Highway 22

April 2018

Eola
Eola

Community Memories, History Tidbits

Eola

Heritage Center2020-12-29T17:32:04-08:00April 16th, 2018|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits|Tags: Abigail Scott Duniway, Aeolian harp, Aeolus, Billy Hayden, Breeze Gibson, Cincinnati, Doaks Ferry Rd, Eola, Estelle Hayden, Highway 22, J & J Stump Removal, Joshua Sheep Shaw, Oregon Spectator, Pacific Coast Business Directory 1867, Rickreall Creek, Rock-N-Rogers, Salem Yacht & Boat Club, Willamette River, William Duran|

Hillside view of the former town of Eola, date unknown. WHC 2004.10.360 Have you ever time-traveled on your daily commute? I'll admit [...]

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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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January 2015

January 30, 1915

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:02-07:00January 30th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized, World War I in Marion County|Tags: Bend, Highway 22, Road, Salem, Stayton|

by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The front page of the Capital Journal assessed the first six months of the war, women on juries, and [...]

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