Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast

Hey everyone! Welcome to our long awaited part 3 of World War II Tales. We wanted to get this out awhile ago, but unfortunately we couldn't do it in time, so to make up for it we are releasing this episode in it's entirety, with pre show. Enjoy!

Hey friends! We are FINALLY dropping the interview with Steve Poole aka Steve The Historian. We talk to Steve about his journey and making historical Portland content. To celebrate 3 years of Welcome To Oregon and to reward you all for your patience with our month long absence, we are releasing the entire episode so you don't miss a thing!

“This week’s episode is an interview with Oregon State University Professor, Doctor Molly Carney! Alex, David, and Finn sat down with Dr Molly to discuss her career path through archaeology which brought her from the East Coast to the BEST coast, and the upcoming field school that she will be teaching at Camp Adair!

On this episode, it is a special extra World War II story that Finn told on an episode of our old podcast, The Influential Oregonian, where he talks about the origins of Yosuke Matsuoku with opium smuggler and grocery store owner William Dunbar.

This week, we have a somewhat shorter show with David talking tunnels, part II of WWII stories, and finishing off with an Oregon Obit on famed pilot Hazel Ying Lee.

This week we get into it with Bruce's final part of his story on Bob Patterson, going into our favorite WW II stories, then capping off with Finn giving up an extra WWII story for his segment!

This week, we wrap up our stories on Oregon's famous outlaws, for now at least. David talks about the Malheur occupation, and Marcus pulls a Finn and forgoes his segment for the week to dive into lots of cool outlaw stories!

On this weeks episode we welcome Soulbound creator Olivia Jeske to shadow us while Bruce runs through the next part of his saloon series, and although it was indeed Finn's Crime Corner this week, we decided to combine it with the main topic, seeing as the topic at hand is part I of our short series on Oregon's Outlaws!

On this episode we wrap up our first series featuring stories of dynamite with part III involving all kinds of crimes! From stories of jealous spouses seeking revenge to people just strapped for cash, many of these tales are a blast! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=94#:~:text=On%20November%2024%2C%201917%20a,earlier%2...

Welcome to another rerun from our old show, The Influential Oregonian! On this episode, we have a spectacular interview with Kerry Tymchuk, including his Jeopardy experiences, writing for Bob Dole, and spicy political commentary!

Welcome back to another episode of Welcome To Oregon Live! This week, David talks about something really cool, heritage trees, before moving on to what is the pre cursor to eventual Oregon Jeopardy episodes! Then we cap off with an Oregon obit on Sarah Helmick, the mother of the Oregon State Park system!

This week on Welcome To Oregon Live, Bruce begins with part one of his first multi-part story, we land with our final episode of Oregon's satanic panic, and finally cap off with some good old stories of adultery with Finn. All that and more coming your way!

Welcome to the next installment of our discussion on the Satanic Panic in Oregon! First on the program we get into the sad news of the passing of journalism legend Grant McOmie, followed by David's latest lesson on archeology involving the story of a midden in the middle of a busy road in the Dalles. Then we move on to part 3 of our Satanic Panic discussion and finally ending with our Oregon Obit...

Hey friends! We have another old episode of The Influential Oregonian to share! On this episode we interview Ricky Cedillo to talk about the world of house buying and any historical or old homes he's run across!

Welcome back to part II of our very first series! On this episode of dynamite stories we go into the history of explosives involving schools such as the Ping Yang School in Mohawk and children who have gotten their hands on blasting caps, as well as a story about The Dynamite Kid. Enjoy! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Kehoe#Bath_Consolidated_School_administration https://www.findagr...

On this episode of Exploring Oregon's History, Darrell Jabin sits down with author and army historian Alicia Hamill to discuss Lewis and Clark.

On this episode of Welcome To Oregon Live, we cover a really cool wolf sighting story in the news, Bruce talks about an unsolved murder in a saloon, and we continue our discussion on the Satanic Panic. We cap off the show with Finn talking about an infamous madam and a well-known murder of a witness.

On this episode of Welcome To Oregon Live we discuss Abiqua Falls in the news, various events, and the BLM timber crisis. Next we move on to a lesson from David on the archeological history of Maxville, followed up by part 1 of our satanic panic series and capped off with an Oregon Obit of George Atiyeh.

On this episode we begin part I of our very first history series. The subject? Dynamite! Not just dynamite though, explosions that have torn their way through Oregon's history, stories such as the Roseburg Blast, the infamous exploding whale, dynamite in construction and much more! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Nobel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nobel https://en.wikipedia...

This week we kick off the show with some sad news about a 106 year old schoolhouse being demolished, then go into an arson case with Bruce Haney, discuss how we communicate in our field of history and academics to other entities which, sounds boring, but a really fun discussion. Finally we top it off with a Crater Lake story from Finn!

Hey friend! On this episode, we are diving into the world of weird foods invented or popularized by an eatery in Oregon. We, of course, cover Voodoo Doughnuts and Pronto Pup, but also some other smaller stories like Killer Burger and the invention of the Gardenburger. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food)#Consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San-nakji https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

This week on Welcome To Oregon Live, we introduce weekly news into our lineup, talking about the passing of Enchanted Forest creator Roger Tofte and the recent payout from the Pacificorp neglect during the 2020 fires. Then we go into archeology lesson's with David and discuss the relationship between ancient humans and animals. For our main topic we discuss 1800s Oregon history to celebrate the st...

We have a brand new interview to share today. We sat down with influencer and mental health advocate Andy Neal to discuss his journey to becoming a better person and how it influenced him to help others. We covered a myriad of amazing topics such as forest bathing, favorite hikes, the importance of mental health, Southern Oregon, Silver Falls, the state park system, and so much more!

On this weeks episode of Welcome To Oregon Live the crew goes into stories of dangerous moonshine and abandoned civilizations.

Welcome to a very special guest interview episode of Welcome To Oregon in which David Winkler and Marcus Axford sit down with Polk County Commissioner Craig Pope and Chairman of Polk County Fairgrounds Board Tim Ray to have a roundtable discussion on the situation of the fairgrounds that we have talked about in the past, what it's closure could mean for the county, and what is being done to help l...