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01
Dec
WINTER QUARTERS ESTABLISHED IN 1779
General George Washington’s army settled into a second
season at Morristown, New Jersey, on December 1, 1779.
Washington’s personal circumstances improved dramatically
as he moved into the Ford Mansion and was able to conduct
his military business in the style of a proper 18th-century
gentleman.
However, the worst winter of the 1700s coupled with the
collapse of the colonial economy ensured misery for
Washington’s underfed, poorly clothed and unpaid troops
as they struggled for the next two months to construct their
1,000-plus “log-house city” from 600 acres of New Jersey
woodland.
30
Nov
FIRST THANKSGIVING COLLEGE FOOTBALL
On November 30, 1876, Yale defeated Princeton, 2-0, in
Hoboken, New Jersey in the first collegiate football game
played on Thanksgiving.
Nearly 1,000 fans attend the game, played in cold, rainy
weather. "The friends of both colleges mustered in good
force," the New York Times reports. "Several carriages
containing ladies were on the ground, and a goodly
number of Alumni were there to cheer the contestants."
The football was oval and made of leather, the Times noted,
"similar to those used in Rugby Union rules." The game
resembled rugby more than a present-day football game.
29
Nov
A REQUEST FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG
Mass shooting at Stockton, California, banquet hall
leaves 4 dead, 10 wounded.
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29
Nov
PORTLAND SIGN THROUGH THE TIMES
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A holiday staple returned to
Portland on Wednesday: Rudolph is back!
The red nose of the iconic “White Stag” sign on the west
end of the Burnside Bridge is always illuminated the day
before Thanksgiving.
The Rose City tradition started back in 1959 as a gift when
“Elizabeth Blair Hirsch suggested it and her husband Harold
S. Hirsch made it happen, adorning the sign for his sportswear
company White Stag,” the city said.
In the 1940s, the sign used to be an ad for "white satin sugar."
It didn’t have the deer logo. Then, the building housed the
"white stag" sportswear company (below).
The sign was named a historic landmark in the 70s. In the 90s
the letter was changed to say "Made in Oregon, Old Town" as
we know it today.
The University of Oregon started leasing space in
the building in 2006 and bought the block in 2015.
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