This is the grave of Jason Lee. Born in 1803 in Stanstead, Quebec, Lee was the youngest of 14 siblings. He was poor and by 1816 he was on his own, working to support himself. In 1826, Lee had a conversion experience and became a...
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When I do research in newspapers, I find what I am looking for, but you also get distracted by all sorts of things. For example, I was looking in Oregon.
I am somewhat ambivalent about the case where the Court decided that Grants Pass, Oregon could bar people from sleeping outdoors in the city. This case split usual allies, as.
This is the grave of Ben Olcott. Born in 1872 in Keithsburg, Illinois, he grew up out there and then moved to Chicago after high school. In 1891, he decided to head to Oregon and ended up in Salem. There, he became roommates and buddies...
This is the grave of Douglas McKay. Born in 1893 in Portland, Oregon, McKay grew up pretty poor and had to drop out of school to work. But he really.
This is the grave of Oswald West. Born in 1873 in Guelph, Ontario, West grew up in Salem, Oregon, where his family moved around 1877. He went to the local.
The Supreme Court case today over criminalizing homelessness has a lot of interest to me, largely because it comes from Grants Pass, a small town I know well in southwestern Oregon. As I've talked about a good bit, these issues of homelessness have multiple factors...
This is the grave of Charles Sprague. Born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1887, he grew up in a pretty middle class household. His father ran grain elevators. He went to.
Back in 1998, I was driving across the country. Somewhere in east Texas, I stopped at a fast food joint. Back in them olden days, one could read a physical.
This is the grave of James Slater. Born in 1826 outside of Springfield, Illinois, Slater grew up in Illinois, attended the local public schools, and was not particularly exceptional. He didn't come from huge money or anything so he was like a lot of other...
The Northwest timber industry cannot move past 1993. The spotted owl issue did not break the industry--there are still tons and tons of trees logged, but with fewer people because.
Oregon Republicans are among the worst Republicans, which is why they can never win statewide office. Rather than have some kind of moderate position to compete with Democrats, they just.