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Offbeat Oregon History podcast

Offbeat Oregon History podcast

By: www.offbeatoregon.com (finn @ offbeatoregon.com)
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 A daily (5-day-a-week) podcast feed of true Oregon stories -- of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold. Stories of shanghaied sailors a1512nd Skid Road bordellos and pirates and robbers and unsolved mysteries. An exploding whale, a couple shockingly scary cults, a 19th-century serial killer, several very naughty ladies, a handful of solid-brass con artists and some of the dumbest bad guys in the history of the universe. From the archives of the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspaper column. Source citations are included with the text version on the Web site at https://offbeatoregon.com.Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0 Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary World
Episodes
  • ‘Crusade’ collapsed when leaders got too preachy

    ‘Crusade’ collapsed when leaders got too preachy
    Jul 17 2025
    The saloon owners won in court, but the temperance ladies absolutely destroyed them in the court of public opinion. Delighted, the preachers and patriarchs who fancied themselves their leaders geared up for victory in the upcoming election ... and seriously overplayed their hand. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1902d.temperance-wars-4of4-536.html)
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    12 mins
  • Riot at bar led to charges … but not against rioters

    Riot at bar led to charges … but not against rioters
    Jul 16 2025
    Angry, surly saloonkeeper Walter Moffett attracted a large, hostile crowd with his harassment of a group of ladies holding a prayer service outside his bar. When the crowd rioted and trashed his saloon, he got the Portland police chief — also a saloon owner — to arrest them for instigating it. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1902c.temperance-wars-3of4-535.html)
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    12 mins
  • Stubborn saloonkeeper refused to play nice (Temperance Riots of 1874, part 2 of 4)

    Stubborn saloonkeeper refused to play nice (Temperance Riots of 1874, part 2 of 4)
    Jul 15 2025
    Very few of Portland's saloonkeepers threw firecrackers at the ladies of the Women's Temperance Prayer League and called them 'damn whores' when they came by to hold prayer services at their bars. But, as the old song goes, there's one in every crowd ... and it's usually Walter Moffett of the Webfoot Saloon. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1902b.temperance-wars-2of4-534.html)
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    11 mins

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