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D.B. Cooper 101 (19 November 2013)

November 18, 2013 by Dave Leave a Comment

DB Cooper 101Join Kick Ass Oregon History‘s Ribald Resident Historian Doug Kenck-Crispin on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the Jack London bar (basement of the Rialto, SW 4th and Alder) for D.B. Cooper 101.

Get the Straight Shit on the only unsolved skyjacking in US aviation history at “DB Cooper 101″ … The Resident Historian will give you the who, what, where, when and how (maybe not the why . . .), and discuss some of the leading suspects in the case. In addition, we will watch a little film about 727s and some of the strange things they did over “Indochina” in the late 1960s, and maybe some other, as yet to be unnamed, film too! It will be a night for those who ask “Who is this DB Cooper guy?” to the self styled Cooper Sleuth, who knows most of the details by now (This is a pretty complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you’s.). AND we will have a Trivia Contest, with the winner receiving TWO tickets to the Washington State History Museum, which includes admission to their amazing COOPER exhibit! Hmmm . . . let’s see . . . “What drink special will the JLB run that night . . .???” So come on down and join us – you won’t want to miss this one!

21 and over only, the investigation begins at 7:30 p.m.

Visit OrHistory.com for more DB Cooper Month events and activities.

Embezzler, philanderer, racketeer, Senator: The life and times of John Mitchell Hipple, a.k.a. Senator John Hiram Mitchell (5 November 2013)

November 5, 2013 by Dave Leave a Comment

Embezzler, philanderer, racketeer, Senator: The life and times of John Mitchell Hipple, a.k.a. Senator John Hiram MitchellJoin Finn John, author of the Offbeat Oregon column and Wicked Portland: The Wild and Lusty Underworld of a Frontier Seaport Town, tonight at the Jack London bar (basement of the Rialto, SW 4th and Alder) as he presents Embezzler, philanderer, racketeer, Senator: The life and times of John Mitchell Hipple, a.k.a. Senator John Hiram Mitchell

And you thought Ted Cruz was sleazy? Hey, Tailgunner Ted has nothing on Oregon’s most influential 19th-century U.S. Senator — who is, by the way, the only one to have ever served in the Senate under an a.k.a. He took the alias to duck the law after he stole $4,000 from his employer in Connecticut and fled to California with his mistress, leaving his wife and children penniless.

Presentation begins at 7:30 PM, and it’s free.

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