Surge of rebel refugees changed Oregon politics

Offbeat Oregon History podcast

English - April 03, 2024 15:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
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After the Civil War, refugees from the devastated South flooded west, seeking a fresh start ... and for a few years, Oregon looked like Dixie on the Left Coast. They even went so far as to try to de-ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. (Salem, Marion County; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1907a.ex-rebels-changed-oregon-politics-554.html)