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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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/

Join lifelong resident Marcus Axford through the history of Oregon's great film industry, and the actors, directors and movies that shaped the state.

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

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

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

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

http://www.sandragulland.com/tag/18th-century/

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

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

https://www.vox.com/22745191/black-white-movies-belfast-passing-cmon

https://screenrant.com/first-color-movie-world-flesh-devil-wizard-oz/

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/technicolor-la-cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que-fran%C3%A7aise/JAUR8XV-3nr-Jg?hl=en

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_(movie_theater)#Decline

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Kinetoscope

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeward_Bound:_The_Incredible_Journey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meek%27s_Cutoff_(film)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11

https://www.jdpower.com/boats/2000/vip

https://www.slashfilm.com/1270734/batman-forever-built-working-batboat-for-few-seconds-film/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloweentown_(film)#Pre-production

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Journey_(film)#Filming_locations

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish_(film)

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/travel-and-outdoors/2014/07/ninja-turtles-in-astoria-july-2014

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Willy#Filming

Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a grand treasure hunting trip to dig up lost stories and legends on Oregon's hidden wealth.

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https://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island/articles/what-is-the-history-of-oak-island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph,_Oregon

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/07/20/stories-of-lost-gold-and-hidden-treasures-dot-the-oregon-coast/

https://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1008d_spanish-gold-of-neahkahnie-mountain.html

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

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

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/manila-galleon-wreck-on-the-oregon-coast/

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fraser-canyon-war

https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/the-china-bar-treasure.649262/

https://www.oldwest.org/lost-treasures-oregon/

https://offbeatoregon.com/H1004a_CrystalCave.html

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford on a tour of Oregon's dark origins of black history and native clashes with white settlers.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Egypt#:~:text=According%20to%20noted%20archeologists%20Mark,paid%20laborers%2C%20rather%20than%20slaves.

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

https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/building-the-great-wall/

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china/great-wall-of-china

https://www.antislavery.org/slavery-today/modern-slavery/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAuNGuBhAkEiwAGId4arDmgEDIuxDOH1PONkdvF8UFclTNDAXdaI2CKWTW6sluMhzm8hkdEBoCH2kQAvD_BwE

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars#Pacific_Northwest

https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1215&context=trotter_review

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

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww1/Pages/before-fight.aspx#:~:text=Civil%20War,moved%20elsewhere%20for%20war%20service.

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