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October 2018
Armory Time Capsule Open House
DKC and ADL have been working with Portland Center Stage to help interpret their relationship with time capsules - and what a historic relationship it is! We have designed a series of interpretive displays - documenting the 50 year ago removal and contents of the original Armory time capsule (pictured), and some about the time capsule that still resides in the Armory Annex! For October's First Thursday (10/4/2018), DKC will present a brief talk about how the project came to be, researching about Portland area time capsules, and walk you through the process of interpreting the history. His presentation will start at about 6:00pm. Afterwards, he will be available to take you around the displays - showing them to you, and answering any questions you might have. More details on the evening right HERE. We hope you can join us! You can find out more about the Time Capsule at the Armory/Armory Annex HERE.
Find out more »Private Walking Tour
Did you know that we do private walking tours? We do! We can do them for as few as 7 people! Oh – and bus tours too! To find out how we can do one for you, email oregonhistoriangmailcom!
Find out more »Drugstore Cowboy FREE Walking Tour!
Join Kick Ass Oregon History's Resident Historian, Doug Kenck-Crispin, for a FREE guided walking tour of film sites from the movie around NW Portland! We will take in the locations and tell the stories of the shoot, discuss the changing urban landscape and the themes of addiction and recovery that are portrayed in the feature. Celebrating 30 years from the production of the film in 1988, we’ve teamed up with Oregon Film and the Hollywood Theater, who will be screening a 35mm print of the film on 10/8. Hope you can join us! Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes! NOTE: The tour will end at NW 23rd and Marshall. Sign up to reserve your spot right HERE.
Find out more »Drugstore Cowboy FREE Walking Tour
Join Kick Ass Oregon History's Resident Historian, Doug Kenck-Crispin, for a FREE guided walking tour of film sites from the movie around NW Portland! We will take in the locations and tell the stories of the shoot, discuss the changing urban landscape and the themes of addiction and recovery that are portrayed in the feature. Celebrating 30 years from the production of the film in 1988, we’ve teamed up with Oregon Film and the Hollywood Theater, who will be screening a 35mm print of the film on 10/8. Hope you can join us! Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes! NOTE: The tour will end at NW 23rd and Marshall. Sign up to reserve your spot right HERE.
Find out more »HALLOWEEN EDITION: Walking Tour of Portland’s Sinful Past: Shanghaiers, Saloons and Skullduggery
Learn about all the Sinful past of P-Town, or as we call it – Portland’s naughty bits!! AND we’ll throw in a few often told spooky stories that may or not be true as well! Operated with our friends PDX Pipeline. And it’s only $18! DETAILS AND TICKETS RIGHT HERE!! ***NOTE: Some of this information has been covered on our Seedy, Seamy Sinful Portland tour.
Find out more »November 2018
Walking Tour of Portland’s Sinful Past: Shanghaiers, Saloons and Skullduggery
Learn about all the Sinful past of P-Town, or as we call it – Portland’s naughty bits!! And it’s only $18! DETAILS AND TICKETS RIGHT HERE!!***NOTE: Some of this information has been covered on our Seedy, Seamy Sinful Portland tour.
Find out more »December 2018
Battleship Oregon in Forest Grove
120 years ago this year, this ship became famous for its unprecedented 15,737 mi. cruise from San Francisco, through the Strait of Magellan at the bottom of South America, and then up to the coast of Florida in just 66 days. The Oregon then fought in the Spanish-American War in Cuba and earned the title “Bulldog of the Navy.” In the 1920s, Oregon schoolchildren pitched in dimes to purchase the Oregon for a museum of the aged conflict. But with the arrival of World War Two, the battleship was sold for scrap metal, and was nearly drafted as a South Pacific garbage scow. Come hear Resident Historian Doug Kenck-Crispin tell the story of this amazing ship which has always been associated with the pride of the Beaver State! Lots of illustrative photos of the ship to see and even a film clip from 1898.
Find out more »February 2019
Portland Sinful Walking Tour: Shanghaiers, Saloons & Skullduggery – Oregon’s B-Day Edition
Learn about all the Sinful past of P-Town, or as we call it – Portland’s naughty bits!! And we'll talk some about when Oregon achieved state-hood, on February 14th, 1859. It's Oregon's Birthday! Operated with our friends PDX Pipeline. And it’s only $18! DETAILS AND TICKETS RIGHT HERE!! ***NOTE: Some of this information has been covered on our Seedy, Seamy Sinful Portland tour.
Find out more »March 2019
Portland Sinful Walking Tour: Shanghaiers, Saloons & Skullduggery
Learn about all the Sinful past of P-Town, or as we call it – Portland’s naughty bits!! Operated with our friends PDX Pipeline. And it’s only $18! DETAILS AND TICKETS RIGHT HERE!! ***NOTE: Some of this information has been covered on our Seedy, Seamy Sinful Portland tour.
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