Chinese Exclusion Act

June 2023

Saun Lee Lewis
Saun Lee Lewis

Biographies, Uncategorized

Saun Lee Lewis

Heritage Center2023-04-11T13:14:23-07:00June 15th, 2023|Categories: Biographies, Uncategorized|Tags: Browns Island, Chinese, Chinese Exclusion Act, George Whitaker, Hubbard Building, Milk Test, Oregon Building, Saun Lee Lewis|

Saun Lee Lewis, 1904. Cronise Studio Portrait. Photo Source: Oregon Historical Society Collections 0019G011 Saun Lee Lewis of Salem[1] Is a picture worth [...]

November 2016

Pennoyer’s Folly: Two Thanksgivings for Oregon
Pennoyer’s Folly: Two Thanksgivings for Oregon

History Experiences, History Tidbits, Uncategorized

Pennoyer’s Folly: Two Thanksgivings for Oregon

Heritage Center2020-12-28T20:48:13-08:00November 14th, 2016|Categories: History Experiences, History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: 1893, Cannon, Chinese Exclusion Act, Democrat, gold standard, governor, Grover Cleveland, insane asylum, legal holiday, Ministerial association, Oregon, Pennoyer, Populist, President Cleveland, Sherman Silver Purchase Act, silver, Sylvester Pennoyer, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Willamette University|

Thanksgiving postcard from the Muellhaupt family collection WHC 2006.047.0021 “Governor Pennoyer is an original, if a somewhat irreverent humorist. He is the [...]

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