Francis Feller Family Collection
Background Francis (Francois) Feller (1839-1932) was born on July 28, 1839, in Haute Kontz, France. In 1855, he immigrated to the United States [...]
April 2025
June 2023
Sarah Wade Cone – Eliza Jane Graham Family Collection
Background Sarah Ann Wade Cone was born near Cleveland, Ohio on April 3, 1837. She moved to Goshen, Indiana at the age of [...]
March 2018
Fannie Case – the first woman to climb Mt. Hood?
So often in the process of researching and writing a monthly article for the Statesman Journal, I uncover fascinating side stories. A different angle [...]
February 2018
Butteville
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 [...]
July 2012
Comrade Kinney Mystery, 2012.024.0006
We recently received a transfer of Salem-related materials from the Lane County Historical Society and Museum in Eugene. Among the programs [...]