Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery

May 2016

Memorial Day – Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery
Memorial Day – Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery

History Tidbits

Memorial Day – Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery

Heritage Center2020-12-28T20:25:01-08:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits|Tags: Adelia Judson Leslie, African-Americans, Alcinda E. Lawrence, Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, Chinese, Civil War, Decoration Day, Ethel Veatch Timmerman, Grand Army of the Republic, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, indigents, James Pinckney Veatch, Japanese American, Jeannette May Veatch, John A. Logan, Mary Kinney Leslie, Masonic Lodge, Memorial Day, Minnie Myrtle Veatch, Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery, orphans, public institutions, Rev. David Leslie, Salem Pioneer Cemetery, vagrants|

Memorial Day observance at Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery circa 1885. WHC 1995.022.0003 “Cover them over with beautiful flowers, [...]

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May 2015

Pioneers’ Sleep Disturbed by Sheep
Pioneers’ Sleep Disturbed by Sheep

Community Memories, History Tidbits, News from the Past

Pioneers’ Sleep Disturbed by Sheep

Heritage Center2022-07-09T14:50:48-07:00May 25th, 2015|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, News from the Past|Tags: Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery, Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Sheep|

Century-old cemetery at Salem became center of civic attention when woolly flocks were turned loose this spring to graze among the ancient tombstones. reprinted from [...]