Omaha

August 2018

Samuel E. Tolman – Woodmen of the World Headstone
Samuel E. Tolman – Woodmen of the World Headstone

History Tidbits, People

Samuel E. Tolman – Woodmen of the World Headstone

Heritage Center2020-12-29T18:44:47-08:00August 20th, 2018|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: Belle Passi cemetery, California Voter Registration records, death benefit, Elizabeth Tolman, Elizabeth Walker, Emma Tolman, fraternal society, Hood River, Idlewilde Cemetery, insurance, J.B. Smith, Joseph Cullen Root, Massachussetts, Mina Hoyt, Nebraska, Nellie Tolman, Omaha, Phebe Ann Forbis, Portland, Portsmouth, Samuel E. Tolman, San Francisco, Stanley Arnold, Train, Walla Walla, Washington, William Edgar Tolman, Woodmen of the World|

There is something so poignant about sifting thru a probate packet at the Oregon State Archives. The remainders of a human life reduced to [...]

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October 2016

Fischer Flour Mill
Fischer Flour Mill

Community Memories, History Tidbits, People

Fischer Flour Mill

Heritage Center2024-04-10T19:34:11-07:00October 14th, 2016|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, People|Tags: Alaska, Belcrest Memorial Park, California, Corvallis, Crown FLour, Depression, Europe, Fischer Flouring Mill, flour bags, Henry Fischer, Japan, Keizer, L.H. Fischer, long johns, Louis Henry Fischer, National Register of Historic Places, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Omaha, Oregon Milling Company, Oregon Quilt Project, Osaki, Pan-American Exposition, Philipines, Phyllis Huffman, Portland Business College, Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, provenance, Quiltopia, Red and White, Rolland Huffman, Silver Creek, Silverton, Silverton Commercial Historic District, Silverton Country Historical Society, Silverton Public Library, South America, Southern Pacific depot, Trans-Mississippi Fair, Willamette Cherry Grower, wool shirts, World War I|

A simple quilt pieced from the wool shirts and long johns in a housewife’s scrap bag. The backing made from re-purposed flour bags with [...]

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