Oregon Myths and Legends - Yuskavitch, Jim
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Reading line: Thirteen mind-boggling tales from the Beaver StateIs there really pirate treasure buried up on Neahkahnie Mountain? According to legend, the Nehalem Indians witnessed the survivors of a stranded galleon bury a large chest somewhere on the mountain. Since then, large chunks of centuries-old stamped beeswax were found along the shore, verifying stories that a Spanish ship had indeed wrecked in the area. Is Mount Emily the Oregon equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle? In the late 1870s, a six-year-old girl vanished from the area without a trace. In January of 1896, a man snowshoed into…mehr

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Reading line: Thirteen mind-boggling tales from the Beaver StateIs there really pirate treasure buried up on Neahkahnie Mountain? According to legend, the Nehalem Indians witnessed the survivors of a stranded galleon bury a large chest somewhere on the mountain. Since then, large chunks of centuries-old stamped beeswax were found along the shore, verifying stories that a Spanish ship had indeed wrecked in the area. Is Mount Emily the Oregon equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle? In the late 1870s, a six-year-old girl vanished from the area without a trace. In January of 1896, a man snowshoed into Elgin to stock up on supplies for his wife and six children, but never made it back to his family. Ten years later, a toddler wandered off from a Blue Mountain campground and was never seen again.What mysterious force causes objects to roll uphill, prevents people from being able to stand up straight, and changes people s apparent height depending on where they stand? After conducting thousands of scientific experiments in the three-quarter-acre Oregon Vortex, one Scottish engineer burned his records. His explanation? “The world is not ready for this.”From Lewis and Clark s stories of an underwater forest in the Columbia River to an eleven-ton meteorite rumored to be hidden in the mountains, Oregon Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the Beaver State s most fascinating and compelling stories.Jim Yuskavitch is a freelance writer and the author of Outlaw Tales of Oregon, Oregon Wildlife Viewing Guide, Fishing Oregon, Quickcasts: Portland, Oregon, and In Wolf Country and co-author of the Insiders Guide to Bend and Central Oregon (all by Globe Pequot). He lives in Sisters, Oregon, with his wife, Nikki.
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Jim Yuskavitch has worked as a freelance writer since 1993. In addition to publishing numerous magazine articles, he is the author of Oregon Wildlife Viewing Guide, Quickcasts: Portland, Oregon, 52 Oregon Nature Weekends, Fishing Oregon, Outlaw Tales of Oregon, and In Wolf Country, and co-author of the Insiders' Guide to Bend and Central Oregon. He lives in Sisters, Oregon.