Grab your tickets and take a seat as lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a journey through the history of Oregon's railroads! Featuring stories about the first train in history, famed politician and founder of Springfield Byron Pengra, Henry Villard who connected Oregon with the rest of the nation, and infamous stage coach king Benjamin Holladay.

Sources:

https://oregoncoastscenic.org/about/

https://thegoodnewshub.com/history/first-train-journey-ever-on-21st-february-1804/

https://www.up.com/customers/track-record/tr041823-steam-to-green-evolution-of-the-locomotive.htm#:~:text=On%20February%2021%2C%201804%2C%20British,including%20wood%2C%20coal%20and%20oil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson

https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/corporate-monopolies/development_rr.html#:~:text=The%20first%20regular%20carrier%20of,modern%20railroad%20industry%20was%20born.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_railway_history#:~:text=1804%20%E2%80%93%20First%20steam%20locomotive%20railway,it%20successfully%20hauled%2025%20tons.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38747010/bynon-johns-pengra

https://editthis.info/Lane_Co_Oregon/Pengra,_Byron_J.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pengra-3

https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lane/1262

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collis_Potter_Huntington

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/villard_henry_1835_1900_/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portland_hotel/

https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/ben-holladay-1819-1887/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Holladay#:~:text=Benjamin%20 Holladay%20

Ever wonder if the magic of Disney ever graced Oregon in an impactful way? join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford to discover how much Walt Disney, his family and his works by other people influenced the state.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney#Reputation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger#Nazi_involvement

https://d23.com/a-to-z/westward-ho-the-wagons-film/#:~:text=Filmed%20in%20CinemaScope%20on%20location,Ranch%20at%20Thousand%20Oaks%2C%20California.

https://disneyadulting.com/disney-connection-portland-oregon/#:~:text=You%20can%20update%20preferences%20or,to%20move%20there%20in%201937.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35723019/theodore_warren_beecher

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55885573/theodore_charles_beecher

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55885489/ruth_flora_beecher

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/blanc_mel/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc#Voice_work_for_Hanna-Barbera_and_others

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Duck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Barks#

https://www.vulture.com/2013/12/walt-disney-anti-semitism-racism-sexism-frozen-head.html

Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a roller coaster ride through the history of Oregon's amusement parks! Summer festivities are here and the heat is in full swing, and what better way to enjoy fun in the sun than an amusement park? Learning it's history perhaps?

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_fair

https://www.funcrewusa.com/resources/carnival-vs-fair-vs-festival/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_garden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_park

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138306757/john-francis-cordray

https://www.newspapers.com/image/80186992/?clipping_id=101482315&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjgwMTg2OTkyLCJpYXQiOjE3MTk5ODI5MjgsImV4cCI6MTcyMDA2OTMyOH0.Oi-6Z1rC_JM6ThhMW8UzuvKoNHBQHk-bfxaBpWWV4yA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40308075/robert-edward-bollinger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Amusement_Park

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pixieland/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantzen_Beach_Amusement_Park

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/jantzen/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/enchanted-forest/

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/obituaries/pore0607434

https://www.oakspark.com/about-us#:~:text=Oaks%20Park%20has%20been%20%22where,area's%20emerging%20interurban%20transportation%20system.

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/travel-and-outdoors/2023/04/pixieland-oregon-amusement-park-history-lincoln-city

It's our 1 year anniversary! As a treat and also to shamelessly round ourselves up to 30, we did a bonus episode talking about Oregon's state symbols as well as some history of symbolism itself!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

https://leg.wa.gov/Symbols/pages/default.aspx#:~:text=State%20Symbols&text=Symbols%20are%20often%20adopted%20after,a%20request%20for%20a%20bill.

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon_state_symbols/

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford and journey back to where it all began, the story of one of the most famous events in American history, the Oregon Trail!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_migration#:~:text=Approximately%201%2C800%20of%20the%20world's,kilometres%20south%20for%20the%20winter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_run

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Price_Hunt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonquin_(1807_ship)#Destruction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stuart_(explorer)

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/stuart_robert/#:~:text=Robert%20Stuart%20made%20a%20significant,Louis%20in%201812.

https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/major-events/war-of-1812-overview/#:~:text=In%20Britain's%20effort%20to%20control,Britain%20on%20June%2018%2C%201812.

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/smith_jedediah/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Farnham

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-thousand-pioneers-head-west-on-the-oregon-trail

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mcloughlin_john/

https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/learn_interp_nhotic_quotes.pdf

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford as he dives into one of the darkest chapters of human history, and the role Oregonians played in World War II.

Sources:

John Bruning's book:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_al-Rammah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun#:~:text=The%20first%20devices%20identified%20as,Eurasia%20during%20the%2014th%20century.

https://www.britannica.com/technology/biological-weapon/Biological-weapons-in-history

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/geneva_conventions_and_their_additional_protocols#:~:text=The%20Geneva%20Conventions%20and%20their,become%20victims%20of%20armed%20conflicts.

