3420 - Oregon City, Oregon, United States of America

The sender bought this card while travelling in Idaho for a trip. They were hoping to see some elk on their journey but didn't.

Oregon City was established in 1829 by the Hudson's Bay Company when the area belonged to the British. Today it boasts almost 38 000 people and is located just south of Portland.

Dr John McLoughlin established the fort for the Hudson's Bay Company. Besides trading at the fort, he also established a lumber mill and used the power of the Clackamas River to run the saws. In the 1840s and 1850s, Oregon City was the destination for those traveling on the Oregon Trail. It was in Oregon City where arrivals filed their land claims.

Forestry dominated the economy until the 1980s. The last paper mill in the area closed down in 2017. Today, Oregon City is a bedroom community of Portland.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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