History Tidbits Archives - Page 14 of 23 - Willamette Heritage Center

June 2016

Friendly Farm Restaurant – Jim & Marguerite Sumpter
Friendly Farm Restaurant – Jim & Marguerite Sumpter

History Experiences, People

Friendly Farm Restaurant – Jim & Marguerite Sumpter

Heritage Center2020-12-28T20:33:42-08:00June 14th, 2016|Categories: History Experiences, People|Tags: fried chicken, Friendly Farm, Harold L. Hill, Jane Kerber, Jim Sumpter, Korean War, LaVile Czarnetzki, Marguerite Sumpter, McHugo, Mother's Day, Myrna Landon, Navy, Portland Rd., Salem High School, World War II|

The Daily Capital Journal newspaper dated November 5, 1938 stated it perfectly. “Some people have a way of always making you feel welcome. That's [...]

Comments Off

Judson Dairy not too far removed from today’s urban Salem
Judson Dairy not too far removed from today’s urban Salem

Community Memories, History Tidbits, People

Judson Dairy not too far removed from today’s urban Salem

Heritage Center2023-10-19T16:58:53-07:00June 10th, 2016|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, People|Tags: Agriculture, Dairy, Gilmore Field, Judson Dairy, Judson Street, Lewis Edward Judson, Salem|

by Kylie Pine (originally published in Statesman Journal May 1, 2016) Bottle caps from the Judson Dairy which operated at 1000 Judson Street in [...]

May 2016

The Hirsch Family
The Hirsch Family

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

The Hirsch Family

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:41-07:00May 28th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: 1870 Federal Census, 200 S. Commercial S, 264 Chemeketa St, 437 High St, Alisse Hirsch, Baltimore, Bavarian merchants, Board of School Land Commissioners, Brownsville, California, California Gold Rush, Canal and Lock Commission, Chinese cook, Civil War, Clara Hirsch, Dallas, Eagle Woolen Mills, Edward Hirsch, Ella Hirsch, European Jews, first ward, five brothers, German Ashkenazi Jews, Gertrude Hirsch, Golden Realm, Goldene Medina, Great Panic of 1873, Guy Hirsch, Hanah Hirsch, Hirsch Family, Isaac Hirsch, J.B. Hirsch, Jacob Blumauer, Jacob Goldsmith, John Garraty, Laura Hirsch, Leopold Hirsch, Lewis May, Lizzy Hirsch, Lora Hirsch, Lulu Hirsch, Maier Hirsch, Marion County, Maude Hirsch, merchants, miners, Nettie Davis, Nettie Hirsch, Oregon State Capitol building, Oregon State Senate, Oregon State Treasurer, Oregonian, Ottoman Empire, Portland, President William McKinley, Public Building Commission, Republican Party, Rosa Hirsch, Salem City Council, Salem Postmaster, Sarah Hirsch, Senate Ways and Means Committee, Silverton, Simon Blumauer, Sir Martin Gilbert, Solomon Hirsch, State Asylum, State Asylum Commission, State Prison, state senator, Sutter's Mill, Thomas Dryer, Tom Hoy, U.S. ambassador, Wurtemberg|

Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author. By [...]

Memorial Day – Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery
Memorial Day – Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery

History Tidbits

Memorial Day – Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery

Heritage Center2020-12-28T20:25:01-08:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits|Tags: Adelia Judson Leslie, African-Americans, Alcinda E. Lawrence, Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, Chinese, Civil War, Decoration Day, Ethel Veatch Timmerman, Grand Army of the Republic, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, indigents, James Pinckney Veatch, Japanese American, Jeannette May Veatch, John A. Logan, Mary Kinney Leslie, Masonic Lodge, Memorial Day, Minnie Myrtle Veatch, Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery, orphans, public institutions, Rev. David Leslie, Salem Pioneer Cemetery, vagrants|

Memorial Day observance at Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery circa 1885. WHC 1995.022.0003 “Cover them over with beautiful flowers, [...]

Comments Off

Susan Downing Shepard
Susan Downing Shepard

Biographies, History Tidbits, People

Susan Downing Shepard

Heritage Center2024-04-10T19:40:06-07:00May 14th, 2016|Categories: Biographies, History Tidbits, People|Tags: Alice Adams Shepard, Alice Downing, amputation, Anna Maria Lee, Anna Maria Lee Shepard, Ben Beers, brig Diana, brown linen frock, Cape Horn, Columbia River, Cyrus Shepard, Dr. Elijah White, Dr. John McLoughlin, East Coast, Ellen Beers, Elvira Johnson, First Methodist Episcopal Church, First Reinforcement, Fort Vancouver, honeymoon trip, Jason Lee, John Downing, Joseph Gervais, Joseph H. Frost, Joseph L. Whitcomb, Killamook Indians, King Kamehameha III, Lincoln City, Lynn, Massachusetts, mission cemetery, mission house, mission school, Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, Oregon Territory, pupils, Sally Ann Beers, salt water bathing, Sandwich Islands, scrofulous knee joint, seasickness, shellfish, Susan Downing, Ten Years in Oregon, tuberculosis, wedding, wedding cake|

Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author. [...]

