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  • Oregon gold-country legend: The solid-gold snuff can

    Oregon gold-country legend: The solid-gold snuff can
    2025/09/17
    Is there anything to the story of the Native American man who came out of the woods every few years with a snuff can full of gold dust? Maybe. (McKenzie River valley; 1920s, 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1001d_GoldSnuff.htm)
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    5 分
  • Bungled robbery-murder was solved ‘CSI’-style

    Bungled robbery-murder was solved ‘CSI’-style
    2025/09/16
    College professor's forensic investigation fingered the DeAutremont Brothers in the brutal robbery; after a years-long manhunt, and more than 2 million “wanted” posters, they were caught. But we still don't know the full story. (Siskiyou Pass, Jackson County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1701b.part2-deautremont-train-rob-manhunt-425.html)
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    9 分
  • ‘Last great train robbery’ was brutal, clumsy fiasco (part 1 of 2)

    ‘Last great train robbery’ was brutal, clumsy fiasco (part 1 of 2)
    2025/09/15
    After several other attempts to get into the crime business didn't work out for them, the DeAutremont brothers came up with a plan to rob a train at the summit of the Siskiyous. It did not go well — for anyone involved. (Siskiyou Pass, Jackson County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1701a.part1-deautremont-train-rob-robbery-424.html)
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    10 分
  • Black sheep of the Union Army was Oregon’s last Civil War veteran

    Black sheep of the Union Army was Oregon’s last Civil War veteran
    2025/09/12
    Lebanon man lived a quiet, respectable life after the Civil War, but back in his youth he was a member of Olney's Detachment of the Oregon Cavalry — a Union Army outfit nicknamed “Olney's Forty Thieves.” (Lebanon, Linn County; 1860s, 1940s, 1950s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1111c-black-sheep-of-union-army-last-oregon-vet.html)
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    9 分
  • Dory fisherman rescues stranded sailors — from Coast Guard boat

    Dory fisherman rescues stranded sailors — from Coast Guard boat
    2025/09/11
    The conditions were too rough even for the legendary Coast Guard 36-foot motor lifeboat to make it through the breakers, so a fisherman brought them ashore two by two in his rowboat. (Port Orford, Curry County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1112d-dory-fisherman-rescues-shipwrecked-sailors.html)
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    8 分
  • The game of Faro was a crooked gambler’s dream

    The game of Faro was a crooked gambler’s dream
    2025/09/10
    Frontier Oregon's favorite game of chance was a “banking” game that's little played today. That's because the only way to make money as a faro banker is to cheat ... and cheat they did. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1880s, 1890s, 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1312c-faro-crooked-gamblers-dream-game.html)
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    10 分
  • Pirate, jailbird, hustler, tycoon: 'Colonel' T. Edgenton Hogg

    Pirate, jailbird, hustler, tycoon: 'Colonel' T. Edgenton Hogg
    2025/09/09
    Desperate for some ready cash after his steamer wrecked on the beach, the would-be magnate hastily built a “railroad to nowhere” over Santiam Pass in an attempt to swindle the federal government. It probably would have worked, but ... (Newport, Lincoln County; 1880s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1703a.hogg-railroad-yaquina-433.html)
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    10 分
  • Giant mud puddles were once Lake Chewacan, a great inland sea

    Giant mud puddles were once Lake Chewacan, a great inland sea
    2025/09/08
    Summer Lake, Abert Lake and Goose Lake were once all part of a vast network of seas surrounded by lush vegetation. In dry years they can evaporate completely — which led to some confusion on the Applegate Trail one year. (Lake County) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1701c.alkali-abert-goose-lakes-426.html)
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    8 分