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December 2019

Honeywood Winery: Oregon’s Oldest

2021-06-07T20:18:02-07:00December 24th, 2019|Categories: Community Memories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Explore more of the story of Oregon's oldest operating winery. Follow the story of Honeywood Winery from its birth in the aftermath of the overturn of prohibition to becoming Oregon's only operating commercial winery in the early 1960s.

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November 2019

Valley Packing Company

2019-12-12T15:07:25-08:00November 27th, 2019|Categories: Buildings, Community Memories, History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Valley Packing Company 1919-1955  -- Cascade Meats Inc. 1955-1961 The Valley Packing Company and Cascade Meats Inc., located at 2805 Val Pak Drive [...]

1956 Balloon Parade

2023-05-08T10:35:24-07:00November 17th, 2019|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits|Tags: , , , , , |

Dedicated to all children past and present that spent their Thanksgiving morning with eyes glued to the television set watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day [...]

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The Rise and Fall of the Loganberry Industry in Salem

2022-10-20T12:37:51-07:00November 15th, 2019|Categories: History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Salem was once a world leader in loganberry production.

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October 2019

Lamport Harness Shop

2020-12-29T19:53:06-08:00October 20th, 2019|Categories: Buildings, Community Memories, History Tidbits|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Circa 1890 view of the west side of 200 block of Commercial St. with harness shop sign visible on roof above the location [...]

September 2019

The Ideal Type of State Policeman – Farley Mogan

2020-12-29T19:32:33-08:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Oregon State Police - Salem division, circa 1935 photo credit: Oregon State Police, MPI-002 In a powerful, tough-on-crime 1931 inaugural speech, [...]

Mysterious Disappearance of Willis Skiff

2021-06-07T20:11:18-07:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Willis and Mary Moe Skiff of Union, Oregon photo credit: WHC Shelton Collection 2019.013 In some respects, it was the perfect scenario [...]

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Salem Federal Art Center

2020-12-29T19:44:01-08:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Salem Federal Art Center at 460 North High St. photo credit: Multnomah County Library, John Wilson Collection An [...]

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July 2019

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