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Even smaller cities on the West Coast--think Yreka--once had a Chinatown, home to people from Southern China. They came here in the 19th century, to work…
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Vanport was a thriving city during World War II, with a high percentage of African-Americans who came to Portland to work in the shipyards. It was still…
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The film and TV actor Bruce Campbell is too young to have lived in the Old West. But he did play a character or two from those horsey, halcyon days. So we…
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Underground History is one of The Jefferson Exchange's most popular segments.But why just listen on the radio? We're bringing Underground History above…
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Before astronauts walked on the moon, they had to practice. So years before the first moon landing, they walked around parts of Oregon. The assumption in…
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President Trump opened a can of worms when he threatened to target cultural sites in Iran for possible bombing. Why did people get so upset? Well, imagine…
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The generally-held theory about the British explorer Sir Francis Drake is that he put his leaky ship ashore for repairs in what is now Marin County,…
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There are certainly sub-specialties within the field of archaeology, but... bourbon? We can give an emphatic yes. People have been drinking alcoholic…
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We run a bit of a risk with this month's edition of Underground History. Normally the segment is about archaeology, but this time around we talk to a…
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Importing slaves from overseas had long been banned when the ship Clotilda sailed to Alabama in 1860. The ship was scuttled to hide the evidence, and…