Pirate, jailbird, hustler, tycoon: 'Colonel' T. Edgenton Hogg

from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John

Desperate for some ready cash after his steamer wrecked on the beach, the would-be magnate hastily built a “railroad to nowhere” over Santiam Pass in an attempt to swindle the federal government. It probably would have worked, but ... (Newport, Lincoln County; 1880s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1703a.hogg-railroad-yaquina-433.html)

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