1876 Election Scandal Money Leads to Ladd & Bush Bank
Following the money in the 1876 Election Scandal Leads to a Salem bank. By Kylie Pine What do an $8,000 dollar check, ciphered telegrams, [...]
February 2018
September 2017
Heritage Center Photos help New Online Asahel Bush Letters Archive Initiative
Governor Stephen Fowler Chadwick portrait. Chadwick Collection. Willamette Heritage Center, 2011.060.0167. This portrait of Oregon’s 5th governor is one of three photographs [...]
November 2016
Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel
The year is 1898, the Spanish American War is drawing to a close, the gay ‘90s are still in full swing, and the U.S. [...]
September 2016
The Pringle Family Goes to Oregon
The Pringle Family Goes to Oregon Clark S. Pringle and Octavius M. Pringle as older men. Octavius’s memoirs provide a [...]
March 2015
Popcorn School Traces Roots to Little Man with Big Goals
Popcorn School 1960s – WHC 2011.037.0679 “I looked out the window and what did I see? Popcorn popping [...]
Popcorn School Traces Roots to Little Man with Big Goals
Popcorn School 1960s – WHC 2011.037.0679 “I looked out the window and what did I see? Popcorn popping [...]
March 2014
Bush College or Brush College?
Original Brush College Schoolhouse built in 1860.Photo courtesy of Salem-Keizer School District. In the past few weeks this question has [...]
May 2013
Oregon's View of Events at Fort Sumpter
By Richard Van Pelt Civil War Correspondent The opening salvos of the Civil War fell on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861. Whether you call it [...]
September 2012
Bush to be topic of talk in Portland October 1, 2012
Oregon Encyclopedia History Night “Oregon Democracy: Asahel Bush, Slavery and the Statehood Debate” Renegade Minstrels (pre program performance) Mission Theater. Monday, October 1, 2012. 6 [...]
December 2011
Slavery, Oregon Statehood and Asahel Bush
The public is invited to a free lecture, "Slavery, Oregon Statehood and Asahel Bush" by Oregon historian Barbara Mahoney. The event will be held: Wednesday, [...]