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September 2016

If Walls Could Talk – Pearson Family Story
If Walls Could Talk – Pearson Family Story

History Tidbits, People

If Walls Could Talk – Pearson Family Story

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:08:33-08:00September 14th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: Alice Kivett, apples, berries, Cecil Pearson, cherries, civics textbook, David Pearson, Depression, Donald Raoul Coon, Dr. Henry J. Minthorn, Eber Pearson, Elton Coon, Ena Pearson, Ernest Pearson, Eugene, forestry, Friends Church, George Fox University, Gerald Pearson, Grocery store, Harry Pearson, home improvement project, Hope Chapel, Hope Chapel Sunday School, Hurl Pearson, Italian prunes, Ladd & Bush Quarterly, Methodist hymnal, Mildred Coon, Mission Street, Modern Algebra - Second Course, Murl Pearson, Oregon Land Company, Oregon State College, organ, Our Government - Oregon, Pacific College, pears, piano, Quaker, Ruth Pearson, Salem High School, Sarah Pearson, schoolbooks, Shurl Pearson, Tillamook Burn, Valley Motor Company|

It began with a simple home improvement project adding insulation to a bedroom closet wall to improve energy efficiency in an old 1920s farmhouse. [...]

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May 2016

Thomas Cox
Thomas Cox

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

Thomas Cox

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:42-07:00May 4th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: ammunition, Applegates, apples, Barlow Trail, Beaver Money, beef, Blue Mountains, calico, carding mill, Cascade Range, Cayuse conflict, Cayuse Indians, Chemawa Indians, Chemeketa Indians, Chemeketa St., Court St., Cox Cemetery, Cox's store, Cox’s Golden Cling, custom-made wagons, Daniel Waldo, David Leslie, Donation Land Claim, Dr. John McLoughlin, Elias Brown, first post office, first postmaster, first store in Salem, first woolen mill on West Coast, Fort Hall Route, fruits, general store, gold dust, grist mill, Hudson Bay Company, Indians, John Boon, John Minto, Joseph Cox, Joseph Watt, Joseph Wilson, L.H. Judson, Laurel Hill, Lewis Judson house, Liberty St., Looneys, Macleans, Martha Cox, measles, Missouri, Mt. Hood, Ohio, Oregon City, Oregon Trail, pack horses, Pendleton, Peter Polley, President James Polk, provisional government, Rev. J.L. Parrish, rock salt, Salem, sheep husbandry, Silverton, slabs of molasses, Snake River country, spelling books, Store, sweat houses, textile industry, Thomas Cox, Turner Crump, variety of peach, Virginia, W.H. Hillson, wheat as currency, Whitman Massacre, Willamette Woolen Manufacturing Mill, William Cox, William Cox and Co., William H. Rector, William Rector|

Thomas Cox 0999.726 Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center [...]

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