Like the hero of an 1800s \u201ccautionary tale,\u201d 17-year-old Joseph Swards stepped off the ship, fell in with bad company, got caught up in a robbery that went horribly wrong \u2014 and in the end was lucky he wasn't hanged. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1212b-young-adventurers-visit-to-portland-ended-in-prison.html)