Old Waconda
Over a hundred years before the fictional country of Wakanda appeared on the scene in Marvel comics, Marion county was home to the small, [...]
February 2019
September 2018
Belle Passi
Neill and Esther Johnson, Belpassi pioneers. Used with permission MGB Family Tree, Ancestry.com It was late August 1851, a miserably wet and [...]
February 2018
Butteville
View of Butteville from across the Willamette River, circa 1910. WHC 0082.002.0022.059 On a beautiful February day last week, I took a [...]
May 2016
Joseph Gervais
Readers should feel free to use information from the website, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author [...]
April 2016
Etienne Lucier
Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author. [...]
October 2011
Early Oregon Settlers, 1842
Elijah P. White, Dr. Elijah White, Courtesy of Oregon Historical Society (OrHi 728, #1114). Volunteer Sue Masse brought this link to our [...]