Digging into discoveries from Oregon field schools

Underground History host Chelsea Rose explores the healthy relationship between a Chinese doctor in eastern Oregon and pioneer settlers of the 19th century.

Maila Nurmi grew up in Astoria before finding fame as Vampira. Explore the life and legacy of the pioneering television horror host.

Research files, reporter correspondence and photographic outtakes reveal the work behind the headlines as the society organizes the newspaper’s collection.

Archaeologists and citizen scientists teamed up to investigate the remains of the Baker White Pine Mill, revealing evidence of the families that supported Oregon’s timber industry more than a century ago.

Oregon archaeologists share discoveries and challenges from field schools at the Applegate House, Benton County and sites in Eastern Oregon.

OPB's Jenn Chavez joins with Chelsea Rose, host of JPR's Underground History and director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, to dig into the little-known stories of eastern Oregon's Chinese cowboys.

Learn how BLM archaeologists restored Zane Gray's historic Rogue River cabin as it marks its 100th anniversary and why preserving it matters.

Archaeologists and citizen scientists teamed up to investigate the remains of the Baker White Pine Mill, revealing evidence of the families that supported Oregon’s timber industry more than a century ago.

Researchers analyzing artifacts from Oregon’s Great Basin say they may have identified the world’s oldest sewn material, dating back about 12,000 years, offering new insight into early human technology.

Underground History host Chelsea Rose talks with Marc James Carpenter, author of "The War on Illahee: Genocide, Complicity, and Cover-Ups in the Pioneer Northwest."