Salem Mennonite Church
Salem Mennonite Church The first Mennonites came to Oregon starting in 1876. The earliest Mennonite church established in the immediate Salem area was in [...]
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Salem Hospital
Salem Hospital: A Century of Service Salem’s first hospital was organized by local physicians and private citizens, and was funded with $752 raised in [...]
Salem Hospital Timeline
Salem Hospital: A Timeline 1896: Salem Hospital treated its first patient, sewing machine salesman Fred Demeler, in January at the five-bed converted school. 1916: [...]
Salem Hospital Facts
Salem Hospital: Current Facts and Services Salem Hospital is a not-for profit community hospital, licensed for 419-bed acute care and 35-bed skilled care patients, [...]
Salem Fire Department
Salem Fire Department Salem Fire Department: An Overview Salem, Oregon's first fire company, Alert Hook and Ladder was formed in 1857. Alert Hook and [...]
Salem Alliance Church
Salem Alliance Church Mrs. Isabelle White prayed faithfully for five years for the Alliance ministry to begin in the Salem community. In 1921, as [...]
Reform School
Reform School During the 1880's youthful offenders--some as young as 12--were routinely sent to the penitentiary, where it was said they would "most surely [...]
Reed Opera House
Reed Opera House 1888, Reed Opera House. Southwest corner of Liberty and Court Streets. View toward southwest from intersection. Wooden sidewalks, unpaved streets., [...]
Post Office
Salem's Post Office Before the 20th century innovations of telephones, faxes and e-mail, people stayed in touch exclusively by letter. The earliest pioneers to [...]
Poor Farm
Marion County Poor Farm Ben Maxwell, 1941, Pictured is the Marion County Poor Farm in 1941. The purpose of the County Poor Farm [...]