Category: Oregon
A Museum Dedicated to Advertising
If it were not for sponsors…daily broadcasts like this…and radio stations themselves for that matter would not be able to pay the bills. So perhaps…
Where is the Applegate Trail?
Most people have heard of the Oregon Trail…but few have come across the Applegate Trail…yet it was the latter that offered a different and some…
Fort Buford’s Importance
Today little remains of Ft. Buford just inside North Dakota’s border with Montana. Yet it was one of the most important military outposts in the…
Hijacked to America
He did not want to come to America and once he got here he quickly made arrangement to go back from wince he came. But…
The Best House at the Fort
Life at a frontier outpost could sometime be isolated and lacking the amenities of affluence. This commander had a plan to remedy that problem…
What are the Dalles?
It’s one of the more unusual place names in America. The Dalles. Where is it and what is it? If you were a westward traveling…
Stories from Pendleton, Oregon
Most towns have a mix of good and bad in their histories. Perhaps that’s the case for Pendleton, Oregon. Certainly most of the risqué establishments…
Underground Tunnels and Secret Establishments
You may think stories of secret underground tunnels and secret subterranean establishments is a thing of folklore. But go below the streets of this small…
A Town for Early Travelers
About 200 miles east of Portland, Oregon on today’s interstate 84, you’ll find a town that once served the early travelers of the Oregon Trail…
Traveling Back Home
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…