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Oregon's first newspaper, the “Flumgudgeon Gazette,” was written out longhand

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 2 p.m.

Most people think the first paper was the Oregon Spectator, but an irascible local political gadfly named Charles Edward “Philosopher” Pickett (writing as “The Curltail Coon”) stole a march on the bigger paper using only a pen and ink. (Oregon City, Clackamas County; 1846) (For text and pictures, see http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1007a_flumgudgeon.html)