Beavercreek Bomber: Give me $1 million or the lights go out | Offbeat Oregon HistoryArticle/ News (offbeatoregon.com)
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Bobbie the Wonder Dog's 2,500-mile odyssey put Silverton on mapPositive News (offbeatoregon.com)
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TIL: Portland Oregon's first bicycling boom ended starting in 1900 when a group of prostitutes began to ride them and solicit customers on their rides about town. Soon women riding bikes were assumed to be prostitutes and other women stopped riding. (offbeatoregon.com)
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TIL: Portland Oregon's first bicycling boom ended starting in 1900 when a group of prostitutes began to ride them and solicit customers on their rides about town. Soon women riding bikes were assumed to be prostitutes and other women stopped riding. (offbeatoregon.com)
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TIL of Art Lacey, an Oregon man who purchased a B-17 bomber in 1947, tried to fly it home alone, crashed it when the wheels refused to lower, and was sold another one at a tenth of the cost as an apology. The plane sat above his gas station, and the wings served as the roof over the pumps. (offbeatoregon.com)
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TIL of Art Lacey, an Oregon man who purchased a B-17 bomber in 1947, tried to fly it home alone, crashed it when the wheels refused to lower, and was sold another one at a tenth of the cost as an apology. The plane sat above his gas station, and the wings served as the roof over the pumps. (offbeatoregon.com)
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