EPISODE · Oct 22, 2025 · 8 MIN
When the Confederate flag flew over Oregon soil
from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John
Smithfield rebels' gesture of defiance on the main stagecoach route caused shock and outrage, but nobody was outraged enough to risk being shot over it; so the flag waved there until federal troops arrived and confiscated it. (Franklin, Lane County; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1502a.rebel-flag-over-oregon.324.html)
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