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196674/aaf-prisoners-of-the-germans/#:~:text=Germany%20was%20a%20signatory%20of,German%20World%20War%20II%20camps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Connecticut_(1938)

https://mynorthwest.com/668492/mysteries-remain-75-years-after-japanese-attack-on-columbia-river/

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1961/june/i-bombed-usa

https://www.brookings.or.us/291/Fujita-Sword#:~:text=Fifty%20years%20after%20the%20bombing,for%20his%20continued%20peace%20efforts.

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/Pages/threats-bombs.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Fujita

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1942/halsey-doolittle-raid.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_E._Mitchell

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197901890/betty-janet-mitchell

https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000001UPaEAM

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/fort_stevens/#:~:text=Fort%20Stevens%20saw%20no%20combat%20during%20World,18th%20Coast%20Artillery%20Regiment%2C%20augmented%20by%20the

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/balloon_bombs/

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford through the woods of Oregon to hear about the history of the logging industry and the tales of the trees they fell.

Sources:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/zambia-worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-2367672#:~:text=Archaeologists%20working%20in%20Zambia%20have,an%20estimated%20476%2C000%20years%20ago.

Centuries-old ship at ground zero likely from Philly | CNN

https://palletenterprise.com/view_article/4985/Timber-Over-Time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrochronology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing_Young

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/trademarks/Pages/lumber.aspx#:~:text=Lumbering%20began%20in%20the%20Oregon,on%20Chehalem%20Creek%20in%201837.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_flume

https://www.history.co.uk/shows/ax-men/articles/history-of-logging#:~:text=Loggers%20relied%20on%20axes%2C%20handsaws,remote%20camps%20near%20their%20worksites.

http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/railroads.html#:~:text=Railroad%20History%20in%20Oregon%20began,Portland%20south%20for%2020%20miles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Holladay

https://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/HistoricalSociety/GeneralStore/1887loggerswages.htm

https://worldforestry.org/tracing-oregons-timber-culture/

https://worldforestry.org/world-forestry-centers-timberland-investment-conference-gets-a-new-name/

https://www.wallowa.com/news/majestic-monarch-clings-to-life-in-eagle-cap/article_e07c79be-e654-52e6-8894-f1f0180522da.html

https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/agerecords/usa/oregon/

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a journey aboard doomed ships facing the harshest conditions the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean have to offer.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus#Taxonomy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat#General_uses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesse_canoe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV

https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2012/04/titanic_sinking_sends_ripples.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Iredale

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7622634/kate-willis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M._Warren_Sr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery

Peter Iredale Biography

American Civil War Union Ships • FamilySearch

Typical wages in 1860 through 1890 – Outrun Change

The Romantic Period, 1820–1860: Essayists and Poets | American Literature I (lumenlearning.com)

Francis H. Leggett - Wikipedia

Oregon’s deadliest shipwreck was on this day 108 years ago - OPB

Mariner survived shipwreck by being trapped inside - McKenzie River Reflections (mckenzieriverreflectionsnewspaper.com)

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/delta/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Bar#:~:text=The%20bar%20is%20where%20the,for%20vessels%20of%20all%20sizes.

What about the Shark? - Cannon Beach History Center & Museum (cbhistory.org)

The wreck of the Shark gave Cannon Beach its name | Offbeat Oregon History | #ORhistory

https://www.oregonlive.com/northcoast/2008/02/shark_played_critical_role_in.html

Morning Star (ship) (oregonencyclopedia.org)

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a wild journey through the history of one of Oregon's most iconic geological wonders, the Oregon Caves National Monument.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting#:~:text=The%20oldest%20known%20cave%20painting,was%20made%20by%20a%20Neanderthal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenolan_Caves#Indigenous_culture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous#

https://truwe.sohs.org/files/reelfoot.html

https://www.anamericanquilt.com/elijah-jones-davidson.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Caves_National_Monument_and_Preserve#History

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18123920/elijah-jones-davidson

https://wrightarchives.blogspot.com/2011/03/truth-about-reelfoot-by-george-wright.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45190512/elijah-barton-davidson

https://www.ijpr.org/show/as-it-was/2016-05-17/newlywed-holds-dying-husband-in-oregon-caves

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KZ93-VLJ/alma-victorine-pollock-1888-1965

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a tour through the origins of the largest city in the state, dark corners and all.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cities#:~:text=The%20earliest%20known%20city%20is,in%20the%20society%20of%20%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk.

https://www.thecollector.com/first-cities-human-civilization-oldest-cities/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Overton_(Portland_founder)

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2016/05/one-history-sleuth-s-radical-theory-everything-we-know-about-how-portland-began-is-wrong

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/overton_william/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_1873

https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/portland-fire-1873/