Violence stunned Portland January 31, 1960 when 10 trucks owned by The Oregonian had been rigged with dynamite. This unexpected tragedy followed the third longest strike in history. Follow Jeanette Butts as she explores the tenuous labor history behind Oregon’s famous newspaper.

More at: 
http://www.publichistorypdx.org/2017/01/22/firebrand-portland-iconoclast/

Portland Incorporated as a City

“This Week Back Then” is a podcast and blog series born out of Professor Catherine McNeur’s HST411/511 Public History Lab: Podcasts and History course. Students did research, wrote scripts and blog posts, produced and edited podcasts, and collaborated with classmates to bring history to a broad audience. The class worked with producers at KBOO (90.7) to learn recording and editing skills. The students’ podcasts, posted here, will be broadcast during KBOO’s news hour each Monday starting in January 2017.

Corresponding blog posts on the topics appear at: http://www.publichistorypdx.org/