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Dan Bosserman — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:56:52 +0000

Sleeping on top of the world Lige Coalman brings in the New Year, 1916 by Dan Bosserman On Christmas Day, 1915, Lige Coalman and Ray Conway knew there was a cabin at the top of Mt. Hood, because they had built it that... Read more

A new century with Miles Aubin

Dan Bosserman — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 01:52:45 +0000

by Dan Bosserman Damascus, December 12, 1892—“Damascus is situated on the Milwaukie and Foster Roads about ten miles east of Oregon city and fourteen miles from Portland. It has two stores, a blacksmith shop, shoe shop, chop mill, two boarding... Read more

Aubin’s legacy continued

Dan Bosserman — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:33:00 +0000

We resume our review of Miles Aubin’s compilation of news stories, restricting our entries in this issue to October releases BEFORE the 20th century. We begin in 1896, an election year, when William McKinley was elected... Read more

Miles Aubin’s legacy

admin — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:57:18 +0000

Miles Aubin was known as the historian of East Clackamas County, particularly Boring, and the biggest sports fan in the Sandy area. Before he died last November at the age of 95, he had collected massive quantities of historical details, many of... Read more

Bridal Veil Post Office: 125 years

Dan Bosserman — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:08:37 +0000

by Dan Bosserman In 1972, when I was hired as a State Park Ranger and moved into the renovated camp kitchen in the old lumber mill town of Bridal Veil in the Columbia River Gorge, I had no idea I would be living a stone’s... Read more