Tag: Oregon Coast

• January 19, 2026

  New Oregon History Story Posted

  I just posted another chapter of my upcoming Oregon History book. If this looks like something you’d be interested in, take a minute to subscribe, and you will have access to all of the stories I’ve posted so far. Here is an excerpt of the story I just posted, called “The Spanish Galleon.” Samuel spent…
• January 19, 2026

  The Spanish Galleon
• September 8, 2025

  Thirty-Six Hours
• August 15, 2025

  Oregon History: The Storyteller

  At a very young age, he would sit, captivated as the Elders told stories of the events that brought his people into being and shaped their lives long ago. As a youth, he practiced the tribal stories with the Elders each time the thin crescent moon shone. The power of these stories, coupled with the…
• January 26, 2025

  The Cascadia Quake of 1700

  In the Pacific Northwest, January 26th is a significant date. On that day in 1700, the massive Cascadia earthquake changed the landscape. It has been 325 years since the Juan de Fuca Plate slid underneath the North American Plate, a 600-mile subduction zone, causing a 9.0 magnitude ordeal, the largest ever to strike the area. …