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1939-S Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar

The Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar was a fifty-cent piece struck intermittently by the United States Bureau of the Mint between 1926 and 1939.[…]

The newest addition to my early pioneer postcard collection is a postal card from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The 1893[…]

In 1901, Washington State took over the responsibility for the execution of criminals sentenced to death in the state. Before[…]

They’re back!! Vancouver’s Haunted Walking Tours are back and run every Friday and Saturday at 6:00PM in October. This year[…]

As the Columbia River continued to rise, so did the destruction of Vancouver, Washington. At first no-one noticed the water[…]

FINALLY a nice sunny Saturday in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve literally been dreaming about this day. This Spring it seemed[…]

One of the things I love to do is hunt for and explore lava tube caves. Here’s a list of my caving videos on YouTube.

Lake Cave is a lava tube cave in Gifford Pinchot National Park that has a seasonal lake at the end of the cave during the rainy season.

I’m very excited to say that the Columbian Newspaper has finally made their digital archives available online to the public.[…]

Come explore Portland, Oregon’s original bridges through vintage postcards.