The Scribe – Portland’s 70s Underground Newspaper
The late 60s and early 70s were ripe for newspapers like the Scribe. … Read More The Scribe – Portland’s 70s Underground Newspaper
Memorial Coliseum, 1960
It ain’t lost. Yet. Luke from the Save the Portland Memorial Coliseum blog http://www.savethecoliseum.blogspot.com/ graciously loaned me a copy of a booklet that was used to promote the newly built Memorial Coliseum. In it are amazing photos of the construction and every day scenes from Portland, Oregon, 1958-1960. I have to admit I’ve been on… Read More Memorial Coliseum, 1960
Portland Transit Mall, 1979
We hardly knew ye – the award-winning [Special Award for Civic Enrichment from the AIA] Transit Mall had a major face lift with new stops and kiosks [and tracks being put in for the past couple of years]. Busses will start to use the new and improved mall later this month with the MAX sometime… Read More Portland Transit Mall, 1979
Lane County Roadside Dog Mystery
Larry and Jennifer from Travel Lane County passed on an email to Lost Oregon that they received from someone looking for more information about a wonderful dog stand photo they recently found. Here’s what we know: It’s called “The Dog.” It’s [or was] on US 99 in Lane County, Oregon. The photo was taken in… Read More Lane County Roadside Dog Mystery
Welcome Oregonian readers
Howdy, if you found me via today’s Oregonian article, welcome to Lost Oregon! Hope you enjoy your stay. And, if you have old postcards, photos, or memories you’d like to share, please contact me – I’d love to hear from you!
Have a bitchin’ summer
Long before Twitter, the web and [really kick-ass!] online campaigns from Travel Oregon, we had brochures, postcards and word of mouth [now called “viral” by the marketing crowd] to get folks to visit our fine state. Frankly, if I got any of these postcards from friends I’m not sure my first thought would be, “Honey,… Read More Have a bitchin’ summer
Oregon Coast – 20 Miracle Miles
Now that Oregon’s summer is slowly [very, very slowly] starting to make its entrance in a few months [anywhere from early June to mid-July if we’re lucky], it’s time to start thinking about trips to the coast – where it’ll undoubtedly be raining the weekend the plans are booked. That’s OK though. I find places… Read More Oregon Coast – 20 Miracle Miles
Oregon City swimming pool
Scribbled on the back of the photo in pencil is: New swimming pool at Oregon City. File this baby under, “creepy.” Have some time for some low-level navel gazing? Pull up a chair. Lost Oregon was never intended to be a history blog. It was more of a way for me to explore Portland through… Read More Oregon City swimming pool
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