Tag: oregon history

On October 25, 1906, the sailing vessel Peter Iredale was bound from Salina Cruz, Mexico to Portland, Oregon when she ran into...

From humble beginnings in 1890s New Jersey and contracting polio at age 7 (which left her with a lifelong limp), Dorothea Lange went on...

"I was standing still for a moment, looking toward Portland," recalled Thurston Skei, who was climbing Mount Adams just before 8 a.m. on July...

The brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin are personal local heroes of mine. I had visited many of their properties and brewpubs in the Portland...

I don't know when or why this obsession first came about. If I try to trace it back, maybe it was my first glimpse...

I love historic film images, both for their quality and for a glimpse of life forgotten. There are some amazing archival photos of Oregon...

Crater Lake is not only one of the most magnificent lakes in the world, it's also probably one of the most mysterious places to...

There's nothing that fascinates me more than America's incredible history — especially in the state of Oregon, the place I've called home since birth....

Some of these facts you may not know already about Oregon, and some you probably already do. Either way, some of these facts are...