Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast

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Lifelong resident Marcus Axford takes you on an adventure of the Oregon landscape, it's history and it's lore. From old buildings and institutions, through old growth forest and exploring ancient cryptids, to cultures and times past. Come, take a seat, and let's begin!

  1. 5D AGO

    Guest Interview: Andy Neal (Stupid Hikes For Stupid Mental Health)

    We have a brand new interview to share today. We sat down with influencer and mental health advocate Andy Neal to discuss his journey to becoming a better person and how it influenced him to help others. We covered a myriad of amazing topics such as forest bathing, favorite hikes, the importance of mental health, Southern Oregon, Silver Falls, the state park system, and so much more!

    1h 10m
  2. Welcome To Oregon Live: Ghost Towns

    FEB 9

    Welcome To Oregon Live: Ghost Towns

    On this weeks episode of Welcome To Oregon Live the crew goes into stories of dangerous moonshine and abandoned civilizations.

    1h 41m
  3. Guest Interview: Saving The Polk County Fairgrounds w/ Commissioner Craig Pope & Chairman Tim Ray

    JAN 31

    Guest Interview: Saving The Polk County Fairgrounds w/ Commissioner Craig Pope & Chairman Tim Ray

    Welcome to a very special guest interview episode of Welcome To Oregon in which David Winkler and Marcus Axford sit down with Polk County Commissioner Craig Pope and Chairman of Polk County Fairgrounds Board Tim Ray to have a roundtable discussion on the situation of the fairgrounds that we have talked about in the past, what it's closure could mean for the county, and what is being done to help lessen the request for citizen support.

    1h 3m
  4. Welcome To Oregon Live: Making History Into Movies

    JAN 26

    Welcome To Oregon Live: Making History Into Movies

    On this week of Welcome To Oregon Live the crew talks about Oregon history that would make for an amazing cinematic experience, David uses his segment to pitch his idea on a Luther Cressman movie, and Marcus talks about James Nesmith. If you want more content you can head on over to our website and check out our other shows or sign up for our 5$ Patreon to get unedited episodes, pre shows and more at www.oregonvoices.net

    1h 28m

  5. JAN 23

    Episode 55: Native Legends (Stories Of Cryptids, Deities, & Coyote)

    On this narrative episode of Welcome To Oregon, we finally dive into Native legends. It is merely the tip of the iceberg, but we go into some rich stories of a wendigo-like creature, the story of Face Rock, and of course, stories of the famous character, Coyote. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Hunt#:~:text=Cosmic%20Hunt%20%2D%20Wikipedia,Huy%2C%20Julien%20(2013). https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/what-are-asterisms/#:~:text=There%20are%2088%20star%20patterns,These%20are%20called%20asterisms. https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/cherokees-world-origin-story https://railsback.org/CS/CSFourCreations.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechuge https://www.google.com/search?q=difference+between+wendigo+and+wechuge&oq=difference+between+wendigo&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgEEAAYgAQyDQgAEAAYkQIYgAQYigUyBggBEEUYOTINCAIQABiRAhiABBiKBTIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCTEwNTEwajBqN6gCCLACAfEFLcO1_Y02J5LxBS3Dtf2NNieS&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane-zaa https://www.google.com/search?q=athabaskan+oregon&oq=athabaskan+oregon&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yDQgCEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyCggFEAAYgAQYogQyCggGEAAYgAQYogQyCggHEAAYgAQYogQyBwgIEAAY7wUyCggJEAAYgAQYogTSAQgzMDg3ajBqOagCALACAfEFPOJwcaO0G_c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/religion-and-philosophy/wendigo-folklore https://thebandonguide.com/the-legend-of-face-rock/ https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/nasomah_massacre_of_1854/ a href="https://www.siskiyoucounty.gov/administration/page/about-siskiyou-county#:~:text=The%20origin%20of%20the%20name,Klamath%20River%20crossing%20near%20Hornbrook" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    27 min
  6. Welcome To Oregon Live: Counterfeiting Prank, How To Podcast, An Affair With A Music Instructor

    JAN 18

    Welcome To Oregon Live: Counterfeiting Prank, How To Podcast, An Affair With A Music Instructor

    This week on Welcome To Oregon Live, Bruce pulls out a couple of interesting stories from Boring, including an odd counterfeiting prank, we discuss how you can start your own podcast, and finally Finn tells one of the many stories from the era of the unwritten law, basically a license to kill in the name of a maidens honor.

    1h 32m
  7. Discovering Oregon's History: Ben Holiday & Oregon's Railroads

    JAN 16

    Discovering Oregon's History: Ben Holiday & Oregon's Railroads

    Darrell Jabin hosts a show with special guest Dan Haneckow. On this episode they discuss Ben Holiday and the history of Oregon's Railroads. For more from Darrell, check out his Facebook: Darrell Jabin; Oregon's Traveling Historian. If you want even more content like pre shows, unedited episodes, weekly shout outs and more, head on over to our patreon at patreon.com/oregonvoicesnetwork, and for even more content and links to other shows, socials and more, head on over to our website at www.oregonvoices.net

    31 min
  8. Guest Interview: Bruce Haney

    JAN 16

    Guest Interview: Bruce Haney

    Hey friends! Welcome back to another episode of Welcome To Oregon Live, It’s another dive into the archive as we dig up our early interview with now cast member and founder of the Oregon Voices Network, Bruce Haney, talking about Boring, booze, and horror… Come to think of it, not much has changed since then. As a reminder this was an episode of our old show The Influential Oregonian. I have edited the episode down to the interview, but if you want the full episode you can head to our patreon, and for 5$ a month you can get unedited versions of Welcome To Oregon Live, pre shows, a weekly shoutout, special discord tag, and more! For the link to that, as well as links to our discord, socials, and more, check out our website at www.oregonvoices.net.

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Lifelong resident Marcus Axford takes you on an adventure of the Oregon landscape, it's history and it's lore. From old buildings and institutions, through old growth forest and exploring ancient cryptids, to cultures and times past. Come, take a seat, and let's begin!

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