Processing Flax at the Miles Linen Company (L2002-041)
A copy of this type-written document was found in the Willamette Heritage Center Collections (L2002-041). Notations on the first page indicate it was originally [...]
October 2017
March 2017
Flax and Linen Collections
Flax Cultivation and Linen Production WHC Collections 1998.010.0027 For at least 36,000 years, humans have been utilizing the flax plant (genus [...]
October 2014
October 2, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Friday’s headlines from the Capital Journal: MEDICAL CORPS SWAMPED Losses So Enormous that Wounded Are Forced to Remain Uncared For RUSSIANS SAY [...]
August 2005
Flax
Flax Flax Field, sheaves of flax in field. Storage shed in background. Possibly Oregon State Prison at right of sheds. Prisoners worked raising [...]
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 [...]