Comments for Lost Oregon http://lostoregon.wordpress.com Exploring Oregon's recent past with postcards, photos and words. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:55:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Oregon Centennial Expo, 1959 by Mark http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/oregon-centennial-expo-1959/#comment-559 Mark Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:55:26 +0000 http://lostoregon.com/?p=346#comment-559 I was 5 1/2 yrs old when we went - I remember being impressed by the gas flame atop the sculpture, and the big wooden tower(s) that had once held the water tanks for Vanport seemed very sinister (maybe because they were associated with the flood - I may have erroneously thought the flood waters had washed the tanks away!). We watched the helicopter rides from the ground (too expensive!) Apart from the trains, the high point was when the neighbors took me to the Centennial Rodeo. They had a ringside box, and at one point a rider got tossed, & the clown distracted the angry bull in our direction, and jumped into our box! I was terrified, and he gave me his hat to quiet me down. I'm sorry it got lost years ago, because the clown was Slim Pickens, I was told. (I've been meaning to confirm that he worked the Centennial - I know he had been a rodeo clown before his acting career [Dr Strangelove was three years off]). All in all, a lot of fun! I was 5 1/2 yrs old when we went – I remember being impressed by the gas flame atop the sculpture, and the big wooden tower(s) that had once held the water tanks for Vanport seemed very sinister (maybe because they were associated with the flood – I may have erroneously thought the flood waters had washed the tanks away!). We watched the helicopter rides from the ground (too expensive!) Apart from the trains, the high point was when the neighbors took me to the Centennial Rodeo. They had a ringside box, and at one point a rider got tossed, & the clown distracted the angry bull in our direction, and jumped into our box! I was terrified, and he gave me his hat to quiet me down. I’m sorry it got lost years ago, because the clown was Slim Pickens, I was told. (I’ve been meaning to confirm that he worked the Centennial – I know he had been a rodeo clown before his acting career [Dr Strangelove was three years off]). All in all, a lot of fun!

]]> Comment on The late, great Broadway by Mary http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/the-late-great-broadway/#comment-557 Mary Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:03:08 +0000 http://lostoregon.com/?p=255#comment-557 Cruising Broadway. . . . .You could get a ticket for cruising, you would definately get a ticket if you had a KGON radio bumper sticker on your car AND be caught cruising Broadway. And that was 1975. Those trouble making teenagers that listened to that head banging rock n roll on that subversive radio station KGON. . .FM no less, they all had to be dealt with quickly and severly. How did I ever reach 50? Cruising Broadway. . . . .You could get a ticket for cruising, you would definately get a ticket if you had a KGON radio bumper sticker on your car AND be caught cruising Broadway. And that was 1975. Those trouble making teenagers that listened to that head banging rock n roll on that subversive radio station KGON. . .FM no less, they all had to be dealt with quickly and severly.

How did I ever reach 50?

]]> Comment on The Clothes Horse on Broadway by Mary http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/the-clothes-horse-on-broadway/#comment-556 Mary Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:53:07 +0000 http://lostoregon.com/?p=296#comment-556 The Gay Blade!!!oh what memories. Had a friend that worked there. Had a store in Washington Sq. One in Lake O. When it changed it's name to The Blade, it never recovered the image. Also remember downtown before Nordstroms. Lipman & Wolfe's, wonderful lunch counter on the mezzanine level. Never could afford to buy clothes there but would sit in the mezzanine and watch the women shoppers on the ground floor. Quite cheap entertainment. The Gay Blade!!!oh what memories. Had a friend that worked there. Had a store in Washington Sq. One in Lake O. When it changed it’s name to The Blade, it never recovered the image.
Also remember downtown before Nordstroms. Lipman & Wolfe’s, wonderful lunch counter on the mezzanine level. Never could afford to buy clothes there but would sit in the mezzanine and watch the women shoppers on the ground floor. Quite cheap entertainment.

]]> Comment on Oregon City swimming pool by Mary http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/oregon-city-swimming-pool/#comment-555 Mary Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:39:19 +0000 http://lostoregon.com/?p=384#comment-555 My father in law, Mother in law, and Husband all have swam in this pool. It was not heated nor was it filtered. Every Monday they would drain the pool and refill it and everyone had to wait till Tuesday or Wednesday before it was warm enough to swim in it again. I think the creek or river would do just as good as this city pool. My father in law, Mother in law, and Husband all have swam in this pool. It was not heated nor was it filtered. Every Monday they would drain the pool and refill it and everyone had to wait till Tuesday or Wednesday before it was warm enough to swim in it again.

I think the creek or river would do just as good as this city pool.

]]> Comment on The Palais Royale Ballroom: Where They Danced for Joy by Ducatisti http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/the-palais-royale-ballroom-where-they-danced-for-joy/#comment-543 Ducatisti Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:45:00 +0000 http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/?p=489#comment-543 Great story! Until reading about it on your blog, I had no idea that television hastened the demise of the large dance halls and night clubs. I guess I'd always thought that they just went out of style. So many big things have been changed in an instant with some tiny technological invention. Great story!

Until reading about it on your blog, I had no idea that television hastened the demise of the large dance halls and night clubs. I guess I’d always thought that they just went out of style.

So many big things have been changed in an instant with some tiny technological invention.

]]> Comment on About Lost Oregon by Vic Goodman http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/about-lost-oregon/#comment-541 Vic Goodman Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:05:06 +0000 http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/?page_id=25#comment-541 There's even more here: http://web.archive.org/web/20070711140257/stumptownconfidential.com/index.php?archivelist=1 I hope this helps, Vic There’s even more here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20070711140257/stumptownconfidential.com/index.php?archivelist=1

I hope this helps,

Vic

]]> Comment on About Lost Oregon by Vic Goodman http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/about-lost-oregon/#comment-540 Vic Goodman Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:03:10 +0000 http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/?page_id=25#comment-540 Have you tried the Wayback Machine? I found achieves of your old site there. http://web.archive.org/web/20060616014436/www.stumptownconfidential.com/index.php?archivelist=1 contains January05 to June06 Have you tried the Wayback Machine? I found achieves of your old site there.

http://web.archive.org/web/20060616014436/www.stumptownconfidential.com/index.php?archivelist=1

contains January05 to June06

]]> Comment on The Palais Royale Ballroom: Where They Danced for Joy by FaintlyMacabre http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/the-palais-royale-ballroom-where-they-danced-for-joy/#comment-539 FaintlyMacabre Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:56:51 +0000 http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/?p=489#comment-539 I'd love to know how the "Portland Walk" was done. Even though it might risk my spine... I’d love to know how the “Portland Walk” was done. Even though it might risk my spine…

]]> Comment on The Palais Royale Ballroom: Where They Danced for Joy by krissy http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/the-palais-royale-ballroom-where-they-danced-for-joy/#comment-538 krissy Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:41:39 +0000 http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/?p=489#comment-538 Great story. Thanks! Great story. Thanks!

]]> Comment on So long, McCormick and Schmick’s by RANZ http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/so-long-mccormick-and-schmicks/#comment-535 RANZ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:56:14 +0000 http://lostoregon.wordpress.com/?p=463#comment-535 I'd swear that bartender on the far right is one I still see at Jake's Grill (in the Governor Hotel) today. I’d swear that bartender on the far right is one I still see at Jake’s Grill (in the Governor Hotel) today.

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