Prunes
Prunes Prune orchards were first planted about 1890 in the hills south of Salem in the Liberty, Sunnyside and Rosedale areas. Many of these [...]
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Portland General Electric
Portland General Electric PGE Headquarters 121 SW Salmon Street Portland, OR 97204Â 503-464-8000 Portland General Electric website: http://www.portlandgeneral.com 1965,The Pacific Building in July [...]
Olson’s Florist
Olson's Florist 499 Court Street Salem, Or 97301 Phone:. 503-363-7166 Located in the historic T.G. Bligh Building On the northwest corner of High and [...]
Nurseries
Nurseries 1966,This is one of a series of three photographs of nurseries in Oregon. This photograph shows shrubs planted in a field with [...]
Northwest Natural Gas
Northwest Natural Gas 220 NW Second Ave. Portland OR 97209 503-226-4211 Salem Offices: 3123 Broadway NE Salem, Or 97303 503-585-6611 NW Natural Gas website: [...]
Meatpacking
Meatpacking The three most prominent names in the meat processing business in early Salem were Cross, Steusloff, and West. In 1880 Arthur and John [...]
Marionberries
Marionberries: A Delicious Part of Salem's Past The Marionberry is a bright, glossy blackberry with medium to large fruit, somewhat longer than wide. It [...]
Lumber
The Lumber Industry You might say that lumber was Salem's first industry going back all the way to July 1840 when the Methodist missionaries [...]
Loganberries
Loganberries Although its impact was short-lived, the loganberry was possibly the most important berry crop in the Willamette Valley from 1910-25. Its history dates [...]
Local Businesses
Salem's Heritage Businesses A portrait of Salem would not be complete without understanding that this community is filled with citizens with a vision to [...]