to it’s people. Before the Hudson Bay Company founded what...
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