Salem Alliance Church
Salem Alliance Church Mrs. Isabelle White prayed faithfully for five years for the Alliance ministry to begin in the Salem community. In 1921, as [...]
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Reform School
Reform School During the 1880's youthful offenders--some as young as 12--were routinely sent to the penitentiary, where it was said they would "most surely [...]
Reed Opera House
Reed Opera House 1888, Reed Opera House. Southwest corner of Liberty and Court Streets. View toward southwest from intersection. Wooden sidewalks, unpaved streets., [...]
Post Office
Salem's Post Office Before the 20th century innovations of telephones, faxes and e-mail, people stayed in touch exclusively by letter. The earliest pioneers to [...]
Poor Farm
Marion County Poor Farm Ben Maxwell, 1941, Pictured is the Marion County Poor Farm in 1941. The purpose of the County Poor Farm [...]
Pioneer Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery 1966, The graves of Asahel Bush family are located in Pioneer Cemetery on a hill overlooking the city. Taken in the [...]
Old City Hall
Salem's Old City Hall Nothing remains now to mark its presence but a stone shaft and plaque on the southwest corner of Chemeketa and [...]
Mission Mill
Mission Mill Museum Thomas Kay Woolen Mill. Water Tower reads: Mission Mill Museum, WHC Collections 2007.001.1576 Located three blocks from the State [...]
Mission Mill Wool Making
Making Woolen Fabric at Mission Mill: A Step by Step Process Follow the "fleece to fabric" display that so graphically demonstrates 19th century technology [...]
Mission Mill Timeline
Mission Mill Timeline 1863: Thomas Lister Kay, founder of Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, comes to Oregon. 1889: Kay builds the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, [...]