Farley E. Mogan – The Oregon State Policeman and the Sea Lion
Unidentified Oregon State Policeman and Sea Lion. The call came over the radio to state police patrolman Farley [...]
November 2015
1965 Veterans Day Parade – Salem
The rumble of National Guard tanks mixed with bands and marching feet Thursday as Salem observed Veterans Day with its biggest parade in many [...]
October 2015
A Salem Witch – Miss Bruce Putnam
Miss Bruce Putnam WHC 2008.038.0020 written by Perry Reigelman article reprinted from the Oregon Magazine, April 1922 Dreamers, poets, and musicians have all [...]
Elvira Johnson Perkins – the Harp of the Willows
Wascopam Mission - The Dalles, Oregon “Hark! ‘tis the sound of wailing Comes on the evening breeze, Forth [...]
Hello Alice – Haas family postcard 1908
Contributed by WHC volunteer Mike Nugent Oregon State Reform School WHC x2013.010.0022 WHC x2013.010.0022 Â Â Â Â Â Â Hello [...]
September 2015
Bishop Clothing and Woolen Mill Store
 C.P. Bishop sitting in the $5 shoe display in his store. "Now is the time and here is the place for [...]
August 2015
Yes Brittany, there was a Jason Lee
Jason Lee's original headstone in Lee Memorial Cemetery. WHC 1998.008.0020 A little over a month ago on a [...]
July 2015
P.J. Larsen & Sons – Wagon Making
 This article was written for the Statesman Journal and published in February 2014. It is reproduced here for reference purposes. 1931 Chevy House Car [...]
May 2015
Pioneers’ Sleep Disturbed by Sheep
Century-old cemetery at Salem became center of civic attention when woolly flocks were turned loose this spring to graze among the ancient tombstones. reprinted from [...]