Vintage Oregon

Juneteenth celebrates end of slavery in the U.S.

Juneteenth is considered the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States, and celebration of the milestone holiday is spreading across the U.S. and beyond.

D.B. Cooper boat tour will offer insight into famous case during trip to sandbar where skyjacker’s money found

Eric Ulis will provide an in-depth overview of the case as you ride a pontoon boat out to Tena Bar.

75th D-Day anniversary infused with gratitude: ‘We know what we owe to you, veterans, our freedom’

The mission now, they said, was to honor the dead and keep their memory alive, 75 years after the D-Day operation that portended the end of World War II.

KGW anchor’s colloquial language (and local clown ignorance) sparked outrage during 1975 Rose Fest parade

It turns out Portlanders had much higher elocution standards for their TV personalities 44 years ago than they do today.

Memorial Fountain at Veterans Memorial Coliseum (photos)

Memorial Fountain at Veterans Memorial Coliseum needs a variety of repairs if it is going to become operational again.

Portland’s catastrophic flood of 1894: Souvenir photo book from era showcases devastation

The Willamette River reached its highest recorded point in June 1894, thanks to persistent heavy rain and snow runoff.

Oregon smokejumper takes part in D-Day re-creation, wearing survivor’s patches

Shane Orser, 41, of Redmond, and about 200 other participants followed the footsteps of the 24,000 Allied paratroopers who landed on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Rather than landing in a war zone, the jumpers were greeted by a sea of friendly spectators.

Long before Tinder, Fleet Week’s Dial-A-Sailor service offered women, sailors a ‘good time’

The volunteers manning the phones received strange requests every year. Such as “two female dental technicians” calling in hopes of meeting “sailors with good teeth.”

The brother I never knew, lost to my family on D-Day

We shared so little and yet so much. I do wish I had known him.

Once young, these men were there on D-Day

Newly released FBI report that claims Martin Luther King Jr. witnessed, ‘laughed’ at a rape leaves historians in quandary

Historian David Garrow published an article stating that he had discovered an internal government report in recently released FBI surveillance summaries that claimed King witnessed a friend rape a woman.

Sex, gangsters, police corruption: Scandals reveal stunning twists, turns in Oregon political history

Oregon has had more than its share of political scandal over the years.