Salem History Rewind: Gray Building
Gray Building's history includes YMCA, city hall and court By Andy Zimmerman Salem Rewind The Gray Building is seen circa 1912. It opened [...]
January 2019
Morningside School
Rocky Beginnings for Morningside School 'Tis the season for homecomings and school reunions. This past week we had a couple in to inquire about [...]
December 2018
Holiday House at Eola Acres
Holiday House advertisement as it appeared in the Statesman Journal November 25, 1960. “One of the Northwest’s greatest yuletide traditions”according to the [...]
Thanksgiving 1901 at Marion School
Thanksgiving postcard from the turn of the Thanksgiving greeting from the turn of the century WHC 2011.037.0268 In anticipation of delicious Thanksgiving [...]
October 2018
Shaw
Main road through Shaw, Oregon circa 1909. Left to right, Schomus General Store, Waldo Hills Hotel and the Catholic church. The Methodist church is [...]
White Sox Orchards
The Interesting Story of the White Sox Orchards Much to the disappointment of his fans and teammates, Tinker A. Jones gave up money [...]
September 2018
Beans Delayed Start of Salem Schools in 1953
Beans Delayed Start of Salem Schools in 1953 Beans? Yes. Beans. The hot topic at the Salem School Board meetings in July of 1953 [...]
Belle Passi
Neill and Esther Johnson, Belpassi pioneers. Used with permission MGB Family Tree, Ancestry.com It was late August 1851, a miserably wet and [...]
August 2018
Samuel E. Tolman – Woodmen of the World Headstone
There is something so poignant about sifting thru a probate packet at the Oregon State Archives. The remainders of a human life reduced to [...]
Movies Come to Salem
Movies Got a Slow Start in Salem Movie culture didn’t take off right away in Salem, it evolved slowly through pop up venues, carnival [...]