Portland's Lost Waterfront

Coming April 15 th From History Press Available at these booksellers. Powell's City of Books Amazon Barnes and Noble and many more Hauntings and Horsefeathers Over the past two decades there has been an ever-growing mountain of horsefeathers arising from stories about Portland, Oregon’s sordid past. This is especially true as it relates to certain basements and dried-up drainage tunnels in what was once called the “North End,” the city’s Ward 2 on the old political map. Journalists of the day often called the place “Whitechapel,” today it is called “Old Town.” Now media content providers (USA Today, AOL, KGW, etc.) are saying it is home to one of “America’s Ten Most Haunted Places.” I declare that the only thing haunting that part of town is hipsters with over active imaginations. The cast of “Old Town historical characters” referred to in the fantasies invented by tour guides and self-proclaimed experts are chosen from various sailor’s