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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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April 2016

Rachel Belden Brooks and Family
Rachel Belden Brooks and Family

Biographies, History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

Rachel Belden Brooks and Family

Heritage Center2017-03-13T15:27:28-07:00April 24th, 2016|Categories: Biographies, History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: 1844 Exlusion Act, Applegates, Aunt Rachel Brooks, blacks, Champooick District, Civil War, Commercial & Mill Creek, Daniel Delaney Sr., Daniel Waldo, Dr. Marcus Whitman, Elizabeth Magee Delaney, George Baker, George Beale, Jack, Jack De Wolf, Jackson, John Minto, Keizer, Looneys, Mansfield, Marion County, Miller & Fir streets, Missouri, murder trial, Nathan Brooks, Nesmiths, Newman, Noah, Oregon Provisional government, Oregon Trail, Peter Burnett, Pioneer Cemetery, Rachel Beldon, Rachel Beldon Brooks, Samuel, slaves, Stanley family, Tennessee, The Dalles, Willamette River|

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