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Mountain town of Bourne was home of a magnificent swindle

Though home to some productive mines, the Blue Mountain boomtown made much of its money working the suckers back east; then its head honcho disappeared into the night with the money, hours ahead of the law. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1011a-gold-mining-swindle-left-bourne-a-ghost-town.html)

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  Portland’s Pioneer Square pitched as ‘crystal palace’

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  History happenings at OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY in Portland, next few mont…

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  Did primitive Hug Point Road save our beaches?

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  Pioneer Chinese doc was a city treasure in John Day

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  Valley was Oregon Trail’s eden, used-ox dealership

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  The world’s smallest natural harbor used to be even smaller

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  Atlantis in Oregon: The underwater lost cities

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  Grisly slasher murder still baffling a century later (2 of 2)

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  State tried to pin Grisly slasher murder on victim's 'grim widow' (1 of 2)

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  Astronaut left a piece of Oregon lava on the moon

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  Beavercreek Bomber: Pay $1 million or out go the lights

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  Pilot boat’s entire crew mysteriously disappeared

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  Oregon’s tiger pimp went on the lam, became big problem for Idaho (2 of 2)

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  Oregon had its own 'Tiger King,' only ours was worse (Part 1 of 2)

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  Iconic movies filmed in Oregon, Part 3: 1975-1989