10 min
Vaudeville Susie’s Riot; or, Oregon’s Helen of Troy Offbeat Oregon History podcast
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The Rebel sympathizers resented the Union soldiers taking all the seats when Vaudeville star Susie Robinson of Corvallis took the stage. The soldiers wouldn't back down. Then somebody pulled a pistol ... and the battle was on. (Corvallis, Benton County; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1603d.vaudeville-susie-riot.384.html)
The Rebel sympathizers resented the Union soldiers taking all the seats when Vaudeville star Susie Robinson of Corvallis took the stage. The soldiers wouldn't back down. Then somebody pulled a pistol ... and the battle was on. (Corvallis, Benton County; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1603d.vaudeville-susie-riot.384.html)
10 min