Alaska

January 2024

Fred Rockhill
Fred Rockhill

TKWM Employees

Fred Rockhill

Heritage Center2024-01-29T18:45:26-08:00January 29th, 2024|Categories: TKWM Employees|Tags: Alaska, Army, Beryl Grace Harmon, Byrdean Deaver, Fred Rockhill, Mechanic, midget racing, Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, weaver, WWII|

Fred Rockhill Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1913-1917 Last Name Rockhill First Name Frederick “Fred” Middle [...]

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October 2016

Fischer Flour Mill
Fischer Flour Mill

Community Memories, History Tidbits, People

Fischer Flour Mill

Heritage Center2024-04-10T19:34:11-07:00October 14th, 2016|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, People|Tags: Alaska, Belcrest Memorial Park, California, Corvallis, Crown FLour, Depression, Europe, Fischer Flouring Mill, flour bags, Henry Fischer, Japan, Keizer, L.H. Fischer, long johns, Louis Henry Fischer, National Register of Historic Places, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Omaha, Oregon Milling Company, Oregon Quilt Project, Osaki, Pan-American Exposition, Philipines, Phyllis Huffman, Portland Business College, Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, provenance, Quiltopia, Red and White, Rolland Huffman, Silver Creek, Silverton, Silverton Commercial Historic District, Silverton Country Historical Society, Silverton Public Library, South America, Southern Pacific depot, Trans-Mississippi Fair, Willamette Cherry Grower, wool shirts, World War I|

A simple quilt pieced from the wool shirts and long johns in a housewife’s scrap bag. The backing made from re-purposed flour bags with [...]

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June 2016

Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940
Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940

Heritage Center2020-12-29T13:43:40-08:00June 24th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: Alaska, attorney, Capital Journal office, chameleon, Commercial St., Cuba, D.S. Dautoff, Dina Dautoff, Dina Margulies Dautoff, European Jews, gold fever, government aid, Great Depression, Hannah Dautoff, Hannah Martin, Isidore Kohnsky, Ivan Martin, Jack Rigo, Jack Rigo Jr., Jack the Snake Charmer, Joseph Dautoff, Josephine Dautoff, Kira Kinney, law school, Leo Dautoff, Living history, Marion County, Masonic Temple building, Mt. Angel, New York City, Oaks Park, orchestra leader, Oregon Daily Journal, Oregon House of Representatives, Oregon State Legislature, Oregonian, perfect score, politician, Portland, pre-Castro, Prohibition, Republican, Roman Catholic community, Russian violinist, Salem, shoulders of giants, Sir Isaac Newton, Sprague High School, teen interpreters, Victor Dautoff, Willamette University, Youth and Government, YWCA|

Hannah Martin, first woman elected to the Oregon State Legislature. Photo Credit - Oregon Voter, December 31, 1932 Each summer as school [...]

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