Meatpacking
Meatpacking The three most prominent names in the meat processing business in early Salem were Cross, Steusloff, and West. In 1880 Arthur and John [...]
August 2005
Marionberries
Marionberries: A Delicious Part of Salem's Past The Marionberry is a bright, glossy blackberry with medium to large fruit, somewhat longer than wide. It [...]
Lumber
The Lumber Industry You might say that lumber was Salem's first industry going back all the way to July 1840 when the Methodist missionaries [...]
Loganberries
Loganberries Although its impact was short-lived, the loganberry was possibly the most important berry crop in the Willamette Valley from 1910-25. Its history dates [...]
Local Businesses
Salem's Heritage Businesses A portrait of Salem would not be complete without understanding that this community is filled with citizens with a vision to [...]
Konditorei
Gerry Frank's Konditorei 310 Kearney S.E. Salem, Or 97302 Phone: (503) 585-7070 Gerry Lewin, Ten color film positives of Gerry Frank, mostly standing [...]
Key Title Company
Key Title Company 222 High Street SE Salem, Or 97301 Phone:Â 503-585-1881 Key Title Company was formed in 1965 by Kenneth (Bud) A. Holmes [...]
Industry Overview
Overview of Salem Industry Available, fertile land was the reason the pioneers chose to settle in the Willamette Valley. Lumber and farming became the [...]
Hops
Hops and Beer Sam Adolph founded the first Salem brewery with John Brown at Church and Trade Streets in Salem in 1862. When Adolph's [...]
Home Service Oil
Home Service Oil Company 1710 Commercial NE Salem, Or 97303 Phone: (503) 585-7000 In 1906, Home Service Oil began selling wood, coal and sawdust [...]