Sylvester Pennoyer

September 2017

Mystery Man E.O. Norton and the Oregon Vidette
Mystery Man E.O. Norton and the Oregon Vidette

History Tidbits, People

Mystery Man E.O. Norton and the Oregon Vidette

Heritage Center2020-12-29T15:14:02-08:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: A.A. Miller, Bancroft, Bonnie Beedie, Democrat, E.O. Norton, Edward Ogden Norton, Frederick Norton, J.B. Fithian, James Rice, John W. McAfee, Johnny Rice, Josephine Rice, Leeta Norton, Letta Norton, Marian Nell Lingo, Marion Lingo, Mary Ellen McAfee, McAfee, Oregon Dictations, Oregon Vidette, Sophia S. Cole, Susan Tribotti, Sylvester Pennoyer, typhoid, Vidette, Zenas F. Moody|

Ad from the 1884-85 Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Gazeteer and Business Directory The worlds of collection and research collided this past month [...]

November 2016

Pennoyer’s Folly: Two Thanksgivings for Oregon
Pennoyer’s Folly: Two Thanksgivings for Oregon

History Experiences, History Tidbits, Uncategorized

Pennoyer’s Folly: Two Thanksgivings for Oregon

Heritage Center2020-12-28T20:48:13-08:00November 14th, 2016|Categories: History Experiences, History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: 1893, Cannon, Chinese Exclusion Act, Democrat, gold standard, governor, Grover Cleveland, insane asylum, legal holiday, Ministerial association, Oregon, Pennoyer, Populist, President Cleveland, Sherman Silver Purchase Act, silver, Sylvester Pennoyer, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Willamette University|

Thanksgiving postcard from the Muellhaupt family collection WHC 2006.047.0021 “Governor Pennoyer is an original, if a somewhat irreverent humorist. He is the [...]

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