Lost Oregon is a combination of two blogs I did previously: Roadside Oregon and Stumptown Confidential.
Stumptown Confidential is history – my files were lost when the host flipped some switch. I’m saddened that all my work from 2004-2008 is gone for good. Thankfully I still have the photos and put them up on a Flickr account.
So, instead of Stumptown Confidential just dying I thought I’d keep the whole history thing going by combing both blogs – like I had a choice. So, I’ve imported Oregon Roadside from Blogger to WordPress and will start from scratch. I’ll do the occasional re-post of some of the Stumptown Confidential content as well.
The goal of the site is the same as Stumptown Confidential’s – document the disappearing Portland and Oregon of the recent past – through postcards, photos and words. Due to my geographical location of Portland metro, the site might be more skewed toward the area though.
Here’s a cool piece that Peter Carlin from The Oregonian wrote about my nerdliness.
My blog was named as part of the Willamette Week‘s Best Of issue in 2005.
Thanks for reading!
TAPTS said:
Wow. From a professional standpoint, I can tell you I have reservations on hosting WP. But my 2 month old blog cannot compare to freaking 4 years of material/history lost. That just sucks.
Riot Kitty said:
Seriously! How could they fuck up like that?
Jason McHuff said:
Oh no, it did go!
If its possible, consider keeping a backup on your own computer this time. Thanks for uploading the pictures to Flickr, though.
And thanks for the pictures like the one on this page, as I am interested in how the ramps from the west end of the Steel Bridge were laid out when e.g. there was Harbor Drive.
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Melissa said:
Hello,
I came across your blog and think that you will find a Portland story project that I launched to be of interest. The project, essentially, is a book that is made up of contributions of images and text from Portlanders about Portland. It will be part yearbook, part coffee-table book, part insiders travel guide. I am seeking contributions right now and I am looking for entries from Portlanders of all walks of life, to help make the story of Portland complete. With this project, I hope to create a greater sense of community identity and pride in Portland and capture the spirit of the city at this point in time.
You can find all the juicy details here: http://www.ourportlandstory.com.
I would love for you personally to consider submitting an entry since you already have a plenty of images and material to pull from. I was also hoping you can help get out the word about the submission effort. Anything you can do would be appreciated.
Thanks for you help!
~Melissa Delzio
Howard South said:
Your piece on the Castle Restaurant was just forwarded to me. We were neighbors to the Castle (until we moved in 2002) just down Glen Echo Ave. and were disappointed at its demise. It was popular through most of the 1980s and had a noted developer (McMinimans?) that wanted to restore, reclaim, and improve it. The County had other plans and mounted continual roadblocks, as I recall, until he finally gave up.
Holly said:
I was interested in any info on the Castle. My dad used to go there in the 50′s. My family has a funny story about my dad, the Castle and a great Dane.
Paul said:
Just found your site via @lostfortcollins. Re your Stumptown Confidential loss, have you ever tried searching for the site (better yet, individual post titles) in Google and then click the ‘Cached’ option in the search results? You might be able to recover some of the posts.
schlockstar said:
Thanks Paul – I’ll check it out. Welcome to the site – thanks for coming by via Lost Fort Collins.
Vic Goodman said:
Have you tried the Wayback Machine? I found achieves of your old site there.
http://web.archive.org/web/20060616014436/www.stumptownconfidential.com/index.php?archivelist=1
contains January05 to June06
Vic Goodman said:
There’s even more here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070711140257/stumptownconfidential.com/index.php?archivelist=1
I hope this helps,
Vic
Sandy said:
ANYONE have anything on the old Headless Horseman & Olin Clark
Judy de Chantal said:
I am not sure where to ask this question, but I am trying to remember the name and location of this tiny Italian restaurant which seemed to be located on the west side of the Willamette, sort of south of town center. When I was a student nurse (1959-1962) it was a place we went to often. The spaghetti was served on huge platters which you ate from one side of the platter and your friend ate at the other end. The last time I was there was around 1971. If anyone could tell me the name and location and when it closed, I would love that.
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