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Out of the Vault | Drunken joyride ends in justice court

A garage employee who borrowed a car from his employer in October of 1916 ended up in jail ...

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Out of the Vault | Rejection results in murder-suicide

The tiny town of Echo was rocked by a murder-suicide in July of 1908 after a popular young ...

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Out of the Vault | Umatilla: from boom to bust and back

The city of Umatilla, located at the confluence of the Umatilla and Columbia rivers in northeast Oregon, was ...

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Out of the Vault | Hermiston man flies B-17 once more

Patrick Martin’s hands wrapped around the wheel firmly, and his feet moved to familiar spots on the rudder ...

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Out of the Vault | Pendleton man honored for burning car rescue

A Pendleton man received an award for heroism in June 1967 after he saved a man from a ...

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Out of the Vault | Pendleton folks weigh in on ‘ape-men’ of the Cascades

A group of miners working in the Spirit Lake region of Washington’s Cascade Mountains in July of 1924 ...

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Out of the Vault | Retired rancher has narrow escape in Yukon Territory

A Morrow County mainstay avoided being trapped in the wilds of Alaska in June of 1969 with a ...

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Out of the Vault | Carnival act goes awry for performer

A carnival magician whose schtick was to balance a heavy anvil on his chest and then allow members ...

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Out of the Vault | Balloon aeronaut fails to wow Independence Day crowds

In 1906, in the days before the Pendleton Round-Up, the city’s biggest to-do of the year was staged ...

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Out of the Vault | Pendleton residents get too-close view of Mt. St. Helens eruption

Four Pendleton residents in Eastern Washington for a rodeo got an up-close-and-personal look at the ash cloud that ...

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