Heritage Trees
Heritage Trees of Marion County A civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit.--Greek Proverb Beech: JACOB AMSLER SWISS BEECH [...]
Heritage Trees of Marion County A civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit.--Greek Proverb Beech: JACOB AMSLER SWISS BEECH [...]
The Great Flood: A Geologic Event Which Shaped Salem Salem is located at the confluence of Mill Creek and the Willamette River. Since its [...]
Flora Cooking Up Camas The beautiful blue blooms you see in the fields and meadows in the Willamette Valley in early spring is the [...]
Floods and Storms 1937 Snowstorm Brings 27 Inches of Snow "Yes, This is Salem," read the caption of a front page photo in the [...]
Elevations In the Salem Area Here are some elevations in feet in Marion and Polk Counties: Downtown Salem: 150 Keizer: 135 12th and Madrona [...]
Columbus Day Storm: "Worst Disaster Ever": October 12, 1962 Al Jones, 1962-10-12,Pictured is the falling bell tower of Campbell Hall at OCE on [...]
Christmas Week Flood Brings Major Flooding, December, 1964 1964, Aerial photo showing extent of Christmas flood, December 1964. Mission St. in foreground, church St. [...]
Cooking Up Camas (Camassia quamash) 1972, close-up of the camas plant flower, WHC Collections x2012.016.0687DUP The beautiful blue blooms you see in [...]
Winema School Winema School, formally know as Chemeketa Alternative High program, at Chemeketa Community College started in the early 1980’s with a request from [...]
Willamette University “Drinking wine or intoxicating liquors, smoking, card playing, swearing, immorality of any kind, quarreling, rude and unkind treatment of fellow pupils, the [...]