Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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Grain ships By Finn J.D. John In last week’s article, we talked about the most notorious shanghaiing artist of the old Portland waterfront: Joseph “Bunco” Kelley. Last week we explored what we actually know about this colorful 1890s evildoer. In this article, we’ll talk about stories we’re pretty sure are NOT historically accurate — that is, the myths. Most of those myths come down to us through a series of conversations held in a local watering hole in the early 1930s between legendary Oregon raconteur Stewart Holbrook and an aging water...
