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Busting out of the joint was job for a safecracker

Of all the prisoners who tried to escape from Oregon's state prison, the “yeggs” were most successful — if “successful” is the right word. Their schemes for leaving the jailhouse behind included a tunneling scheme right out of “The Shawshank Redemption.” (Salem, Marion County; 1890s, 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1207d-safecrackers-were-good-at-jailbreaks.html)

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  Rusty derelict turned out to be Liberty Ship lifeboat

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  How Oregon almost lost public access to beaches

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  Childhood tree-planting memories for thousands

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  Tillamook Burn ‘blew up’ with shocking speed

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  Tillamook Burn sprang from loggers’ bad gamble

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  Bunco Kelley, Coyote of P-town waterfront legend

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  Oregon’s most notorious shanghaier: Bunco Kelley

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  Legendary ‘Chief Bigfoot’ elusive as, well, Bigfoot

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  In 1880s, salmon were the “most dangerous catch”

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  Steamer wrecked by future Costa Rica admiral

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  Frankie Baker found a home, and some peace, in Oregon

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  ‘Johnny’s’ Frankie lived in Portland, hiding from "her song"

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  Charming gentleman by day, robber-poet by night

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  Rosecrans rescue one of Coast Guard’s finest hours

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  Cursed or not, Rosecrans was one unlucky ship