Meatpacking
Meatpacking The three most prominent names in the meat processing business in early Salem were Cross, Steusloff, and West. In 1880 Arthur and John [...]
August 2005
Marionberries
Marionberries: A Delicious Part of Salem's Past The Marionberry is a bright, glossy blackberry with medium to large fruit, somewhat longer than wide. It [...]
Lumber
The Lumber Industry You might say that lumber was Salem's first industry going back all the way to July 1840 when the Methodist missionaries [...]
Loganberries
Loganberries Although its impact was short-lived, the loganberry was possibly the most important berry crop in the Willamette Valley from 1910-25. Its history dates [...]
Industry Overview
Overview of Salem Industry Available, fertile land was the reason the pioneers chose to settle in the Willamette Valley. Lumber and farming became the [...]
Hops
Hops and Beer Sam Adolph founded the first Salem brewery with John Brown at Church and Trade Streets in Salem in 1862. When Adolph's [...]
Flax
Flax Flax Field, sheaves of flax in field. Storage shed in background. Possibly Oregon State Prison at right of sheds. Prisoners worked raising [...]
Cherries
The Cherry City The story of Salem's cherry industry begins in 1847 when pioneer nurseryman Henderson Lewelling (also spelled Luelling) arrived from Iowa.  Lewelling [...]
Agriculture Overview
Overview of Salem Agriculture Available, fertile land was the reason the pioneers chose to settle in the Willamette Valley. Lumber and farming became the [...]