Category: Oregon
A Town That’s Boring
Sometimes you run into someone, who when asked about where they live, will tell you they live in a boring place. Perhaps the don’t see…
Sharing Information About Bigfoot
A trip to Boring, Oregon is anything but – especially if you stop by the place Cliff Barackman established back in 2019. Whatever you think…
Finding Sasquatch
The term “sasquatch” is one that invokes a variety of images for people. To some in may be merely a mythical creature that roams the…
A Mill with a Global Impact
Many of us are fascinated by those old mills that use water power to turn wheels or turbines that in turn power the machinery to…
A Legacy Mill
In the Willamette River valley you’ll find an old mill with quite a story. It’s legacy dates to the 1850s and it was still operating…
The Halfway Point for Lewis & Clark
It was their goal…yet it was only the half way point of the trip…It was the Pacific Ocean that the Lewis and Clark party longed…
A Suitable Winter Camp for Lewis & Clark
After spotting the Pacific Ocean on November 7th, 1805…Lewis and Clark searched for a suitable location for their winter camp. The place they resided that…
The McGloflin House
Today it is just a historic site overlooking the Oregon’s Wilamette River…yet the man who lived here is regarded to have saved the lives of…
A Foreign Attack on the U.S. Mainland
It was a foreign attack on the U.S. mainland…yet few have heard the story of Japan’s balloon bombs and the deaths they caused in south…
Japanese Bombs on the U.S. Mainland
Americans know of the bombs Japan dropped at Pearl Harbor…yet few have heard the story of the 9000 that were launched at the U.S. mainland…