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Lost Oregon Streetcars Presentation by Richard Thompson

07/18/2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

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$20.00 - AHC Members
$30.00 - General Public

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Local historian Richard Thompson celebrates the lost trolleys that once plied Oregon's small-town streets. Learn of the devastating 1922 fire that scorched Astoria's plank road railways and put a halt to its once-thriving streetcar network. Hear about a beloved white horse named Old Charlie who proved more reliable at pulling Albany's first streetcars than a steam locomotive. Smile at the spectacle of university students being carted back to their dormitories on the Eugene Street Railway’s midnight "drunk express.” Take pride in the tiny town of Cherry Grove, which became the first in the West to embrace new battery technology.

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