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An unrecognized Indian prince’s quest to see Japan

Young Ranald MacDonald didn't know he was the grandson of Concomly, Chief of the Chinook Tribe. But before anyone could tell him, he'd run away to sea — and in so doing, dramatically changed the destiny of three great nations.(Astoria, Clatsop County; 1820s, 1830s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1409c305.ranald-macdonald-part1.html)

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  How a national mythology was made from massacre

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  Marcus Whitman: The man behind the myths and the massacre

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  Portland home of world’s only working P.T. boat

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  After logger’s murder, bordello madam vanished

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  Cayuse tribe’s amazing ponies are now very rare

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  Famous dance hall hosted Berry, Cash, many more

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  The notorious Tusko led a colorful and tragic life

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  Lotus Isle, Oregon’s most surreal amusement park

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  Pirates were defeated in Yaquina Bay Oyster Wars

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  NASA’s ‘Moon Trees’ have roots in Oregon forest fire

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  ‘Rajneesh’ or ‘Osho’? In Oregon, his name is mud (Part 4 of 4)

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  Rajneeshees’ doom sealed by scheme to seize power (Part 3 of 4)

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  Rajneeshees got on well with neighbors ... at first (Part 2 of 4)

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  Rajneeshpuram: Oregon’s most (in)famous ashram (Part 1 of 4)

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  Opium culture a forgotten part of urban underworld

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  The ex-Oregonian who got the U.S. into World War II: Yosuke Matsuoka (#6 o…