Streetcar Horse
Runaway Team Frightened by Street Car Fred Feller, who lives on Dr. W. A. Cusick’s farm south of Salem, had a lively runaway on [...]
August 2005
Steamboats
Salem's Steamboats 1910 c., Stern Wheel Riverboat proceeding down stream. Passing ferry at bank of river. Ferry crew watching riverboat., WHC Collections 0083.006.0017.025 For the [...]
Railroad Depots
Salem's Railroad Depots 1870 Depot The Oregon & California Railroad (O&C) reached Salem in October 1870. Although townspeople wanted the station located convenient to [...]
Salem Passenger Depot
Salem's Passenger Rail Station: A Restored Jewel Salem's historic Passenger Rail Station at 500 13th Street SEÂ is a restored jewel in the crown of [...]
New Ferry
The Daniel Matheny V: Salem's New Wheatland Ferry 1995, "Wheatland Ferry Daniel Matheny" discharging cars on Marion County side of Willamette River., WHC [...]
Ferries
Salem's Ferries Donald Muelhaupt and father Otto (John Herman). Ferry on Willamette River. Horse and buggies., WHC Collections 2008.021.0007 Less than five [...]
Electric Railway
Oregon Electric Railway Origins of the Oregon Electric Railway The run from Portland to Salem, and possibly even Eugene--and back, along the route of [...]
Electric Railway Waconda
Waconda, Hopmere And Quinaby Stations Looking ahead as we leave Concomly, we find we are approaching Waconda, Hopmere, Quinaby and Chemawa. The Oregon Electric [...]
Electric Railway Salem
Arriving At Salem As we make our way into Salem, we discover one of the reasons the Oregon Electric Railway was the most popular [...]
Salem to Independence on the Oregon Electric Railway
Salem To Independence Your route south towards Eugene takes you out of Salem past the old paper mill, along Minto-Brown Island. The first station, [...]