EPISODE · Dec 4, 2025 · 9 MIN
Alcoholic shipmate drank snake-preserving whiskey
from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John
Stranded for the winter on Sauvie Island, the members of Nathaniel Wyeth's trading post struggled to get enough to eat. But for some of them, the greater problem was finding something to drink. (Sauvie Island, Multnomah and Columbia County; 1830s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1707d.townsend-lizard-liquor-453.html)
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