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A steam schooner that was lost in a gale due to being overloaded. Two survived, but the 60 who were lost make it the worst maritime disaster in Oregon history. The railroad ties that were its cargo were used for construction in Manzanita when they washed ashore. [10] Manzanita: Oakland: 22 March 1916: A schooner which was abandoned at sea.
On January 25, 2025, several Romanian hoards, including the golden Helmet of Coțofenești and three Dacian bracelets, were lost in a heist at the Drents Museum, in the Dutch city of Assen. The collection had been borrowed from the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest. [48]
Often there is a map or other document allegedly detailing the history or location of the mine. Common to all the lost mine legends is the idea of a valuable and mysterious resource being lost to history. Some lost mine legends have a historical basis, and some have none. Regardless, the lure of these legends is attested by the many books on ...
The Lost Blue Bucket Mine is a lost mine reputed to be located along the Meek Wagon Train trail between the present day cities of Vale and The Dalles in Oregon, United States. Its discovery traces back to 1845, several years before the start of the California Gold Rush (1848–1855).
The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.
"If bitcoin goes to $500,000 or $1 million or these treasures are worth $10 million in five to seven years and someone finds them, and then I think I'll just celebrate that and be happy for it ...
An Oregon-based archeologist is the latest scientist attempting to find Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane and solve the baffling 88-year mystery surrounding her and flight navigator Fred Noonan ...
Oregon Trail, painting by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1863. 1830s: Pioneers from the United States begin coming to Oregon via the Oregon Trail. Transportation improvements brought declines in wagon traffic on the trail in the 1850s and 1860s, but the trail continued to be in use as late as the 1890s. 1843