Random Rubble
11/28/03

from The Portland Underground FAQ:
"Oral tradition has kept the history of the "Portland Underground" alive. Today, 150 years after "Shanghaiing" began at this former "stumptown" along the Willamette River, you can still view the secrets of the past, venture through the "Shanghai Tunnels" and cast your sights on a history that has been nearly forgotten and buried. Tours have been given by the Cascade Geographic Society reveals the stories of shanghaiers and crimps who, at one time, controlled West Portland, East Portland, Albina, Northwest Portland, Lair Hill Park, Corbett, St. Johns, Linnton, Brooklyn, Lents, Kenton, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Sucker (today's Lake Oswego), and other waterfront towns and nearby communities. During the "heyday" of shanghaiing, a minimum of 1500 people per year were shanghaied out of Portland."