On todays Primary Source Monday offering, we have the first of a three-part series, which consists of most of the autobiography of J. Henry Brown....

The rising waters of lakes and reservoirs have submerged many budding Oregon metropolises over the years...

The case of John Ottoson (ne Otokichi) in 1832 illustrates what can happen...

The alcoholic derelicts of on Burnside Street knew they could count on denatured alcohol for a cheap-but-nasty buzz; it might make them sick, but it wouldn't kill them. But...

The darksomely sinister story of the old console game, with its attendant Men In Black and swarms of zombie children, is a fun story to look back on; but...

On May 15, 1937, WPA writer Sara B. Wrenn sat down with Bert Mendenhall for an oral-history interview ...

On that tense late-August weekend, tens of thousands of young people enjoyed themselves at McIver Park, while the much-dreaded riots failed to materialize....

When McCall green-lighted the plan to distract potential street rioters with a week-long music festival, he fully expected to lose his job for it...

To Governor Tom McCall, it looked like Portland was about to explode, and there was nothing he could do to prevent it ...

Astronaut Stuart Roosa had a special relationship with the U.S. Forest Service, and when it was his turn to go to the moon, he proposed a science experiment....