by Danielle Denham | Jan 19, 2020 | Adventures, Conservation, Eastern Oregon, Featured, Foraging, Interesting, News, Weird, Weird Oregon, Wildlife
It's not the Blue Whale. In fact, it has a total weight of more than 20 Blue Whales, and here's a hint: Alice would be proud. Located in the Blue Mountains within the Malheur National Forest in Eastern Oregon, armillaria ostoyae is an enormous organism dubbed the...
by Danielle Denham | Jan 13, 2020 | Art, Eastern Oregon, Featured, History, Interesting, Photos, Southern Oregon, Western Oregon
From humble beginnings in 1890s New Jersey and contracting polio at age 7 (which left her with a lifelong limp), Dorothea Lange went on to become one of the most prolific photojournalists of her era. At the time she graduated high school, Lange had never even owned or...
by Danielle Denham | Jan 10, 2020 | Eugene, Featured, History, Portland, Weird Oregon
"I was standing still for a moment, looking toward Portland," recalled Thurston Skei, who was climbing Mount Adams just before 8 a.m. on July 2, 1939. "I saw a trail of smoke coming down through the sky. There was a bright flash at the head of the smoke column as if a...
by Danielle Denham | Jan 8, 2020 | Breweries, Drink, Events, Family Fun, Featured, Food, Food & Drink, History, Lodging, Music, News, Oregon Wine, Portland, Portland, Restaurants, Stories, Things To Do, Western Oregon
The brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin are personal local heroes of mine. I had visited many of their properties and brewpubs in the Portland area but never realized their impact until my first time at the Kennedy School while living in NE PDX circa the early 2000s. I...
by Danielle Denham | Jan 7, 2020 | Featured, History, Interesting, News, Portland, Stories
Mistaken identity? Long lost family? I love a good mystery, and all things Kennedy-related still seem to fascinate even 60-years later. The original attention-grabber from this post in the Forgotten Oregon facebook group was JFK himself. Charming as usual with a...
