Fishing
Pringle Creek Fishing Was Great in 1911 What were fishing conditions in early Oregon? Transportation problems limited our early fishing excursions to the home [...]
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Fashion
Fashions Wear Out the History Books During World War I women sacrificed their corsets; the steel supports were needed to build battleships. Clothes immediately [...]
Community Service Clubs
Salem Community Service Clubs and Organizations American Legion The American Legion was born at a caucus of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Paris, [...]
Communications
Communications: Telegraph, Telephones, and Television in Salem Telegraph: Earliest Communication Salem briefly had telegraphic communication of a sort before Oregon attained statehood. On April 17, [...]
Cherry Festival
Salem's Cherry Festival It was a gala occasion back in 1903 when the Salem Elks lodge sponsored a three-day celebration that was Salem's first [...]
Cherrians
Salem Cherrians "As the blooms appear in the central Willamette Valley around Salem, elating caravans of visitors (who) come to enjoy them. This is [...]
Chemeketans
Chemeketans Chemeketans is a Salem-based club dedicated to the use and preservation of the out-of-doors. The club was formed in the fall of 1928 [...]
Wool
Woolen Mills 1908, Sheering Sheep, April 13, 1908. Two men in front of sheep shed with equipment and sheep and wool on blanket. [...]
Whitlock’s
Whitlock's Vacuum and Sewing Center 455 Court Street, NE Salem, Oregon 97301 Phone: (503) 585-7771 Whitlock's Website: www.whitlocks.com Whitlock's owners say putting customers first [...]
White’s Restaurant
White's Restaurant 1138 Commercial SE Salem, Oregon 97302 Phone: (503) 363-0297 In 1936, Charles and Myrtle White, and sons Bob and Ken, opened White’s [...]