One of the famous pioneers of Oregon is a man named John Day. He was a trapper who came to Oregon with a large group and fell into a smaller group heading West while traveling along the Columbia River. He was born in Culpepper County Virginia. He traveled West through Kentucky to the Spanish Upper Louisiana which is now Missouri by the year 1797.
Category Archives: Folklore & Folk Culture
Shaniko Ghost Town, Oregon
Shaniko, Oregon The now “ghost town” of “Shaniko Oregon” was once a bustling gold mining town in the Oregon Desert. It is located in Wasco County Oregon along U.S. Route 97 just north of Antelope. […]
Nooksack Gold Mine
Nooksack Gold Mine, Everson, Washington: Sir Oisin takes a journey to the fabled Nooksack Gold Mine where still lies a vault, mine car, tunnel, and even a historic cabin where people camp still today. Trails […]
Cleos Ferry Museum and Nature Trail
A unique kitsch like amusement art museum and nature trail based on an original historic ferry crossing from 1863-1921.
Zombieland, Pennsylvania
Along the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania, in Lawrence County, just north of the small Italian immigrant populated village of Hillsville is an unsettling quiet and eerie region locals call “Zombie Land”. Mainly “urban legend” than actual historic folklore are tales of the macabre, mystical beasts, deaths, and grisly murder.
Spirits and Entities, the spirituality of Alcohol
Spirits, Dublin, Ireland Spirits and Entities of Alcoholby Thomas Baurley, Leaf McGowan, Technogypsie Productions It always amazes me how the world really doesn’t understand the “root” of all things, nor pay attention to the “history” […]