Comments Off

Joseph Gervais
Joseph Gervais

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

Joseph Gervais

Heritage Center2020-12-28T18:10:48-08:00May 13th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: Adelaide, Alexander McKay, apple orchard, Beaver, Bishop Joseph Norbert Provencher, buffalo, Canada, Champoeg district, Chemaway, Chinook tribe, Clallum Indians, committee, constitution, David Stuart, Donald McKenzie, Donation Land Claim, draft laws, Duncan McDougall, England, Etienne Lucier, Ewing Young, first school in Oregon, Fort Astor, Francois, Francoise, French Prairie, French-Canadian, fur bearing animals, furs, general election, Gervais house, grist mill, HBC, Isaac, Jason Lee, John Jacob Astor, John McLoughlin, Joseph Gervais, Julie, Lake Labish, Louis LaBonte, Marguerite Clatsop, Marie Angelique, Mary, Modeste Demers, Mr. Mathews, naturalized citizen, Nor'wester, North West Company, northern California, Olympic Peninsula, Oregon country, Pacific Fur Company, payroll, petitioning, post-in-sill, Protestants, provisional government, Pudding River, Roman Catholic, Salem, Solomon H. Smith, southern Oregon, supply ship, trapper, Union Jack, United States, voting, Wallace House, Willamette River, Willamette Valley, Wilson Price Hunt, Xavier, Yi-a-must|

Readers should feel free to use information from the website, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author [...]

Comments Off

Nutria helped fund College Education
Nutria helped fund College Education

History Tidbits

Nutria helped fund College Education

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:42-07:00May 11th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits|Tags: Cascade High School, Fur Industry, Gary Huber, Marion, Nutria|

Undated newspaper clipping tells the story of Gary Huber's Nutria Ranch that helped pay for his college education. Undated Clipping about Gary Huber's Nutria [...]

Geer Family
Geer Family

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

Geer Family

Heritage Center2020-04-30T06:10:50-07:00May 8th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: apple farm, apple seeds, Archie Geer, Asher Holler, benevolent to a fault, buffalo meat, Calvin Geer, Cannon, Captain Hibbard, Cascade Falls, Cascade Mountains, cattle, cattleman, Celilo, Central Ohio, Chaplin, Civil War battles, Commission for Southern Pacific Railroad, Connecticut, dairy farm, Darby Plains, Donation Land Claim, dried salmon, Drift Creek, Elizabeth Dixon, Elizabeth Dixon Geer, Elizabeth Smith, employment of women, Far West, first native born governor, Florinda Geer, Fred Walcott Geer, Frederick Walcott Geer, fruit industry, Geer Family, GeerCrest Farm, General Palmer, God’s green footstool, governor, Governor of Oregon, great wrestler, hard worker, Heman Johnson Geer, Homer Davenport, hop farmer, Illinois, Joseph Cary Geer, Joseph Geer, Knox County, legislative assembly, LeGrand Byington Geer, Madison County, Marcus Whitman, Marion County, Marion County Fair, Mary Johnson, Mary Strong, mustard greens, mustard seeds, nurseries, Ohio, Oregon Pioneer, Oregon Territory, Paul Revere, pear seeds, Politics, Ralph Geer, representative in the State Legislature, salmon swap, Samantha Geer, sheepman, Spanish Merino sheep, State House Board, State Land Agent, steamboat captain, teacher, ten hour workdays, Theodore Geer, thirteen exhibits, Timothy Davenport, Waldo Hills, War of 1812, widow, Willamette Valley, Windham County|

Geer Family WHC 2007.001.2118 The Geer Family Readers should feel free to use information from the website, however credit must be given [...]

Thomas C. King’s Obituary
Thomas C. King’s Obituary

People, Uncategorized

Thomas C. King’s Obituary

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:42-07:00May 5th, 2016|Categories: People, Uncategorized|

Our volunteer Sandy made an exciting discovery in the archives today as she processed some of the John Minto family papers. On the inside of [...]

Thomas Cox
Thomas Cox

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

Thomas Cox

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:42-07:00May 4th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: ammunition, Applegates, apples, Barlow Trail, Beaver Money, beef, Blue Mountains, calico, carding mill, Cascade Range, Cayuse conflict, Cayuse Indians, Chemawa Indians, Chemeketa Indians, Chemeketa St., Court St., Cox Cemetery, Cox's store, Cox’s Golden Cling, custom-made wagons, Daniel Waldo, David Leslie, Donation Land Claim, Dr. John McLoughlin, Elias Brown, first post office, first postmaster, first store in Salem, first woolen mill on West Coast, Fort Hall Route, fruits, general store, gold dust, grist mill, Hudson Bay Company, Indians, John Boon, John Minto, Joseph Cox, Joseph Watt, Joseph Wilson, L.H. Judson, Laurel Hill, Lewis Judson house, Liberty St., Looneys, Macleans, Martha Cox, measles, Missouri, Mt. Hood, Ohio, Oregon City, Oregon Trail, pack horses, Pendleton, Peter Polley, President James Polk, provisional government, Rev. J.L. Parrish, rock salt, Salem, sheep husbandry, Silverton, slabs of molasses, Snake River country, spelling books, Store, sweat houses, textile industry, Thomas Cox, Turner Crump, variety of peach, Virginia, W.H. Hillson, wheat as currency, Whitman Massacre, Willamette Woolen Manufacturing Mill, William Cox, William Cox and Co., William H. Rector, William Rector|

Thomas Cox 0999.726 Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center [...]