Caralyn B. Shelton Collection
Biography Caralyn B. Shelton [Carrie Bertha Skiff] was born in Union, Oregon in 1876 and orphaned at the age of eleven. In 1892, [...]
November 2022
November 2016
Pennoyer’s Folly: Two Thanksgivings for Oregon
Thanksgiving postcard from the Muellhaupt family collection WHC 2006.047.0021 “Governor Pennoyer is an original, if a somewhat irreverent humorist. He is the [...]
June 2016
Jason Lee
Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author. By [...]
May 2016
Geer Family
Geer Family WHC 2007.001.2118 The Geer Family Readers should feel free to use information from the website, however credit must be given [...]
February 2016
Caralyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)
Caralyn B. Shelton - image enlarged from WHC 1998.009.0017 “Oregon Has Today a Woman Governor” the headlines of [...]
March 2015
Popcorn School Traces Roots to Little Man with Big Goals
Popcorn School 1960s – WHC 2011.037.0679 “I looked out the window and what did I see? Popcorn popping [...]
Popcorn School Traces Roots to Little Man with Big Goals
Popcorn School 1960s – WHC 2011.037.0679 “I looked out the window and what did I see? Popcorn popping [...]
February 2015
Woman Who Was Acting Governor of Oregon
First Woman Governor of Oregon (image courtesy of Historical Oregonian database) Mrs. Carolyn B. Shelton Tells of Her Work as Private Secretary and [...]