Fern Hobbs and the Snake River Showdown

Fern Hobbs and the Snake River Showdown | Oregon Experience

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On New Year’s Day 1914 Oregon Governor Oswald West sent his private secretary on a mission to shut down a lawless town. The wild West meets the remarkable Fern Hobbs In one of the most bizarre chapters in Oregon’s history.
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@frannyy9309 Жыл бұрын

Definitely need to make a movie of her life.

@timkellysr1102 5 ай бұрын

What an interesting story. My mother grew up on the Snake River in Hells Canyon at Homestead in the 30s. Her last name was Baker. Granddad was a minor and builder. They both had very colorful stories of those days. My granddads sister my Aunt Dorris owned the Pine store and gas station as well a mobile home park. Love this story.

@GH-oi2jf 9 ай бұрын

It wasn’t “Baker City” in those days. It was just “Baker.”

@donaldcendana7288 7 ай бұрын

too funny.....what a hardass

@JRPetruk 4 ай бұрын

Terrific story and quite a gal. Observation: In the end, the town dies 2 years later. Not a happy ending for them.

@r8chlletters 8 ай бұрын

Little was said about how she likely was unable to be married or have children due to the times she lived in. You could serve as she did but only if you never got pregnant.

@dontworrydon 7 ай бұрын

And chances are she did forego sex as she was a moralist and wouldn't have consumated until her wedding night.

@Drew-Hill 3 ай бұрын

An amazing woman ❤️

@johnaiken9615 3 жыл бұрын

Disney should to a movie on this.

@davidmcmullen3864 4 жыл бұрын

💘

@helenhunter4540 4 ай бұрын

I've seen about 3 of these programs. Do you ever do programs about the Native people these white people "replaced"?

@rorytennes8576 8 ай бұрын

Great story. But Fern did not clean up Copperfield. The governor and the national guard did.

@dontworrydon 7 ай бұрын

No......she and her crew did. The Governor put her in charge.

@ThaFKINman 7 ай бұрын

@@dontworrydon 🤣

@krisaguilar6699 5 ай бұрын

Early shades of the tyranny and forfeiture of local control Oregonians would have to suffer through 106 years later...under the fiefdom of the most unpopular governor in state history. I don't drink, and to me, bars are a blight on any neighborhood...but no governor has the right to declare martial law because he/she doesn't "like" something. I really regret that my ancestors settled in Oregon.

@atypicalmotorcycle752 4 ай бұрын

It's a sad consequence that as any place becomes more developed/overrun, the "authorities inevitably show up and insist that you stop shagging the sheep...