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February 2016

November 2015

October 2015

A Salem Witch – Miss Bruce Putnam

2016-10-20T14:55:45-07:00October 30th, 2015|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

2020-12-28T19:22:39-08:00October 14th, 2015|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Wascopam Mission - The Dalles, Oregon “Hark! ‘tis the sound of wailing Comes on the evening breeze, Forth [...]

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Hello Alice – Haas family postcard 1908

2016-10-20T14:55:45-07:00October 2nd, 2015|Categories: Artifact Spotlight, People, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Contributed by WHC volunteer Mike Nugent Oregon State Reform School WHC x2013.010.0022 WHC x2013.010.0022             Hello [...]

August 2015

Yes Brittany, there was a Jason Lee

2020-12-28T18:37:15-08:00August 14th, 2015|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Jason Lee's original headstone in Lee Memorial Cemetery. WHC 1998.008.0020 A little over a month ago on a [...]

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March 2015

Louis Westacott

2019-09-13T11:26:26-07:00March 6th, 2015|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

by Sue Massé Louis Westacott. Photograph by H.S. Shuster bet. 1880-1889. Willamette Heritage Center Collections 85.17.001. Lewis Westacott (1812 England—1889 Oregon) [...]

December 2014

1964 Christmas Flood – Keizer

2020-12-14T14:52:43-08:00December 30th, 2014|Categories: Community Memories, History Experiences, History Tidbits, People|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Watery Christmas ‘Not Very Fun’ Capital Journal, Wednesday, December 23, 1964 By William Bebout Written by the editor of the Capital Journal, a resident [...]

Thomas Cox Story

2016-10-20T14:56:04-07:00December 10th, 2014|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Portrait Thomas Cox, Willamette Heritage Center, WHC 80.5.25. By Corey Rosenberg In March of 1847, a caravan of thirteen wagons [...]

October 2014

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