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Get Out and Experience Some Oregon History! Subtitle… Or Don’t Fucking Bother…

As most folks know, we make a podcast series here at ORHistory.com called Kick Ass Oregon History. And in addition to sharing amazing stories about Oregon’s past, we ...
On August 26, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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I Get All Geeked Out On Bigfoot In Oregon!

What an exciting weekend we had down by Waldport! For the second year in a row, The resident Historian had the distinct pleasure of being invited to a ...
On August 19, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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DeBunk Our DeBunk? The Shanghai Tunnels Are STILL Bullshit!

One year ago to the day, I made a call out to everyone interested in The Shanghai Tunnels. The call to action was simple – please send me ...
On August 15, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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How We Make The History… oh, and Bigfoots too!

So sometimes it just works out like magic… History is a really weird discipline. Sometimes I think of it as a very mechanical process. Let me explain. As ...
On August 12, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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Check Out Some Oregon History This Saturday! (7/27/2013)

Whatcha got going on this Saturday? I’m hoping not much, because this weekend is positively brimming with Oregon History. We have TWO great events happening on July 27th! ...
On July 24, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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Portland Historic Strip Club Bus Tour Redux – 8/8/2013

We did this Kick Ass Historic Portland Strip Club Tour a while back. And we had sooo much fun, we have decided to do it again! You ...
On July 22, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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Cocktail Culture in 1800’s Portland. For Real Though??

I’m writing a podcast based on a bloggy thing I did a while back called Olden Days Bars That I Want To Get Drunk At. The title ...
On June 20, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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Melissa The Intern Investigates! The Old Mount Tabor Sanitarium…

So one of our Ass Kicking Friends posed a question on The Facebook Machine… and Melissa The Intern Investigated! Heather asked… What did Melissa The Intern discover? Well ...
On June 19, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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The Great Flood of 1894 – 6/18/2013 – 7:30pm – Our 2 Year Anniversary at The Jack London Bar!!!

Please join us on June 18th, at 7:30pm for our 2nd Year Anniversary Party at The Jack London Bar! Oh, and we’ll be talking about The Great Flood ...
On June 18, 2013 / By oregonhistorian
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Tobacco Executives are Assholes!!! – and they HATE Oregon History!!!

Tobacco Executives are Assholes! “Sure – tell me something I didn’t know.” And they HATE Oregon History!!! “Now what is this?” Alrighty, you ready for the story? Here ...
On May 31, 2013 / By oregonhistorian