What's in a Name?
- Long delays, congressional hearings and a very short flight: How the Spruce Goose got its nickname
- Why the owner of a fish cannery became the namesake of Warrendale, Oregon
- How a blacksmith came to name Coburg, Oregon
- What's now Longview was once just swampy farm land. Then a deep-pocketed timber tycoon came to town
- How a squirrel bridge in Longview turned into a city's love for rodents
- What that No. 2 means on school pencils
More What's in a Name? Stories
- The theories behind the name 'Amboy' in Washington state
- How Cape Disappointment on the Washington Coast got its name
- The story of the 'cannon' in Cannon Beach
- The story of Mo behind Mo's Seafood and Chowder
- How the state of Oregon got its name
- Why the city of Gresham is named after a U.S. Postmaster General who never visited Oregon
- How the Alphabet District of Northwest Portland was named
- How Idiot Creek in the Tillamook Forest was named