The Wise Sow, 1890
The following article was found by our volunteer George in a newspaper clipping saved by Al Jones. We all got a laugh out of it. [...]
March 2014
January 2014
Hops History in Salem
[googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=209778005414381082444.0004f0fb82107f4a0c258&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14&output=embed&w=425&h=350] Join us at First Wednesday February 5, 2014 to learn more about how the hops industry shaped downtown Salem or check out the [...]
December 2013
Geo. C. Will Piano and Sewing Machine Merchant
George C. Will, Elks Portrait. WHC 1992.005.0175 The following information appeared in the Statesman Journal Newspaper, Sunday November 24, 2013. It [...]
August 2013
Rickey School Souvenir, 1996.006.0001
This school souvenir for the old Rickey School was cute to look at, but became much more interesting after reading the note at the very [...]
Reed’s Opera House
Reed Opera House, David Duniway Collection. Willamette Heritage Center, 1999.013.0200. Note that this is a Cronise print (see mark in lower right corner). [...]
Finding the Civil War Close to Home
This list of ways to experience the Civil War close to home was compiled for the Statesman Journal and published in the Sunday, July 6, [...]
July 2013
Muellhaupt Family
Thanks to the hard work of volunteers Kaylyn and Sandy, the Willamette Heritage Center has finished processing a large donation of materials that document the [...]
Bridging the Willamette River in Salem
“Had all of the talking and writing about a third Salem bridge been stored up, traffic could probably be floated across the river for the [...]
June 2013
Finding the Civil War in Salem
There are not too many areas remaining of Salem as it looked during the Civil War (1861-1865). We are compiling a list of places [...]
May 2013
Parsonage Gets a Makeover
This article was published in the Statesman Journal, Sunday, May 5, 2013. By Kylie Pine and Sara Beringer This winter the Methodist Parsonage at the [...]