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Six iconic food items that were invented in Oregon (Part 1 of 2)
Oregon has been the birthplace of some of the world's most iconic foods over the years. Today and tomorrow, on the podcast, we'll explore six of the most influential ones. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/23-12.oregon-food-inventions-628.html)

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Express clerk’s silence foiled Eugene train robber
The masked outlaw planned the job out carefully, and thought he was ready for anything. But he met his match in the cool-handed express man, and had to leave almost empty-handed. (Saginaw, Lane County; 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1501a.saginaw-train-robbery.320.html)

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All-metal steam-powered zeppelin: Could it work?
If so, the Linn County lad might have revolutionized air travel. But a launch-day disaster ruined his prototype, the Great Depression scared off all his investors, and the Hindenburg disaster ended the era of airship travel. (Linn and Benton county; 1910s, 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1602c.pt2-slate-metal-airship-inventor-379.html)

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Alsea lad became ‘The Nikola Tesla of Oregon’
Thomas B. Slate first invented the commercial production process for making dry ice, then took his new-made fortune and used it to re-imagine airship travel in an almost unbelievably “steampunk” way. (Alsea, Benton County; 1900s, 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1602b.slate-metal-airship-inventor-part1.378.html)

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I-25 submarine gave Oregon its first wartime bombardment
The big sub was a key part of Oregon history; it fired on Battery Russell in June 1942, tried to light a forest fire with its on-board airplane that September, and sank several merchant ships. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/2401d-1101e.i25-bombards-fort-stevens-108.632.html)

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