Postcard showing Oregon State Capitol Building, WHC Collections 2011.006.0244

August 15 – Nov. 15, 2025

How much different was Salem in the days that Caralyn B. Shelton served as acting governor and the caboose barreled down the Oregon & California tracks? Explore the city as it looked in 1909 through artifacts, photos and documents from the Willamette Heritage Center’s permanent collections.