... and seriously overplayed their hand. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1874) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1902d.temperance-wars-4of4-536.html)

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; 1874. For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1902c.temperance-wars-3of4-535.html)

But, as the old song goes, there's one in every crowd .... (Portland, Multnomah County; 1874) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1902b.temperance-wars-2of4-534.html)

They may have been surprised by the reaction they got. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1874) This is Part 1 of a 4-part series on the "Portland temperance riots" of 1874.

Suddenly they were desperate to get rid of him. But, they'd hired him before his salary was in the treasury.... (Salem, Marion County; 1859)

... it wouldn't be long before they wished they'd never even heard of this plain-speaking, long-preaching circuit rider....

It’s been almost 120 years since the affable, odd-looking pioneer vanished, and locals are still spinning theories about what might have happened.

The most popular theory, then and now, is that he was a victim of the last round of the Oregon range wars — the Crook County Sheepshooters outbreak of 1896-1906....

Whatever happened, it seems to have left no trace of the stockman. He took with him only his horse, his saddle, and (some sources say) a gun. He left behind 800 acres of good ranch land, roughly 3,000 head of sheep, about 60 cattle, 14,000 pounds of wool in the barn ready to be shipped to market — and lots of very puzzled friends. A $1,000 reward was promptly offered for anyone who could find him or his body. No one ever claimed it.

It was spectacularly and expensively shot on location in Oregon, but plans to celebrate its release here foundered in a tidal wave of scathing reviews. (Lane, Lake and Deschutes Counties; 1966) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1901a.way-west-movie-spectacular-flop-529.html)