Category: Books
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Deepen Your Understanding of Foster Road History
Read more: Deepen Your Understanding of Foster Road HistoryMany guests ask for more resources after our walk. These are the three books that most influenced my research and are wonderful ways to continue exploring our local history. You’ve finished the tour—which books you should read to keep the story going? I. Curious about how the streetcar era shape the unique layout of SE […]
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Explore St. Johns Beyond Our Tours
Read more: Explore St. Johns Beyond Our ToursSlabtown Tours Presents: The Curious Traveler’s Companion We made this page for our walking tour guests—past, present, and future—who want to dig deeper into the legends, history, and lore of St. Johns and beyond. Whether you’re joining us for a History of St. Johns or Murder Mayhem and Oddities of St. Johns or wandering solo, […]
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Curated Soul of Slabtown Book List
Read more: Curated Soul of Slabtown Book ListBeyond Slabtown Tour Many of these books are on the reserve shelf at the NW Library. Library card holders should explore the Libby Ap a few books from the curated lists can be accessed there for free as digital books. Many of these books can be found locally at Powells City of Books. Other great book stores in areas […]
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Expand & Plan Your Ghostly Adventures
Read more: Expand & Plan Your Ghostly AdventuresBooks, Journals, and Other Hauntingly Good Independent Ghost Tours Whether you’re prepping for A Night With Ghosts, taking a self-guided adventure, or exploring other local tours, this is your guide to go deeper. These curated picks are often mentioned by Dr. March during our walking tours and are perfect companions to Portland’s stranger side. Many of these […]
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Dig Deeper Women of Nob Hill
Read more: Dig Deeper Women of Nob HillNob Hill Curated List Focus on Women of Portland Notable Women of Portland by Tracy J. Prince and Zadie Schaffer (2017) Intro: Mother-daughter authors Tracy Prince Phd and Zadie Schaffer have produced a book according to Prince that “goes into the messy parts of history. History is messy, and I don’t believe in cleaning it up,” […]
