Belle Passi cemetery

August 2018

Samuel E. Tolman – Woodmen of the World Headstone
Samuel E. Tolman – Woodmen of the World Headstone

History Tidbits, People

Samuel E. Tolman – Woodmen of the World Headstone

Heritage Center2020-12-29T18:44:47-08:00August 20th, 2018|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: Belle Passi cemetery, California Voter Registration records, death benefit, Elizabeth Tolman, Elizabeth Walker, Emma Tolman, fraternal society, Hood River, Idlewilde Cemetery, insurance, J.B. Smith, Joseph Cullen Root, Massachussetts, Mina Hoyt, Nebraska, Nellie Tolman, Omaha, Phebe Ann Forbis, Portland, Portsmouth, Samuel E. Tolman, San Francisco, Stanley Arnold, Train, Walla Walla, Washington, William Edgar Tolman, Woodmen of the World|

There is something so poignant about sifting thru a probate packet at the Oregon State Archives. The remainders of a human life reduced to [...]

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January 2017

January 1943 Flood: Mellow Moon Tragedy
January 1943 Flood: Mellow Moon Tragedy

Community Memories, History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

January 1943 Flood: Mellow Moon Tragedy

Heritage Center2020-12-28T20:55:25-08:00January 14th, 2017|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: 1920s, 1942, 1943, Archie A. Cook, Archie Cook, bands, Belle Passi cemetery, cables, Capital Journal, Carmelita Grooms, Charles C. Hansen, chief highway engineer, circuit, David Eyre, debris, dynamite, Edgewater St., Edwin Cook, engineers, Eva Jean Green, flood of 1890, Flooding, Governor Charles A. Sprague, Helen Frentz, Highway 22, Jack, Jack Bell and His Melody Pirates, Jimmy, Joseph G. Mauer, Joseph J. Lambrecht, Kansas, La Center, Laura Wilt, life-belts, Marion-Polk county bridge, Mary Kammer, Mellow Moon, Mellow Moon Dance Hall, Mellow Moon Pavilion, Mellow Moon Skating Rink, Michael Mauer, Mills and Albright, moonshine, New Year's Eve, ODOT, orchestra, Oregon, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Pulp & Paper, Oregon Statesman, R.H. Baldock, river gauge, river level, Russian, Salem Electric, section foreman helper, Shaw, St. Mary Catholic cemetery, state highway crew, Stayton, Topeka, truck driver, Walter Gerth, Washington, West Salem, Westside Station Restaurant and Nightclub, Willamette River, Woodburn|

Mellow Moon Pavilion was built the summer of 1925 by owners Mills and Albright at the west end of the Marion-Polk county bridge in [...]

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