Sternwheeler

February 2018

Butteville
Butteville

Community Memories, History Tidbits, Marion County Communities

Butteville

Heritage Center2024-03-22T12:30:52-07:00February 19th, 2018|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, Marion County Communities|Tags: Alanson Beers, Alexis Aubichon, Butteville, Butteville Store, Champoeg, French Prairie, Friends of Historic Butteville, Ft. Vancouver, George Abernathy, Hudson Bay Company, Joel Palmer, John McCadden, Jos. LaForte, La Butte, La Roque, Obeshaw's Landing, Oregon & California Railroad, Oregon Parks & Recreation Department, Oxford, steamboat landing, Sternwheeler, The Buttes, W.H. Rees, Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Willamette River, Willamette Settlement|

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 [...]

February 2014

Centennial of "City of Salem" celebrated in 1986

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:21-07:00February 10th, 2014|Categories: Artifact Spotlight, Uncategorized|Tags: City of Salem (Steamboat), Salem Stamp Society, Sternwheeler, transportation, Willamette River|

The 100th anniversary of the sternwheeler "City of Salem" was celebrated by the Salem Stamp Society in 1986 with this commemorative card (X2014.003.0001). The envelope [...]