Asa Mead Simpson came out West for the Gold Rush, but he soon learned ...

No one seems to know how the present Kiwanda dory evolved, wrote Portland Oregonian wildlife editor Don Helm in a 1968 article...

WPA writer Manly Banister's oral history interview with Mrs. Kitty Gray.

The gregarious young entrepreneur usually cleared $2,500 thats the equivalent of $57,000 in modern currency on each county fair!

John Hipple dumped his family, changed his name and moved West. A dozen years and a few easy-money real-estate swindles later...

Sure, most people speak English. But theres an older language whose roots run far deeper in Oregons culture and history...

It was a notoriously difficult climb, especially on the descent; but the 'idiots climbing Haystack Rock' dynamic didn't become a serious issue until after the helicopter was invented...

'When I asked Miss Spencer about her ancestors she exhibited a tree full of monkeys and said that they were the first one," writes WPA writer Walker Winslow...

The history of Portland mayors in the 20th century largely comes down to the story of the struggle of progressive reformers against various forms of corruption and vice....

When Dr. James Chapman was elected mayor of Portland in 1882, it was his third non-consecutive stint as P-towns top executive....