Portland State Magazine Fall 2008

Travel Writing on Steroids: Going from Neutral to Native SUSAN G. HAUSER '70 - Freelance Writer A longtime travel writer, Susan now finds that she gets rhe most our of traveling when she dives in head first. Her latest passion is Hawaii, which inspired her to learn hula, ukulele and the Hawaiian language, for starters. Bur her gung-ho sense of place is nothing new. Ask her about walking through Philadelphia in her homemade Ben Franklin costume! Embraced by the Octopus: How Railroad Barons Shaped History in the Pacific Northwest JIM HEUER - Railroad historian and enthusiast Railroad development in the Pacific Northwest quickly grew beyond rhe brave efforts oflocal entrepreneurs and came to reflect rhe titanic battles between the great 19th-century railroad rycoons as they fought for the lucrative transconrinenral freight traffic. Might Portland have turned out bigger than Seattle? Might Newport have become rhe great seaport rival to San Francisco? V1 0 w ..'.J N V1 J:,. 1.0 .i,. 00 -0 V, C QI C 3 @ -0 C. ?< /1) C. C ~ ~ ~ QI C 3 :::, -0 C. X Cl) C. C 9