You can find Professor Boag’s book, Same-Sex Affairs: Constructing and Controlling Homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest right HERE! (We like to support local booksellers, but Powells was out of ...
On December 20, 2016 / By Andy LindbergIn which we learn that words have power. Be sure to click over to the history page for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. And be ...
On November 29, 2016 / By Andy LindbergThe Resident Historian, Doug Kenck-Crispin, has written his master’s thesis (Portland State University, MA History) on Charles Moose, Portland’s first black police chief. To help you explore that ...
On November 21, 2016 / By oregonhistorianIf you came down to the Jack London Bar one cold January night in 2014, you might have seen a live show I performed where I talked about ...
On October 21, 2016 / By oregonhistorianReal title: The Beaver Police State. Thanks to the City Club of Portland and the National Law Enforcement Museum for some of the audio in this episode. Here is ...
On October 3, 2016 / By Andy LindbergThe leaves are all turning, the evenings are getting cooler and all the hipster tourists are headed back home and out of these much more rainy environs – so time for ...
On September 6, 2016 / By oregonhistorianSeven days and three events. It will certainly be a busy week, and you’re bound to catch some Oregon History, one way or another. On Sunday the 11th, we’ll be ...
On September 5, 2016 / By oregonhistorianYesterday, I went to the public viewing for the recently deceased Tom Peterson. Anna Marum did a great write up on his life here. Tom was laying there ...
On August 2, 2016 / By oregonhistorianWarning: There’s some disturbing racist shit to be found up in here. The Columbia River Highway turns 100 on June 7th, 2016! I wrote a little piece about ...
On June 3, 2016 / By oregonhistorianNot sure of you’ve heard the news yet, but Kick Ass Oregon History‘s latest podcast series, “Policing in Oregon” will hit both the internets and the Portland airwaves in ...
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