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Recollections of an Oswego native from the days of the Oregon Iron Company (WPA oral-history interview)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast
English - April 01, 2024 14:00 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MB - ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Places & Travel oregon pacific northwest ouragan columbia willamette history weird shipwreck pirate Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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WPA Writer Sara B. Wrenn one day walked all the way from downtown Portland to the town of Oswego to interview a pioneer woman ... who was not at home. (Ironic, isn't it, that this article should have popped up on April Fools' Day?) Hoping to salvage something from the long walk, Ms. Wrenn asked around, and ended up interviewing Margaret Weightman, a 54-year-old Oswego native, about her pioneer parents. (Full transcripts are at the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh001966/)