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Articles from the September 22, 2013 edition


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  • Train robbery turned into on-board gunfight with the law

    Sep 22, 2013

    Train robbery By Finn J.D. John It was early summer, 1914, and an Oregon & Washington Railway Navigation Co. passenger train was just passing over the summit of the Blue Mountains, between LaGrande and Pendleton. The crewmen were running the train slow, checking the brakes for the long downhill run ahead. Meanwhile, three men at the back of the train were checking their guns. A train robbery was about to go down — one of the very last Old West-style train robberies ever. And before it was over with, it would turn into one of the very last...

  • Willamalane adds 136 acres

    Sep 22, 2013

    McKenzie River Reflections...