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Portland was the “shanghai” capital of the world in 1890s

Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 2 p.m.

In the days when Portland was a rough, tough, hard-drinking, hard-punching dockside town, the city's “crimping” activity actually generated international incidents with foreign governments. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1890s) (For text and pictures, see http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1006c_ShanghaiPDX.html)