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Finding Mabel
Finding Mabel

History Tidbits, People

Finding Mabel

Heritage Center2024-03-25T19:44:23-07:00February 29th, 2024|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: California, Carrie Skiff, Delilah Shelton, George E. Chamberlain, Lee Sammons, Mabel Skiff, Napa, Oregon, Robert Eakin, Thomas Morgan, Union|

Childhood portrait of Mabel Skiff, Willamette Heritage Center collections, 2019.013.0081 This story begins with an estrangement between sisters, Carrie and [...]

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Frances Anderson

Heritage Center2023-10-12T19:31:06-07:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: TKWM Employees|Tags: California, Danish, Eben Paul Strand, Fannie Anderson, Frances Anderson, restauranteur, Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, weaver|

Frances "Fannie" Anderson [Strand] Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1920-1921 Last Name Anderson [Strand] First [...]

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C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs
C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs

History Tidbits, People

C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:48:20-08:00June 18th, 2017|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: Annie B. McClure, C.A. Whale, C.A. Whale Piano and Organ House, California, California Great Registers, Capital mine, Charles Alfred Whale, Charles Frederick Whale, Charley Sauver, Chemeketa Hotel, City View Cemetery, Commercial St., Copperopolis Railroad, electric piano, electrocution, fairgrounds, Farmington, Gilbert Brothers, LIght and Power Co., Little North Fork, Louise Idella Whale, Milton, mining, Oregon Eclipse, Oregon State Fair, Oregon State Supreme Court, organ, piano, Pioneer Trust Bank, Portland Railway, Salem Hospital, Santiam Canyon, Sarah Louise Thompson, Stockton, Valentines Day, Willamette Valley, William Galliher|

C.A. Whale Piano and Organ House on Commercial St. circa 1902-1905. Willamette Heritage Center 2017.028.0001 We have learned here in the research [...]

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Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel
Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel

Historic Buildings, History Tidbits, People

Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:34:34-08:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Historic Buildings, History Tidbits, People|Tags: 1898, Alice Conner, Amelia Bolington Conner, Asahel Bush, Ashland, California, Calistoga, Chemeketa House, Daniel Conner, elevator, Eva Conner, Jerushia Rush Bolwine, John Conner, Kansas, LaBette, Ladd & Bush, Nellie Conner, Nellie Emerson, Oregon Hotel, Saratoga Springs, southern Oregon, stock ranch, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving dinner, Walter Conner, Willamette Hotel, William Conner|

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. [...]

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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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William and Ann Rector
William and Ann Rector

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

William and Ann Rector

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:40-07:00July 15th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: Adrienne Rector, Alfred Lomax, Alwilda Rector, Andover, Ann Rector, Aumsville highway, Barlow Trail, Beaver Money, Benjamin Rector, Blue Mountain tribes, British Columbia, California, California gold fields, capitol, Cascades, Casius Rector, Cayuse, Cayuse Indians, Champoeg Country, Champooick District, Charles Crocker, Civil War, Commercial St., Corban College, Corvallis, Davis and Furber Company, ditch, Fort Walla Walla, Fred Lockley, gold fields, Grand Ronde Valley, Great Walla Walla Council, Hamilton Campbell, History of the Columbia River Valley, Indian Agency, Indian reservation, Indian superintendent, Indiana, Jane Stanley, Kalapuyan Indians, Ludlow Rector, Malcom Clark, Margaret Stanley, Marion County, Mark West Woolen Mills, Massachusetts, Matthew Deady, Mill Creek, Missouri, Nez Perce, North Santiam River, Ohio, Oregon, Oregon City, Oregon Coast reservation, Oregon woolen products, Osborne Russell, Peter Burnett, rebellion, Rector Building, Rogue River Valley tribes, Samuel Barlow, San Francisco mint, State Agricultural Society of California, territorial capitol building, territorial legislature, The Dalles, Theresa Rector, Third Provisional Legislature, Thomas Cross, Thomas Stanley, Turner Road, Umatillas, Virginia, Volney Rector, Walla Walla, Whitman Massacre, Willamette University, Willamette Valley, Willamette Woolen Manufacturing Company, William Henry Rector, William Rector|

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The Hirsch Family
The Hirsch Family

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

The Hirsch Family

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:41-07:00May 28th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: 1870 Federal Census, 200 S. Commercial S, 264 Chemeketa St, 437 High St, Alisse Hirsch, Baltimore, Bavarian merchants, Board of School Land Commissioners, Brownsville, California, California Gold Rush, Canal and Lock Commission, Chinese cook, Civil War, Clara Hirsch, Dallas, Eagle Woolen Mills, Edward Hirsch, Ella Hirsch, European Jews, first ward, five brothers, German Ashkenazi Jews, Gertrude Hirsch, Golden Realm, Goldene Medina, Great Panic of 1873, Guy Hirsch, Hanah Hirsch, Hirsch Family, Isaac Hirsch, J.B. Hirsch, Jacob Blumauer, Jacob Goldsmith, John Garraty, Laura Hirsch, Leopold Hirsch, Lewis May, Lizzy Hirsch, Lora Hirsch, Lulu Hirsch, Maier Hirsch, Marion County, Maude Hirsch, merchants, miners, Nettie Davis, Nettie Hirsch, Oregon State Capitol building, Oregon State Senate, Oregon State Treasurer, Oregonian, Ottoman Empire, Portland, President William McKinley, Public Building Commission, Republican Party, Rosa Hirsch, Salem City Council, Salem Postmaster, Sarah Hirsch, Senate Ways and Means Committee, Silverton, Simon Blumauer, Sir Martin Gilbert, Solomon Hirsch, State Asylum, State Asylum Commission, State Prison, state senator, Sutter's Mill, Thomas Dryer, Tom Hoy, U.S. ambassador, Wurtemberg|

Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author. By [...]

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California

February 2024

Finding Mabel

Finding Mabel

June 2023

Frances Anderson

June 2017

C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs

C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs

November 2016

Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel

Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel

October 2016

Fischer Flour Mill

Fischer Flour Mill

July 2016

William and Ann Rector

William and Ann Rector

May 2016

The Hirsch Family

The Hirsch Family