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  • Oregon’s Doolittle raiders and their startling stories (3 of 3)

    Oregon’s Doolittle raiders and their startling stories (3 of 3)
    2026/03/13
    Two of them had movies made about their wartime exploits — “30 Seconds over Tokyo” and “The Great Escape”; a third, captured and imprisoned in the raid, returned to Japan after the war as a Christian missionary. (Pendleton, Umatilla County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1505a.part3-doolittles-pendleton-raiders-337.html)
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  • The Oregonians who flew over Tokyo with Doolittle (2 of 3)

    The Oregonians who flew over Tokyo with Doolittle (2 of 3)
    2026/03/12
    Robert S. Clever, Everett “Brick” Holstrom, Henry “Hank” Potter and Robert G. Emmens were four Oregon aviators who did the Beaver State proud in what seemed like a suicide mission over enemy territory. (Pendleton, Umatilla County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1504d.part2-doolittles-pendleton-raiders-336.html)
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    8 分
  • Famous ‘Doolittle Raid’ roots in Pendleton air base (1 of 3)

    Famous ‘Doolittle Raid’ roots in Pendleton air base (1 of 3)
    2026/03/11
    Oregon played a vital role in America's answer to Pearl Harbor — the daring daylight airstrike on Tokyo and other Japanese cities that provided a much-needed morale boost during the dark days of 1942. (Pendleton, Umatilla County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1504c.part1-doolittles-pendleton-raiders.335.html)
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    8 分
  • Mona Bell was like Annie Oakley with an edge

    Mona Bell was like Annie Oakley with an edge
    2026/03/10
    Although she's most remembered for being the mistress of a famous man, journalist and rodeo performer Mona Bell Hill was, on her own, one of the most interesting people ever to live in Oregon — and, to the government, one of the most vexing. (Bonneville, Multnomah County; 1910s, 1920s, 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1706d.mona-bell-wild-west-bearcat-449.html)
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    11 分
  • Columbia River was a wild, frothy, dangerous place once

    Columbia River was a wild, frothy, dangerous place once
    2026/03/09
    The Columbia, the Great river of West, was known for spectacular scenery and phenomenal fishing; Oregon has traded that for a placid, lake-like waterway and cheap hydroelectric power. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1009a_celilo-falls-part-of-once-wild-Columbia.html)
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    7 分
  • Storm-tossed ships shared a double date with destiny

    Storm-tossed ships shared a double date with destiny
    2026/03/06
    The Mindora and the Merrithew had docked next to each other in San Francisco, arrived within a few days of each other, wrecked within a few hours of each other, and washed up on the beach within a few miles of each other. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1850s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1505b.mindora-merrithew-double-shipwreck-338.html)
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    8 分
  • “Roaring 20s” murder solved by cop’s diligence

    “Roaring 20s” murder solved by cop’s diligence
    2026/03/05
    Caught by a railroad “bull,” the thief shot his way out and ran for it. But an accurate shot by the dying guard and some persistent police work brought the bad guy to justice in a pistol-waving scene in a seedy Albina hotel room. (Albina, Multnomah County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1205a-roaring-20s-railroad-murder-mystery-solved.html)
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    9 分
  • Oregon’s highest, smallest city once had its jail stolen

    Oregon’s highest, smallest city once had its jail stolen
    2026/03/04
    Because of how it's chartered, the ghost town of Greenhorn remained an incorporated city even when its population was zero — but it couldn't defend its city hoosegow from the midnight raiders of Canyon City one summer night. (Grant and Baker County; 1960s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1505d.greenhorn-smallest-city-jail-stolen-340.html)
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    8 分