EPISODE · Jul 19, 2025 · 33 MIN
Episode 51: Secret Tunnel (Oregon Tunnels & Passages)
from Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast
On this episode we go into the history and mystery of tunnels and passages. From railroads to roadways, Shanghai Tunnels to Tunnel 13 and so much more! If you want more content including including our other shows and socials, check out www.oregonvoices.net!Sources:https://inl.gov/integrated-energy/cultural-anthropology/#:~:text=Retirees-,Native%20Americans%20used%20lava%20tubes%20as%20refrigerators%20during%20lean%20times,artifacts%20scattered%20across%20the%20floor.https://whyy.org/articles/1893-worlds-fair-serial-killer-hh-holmes-remains-identified/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad#Political_backgroundhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoburrowhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel#:~:text=deep%20historic%20connections.-,Antiquity%20and%20early%20middle%20ages,during%20the%202nd%20century%20AD.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritchley_Tunnel#:~:text=Fritchley%20Tunnel%20is%20a%20disused,It%20is%20a%20scheduled%20monument.https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/infrastructure-news/longest-tunnel-in-the-world.html#:~:text=The%20World's%20Longest%20Tunnels,in%20length%2C%20built%20in%202018.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A6rdal_Tunnel#:~:text=The%20L%C3%A6rdal%20Tunnel%20(Norwegian:%20L%C3%A6rdalstunnelen,being%20WestConnex%20in%20Sydney%2C%20Australia.&text=In%201975%2C%20the%20Parliament%20of,and%20often%20closed%20in%20winter.https://storyland.coplacdigital.org/mcla/death/deaths-in-the-hoosac-tunnel/https://storyland.coplacdigital.org/mcla/afterlife/captured-ghost-evidence/#:~:text=The%20results%20remain%20inconclusive.,and%20blue%20being%20the%20weakest.https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/haunted-hoosac-tunnel/#:~:text=On%20the%20afternoon%20of%20March,and%20tons%20of%20solid%20rock.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosac_Tunnelhttps://sites.google.com/view/recreatingthelcrh/lower-columbia-river-highway/clatsop-county/wauna-to-westport/westport-tunnel-road/westport-tunnel_1https://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/506218/544186.html?1432570235#:~:text=The%20height%20of%20a%20Model%20T%20Ford,(88%22)%20at%20the%20rear%20of%20the%20cabhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Point_(Oregon)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Point_Tunnelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_tunnelshttps://www.travelsalem.com/things-to-do/tours/john-ritters-stories-of-the-underground-downtown-salem-lore-tour/#:~:text=Many%20tunnels%20were%20dug%20to,of%20many%20of%20the%20transactions.&text=The%20need%20for%20the%20underground,expelled%20in%20the%20early%201900s.&text=The%20glass%20was%20originally%20clear,in%20glass%20turned%20them%20purple.https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pendletons-underground-and-chinese-tunnel-myth/https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2010/10/historians_explore_tunnels_beneath_salem.htmlhttps://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/deautremont-brothers-train-hold-up-at-tunnel-13/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/tragedy-at-tunnel-13-exhibition/the-context#:~:text=Tunnel%2013%20on%20the%20Southern,1988.4%2D2%2C%20%23019337)https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/059ae21e07e24104af6399885591765fhttps://greatoregonoutdoors.com/tunnel-13-abandoned-siskiyou-station/https://www.sierrasun.com/news/central-pacifics-unlucky-tunnel-13/https://www.uspis.gov/history-spotlight-2023/robbery-at-council-bluffshttps://fortwiki.com/Battery_Mishler
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