J.E. Krauger, Hop Basket Manufacturer
While putting away materials from the History on Tap exhibit we came across the interesting story of Joseph Earl Krauger and his Salem-based Hop Basket [...]
September 2012
August 2012
Hop Picking in the Willamette Valley
While trolling the internet last week we found this interesting account of picking hops in West Salem, Oregon written by Adam Bihn in May of [...]
Hop Picking in the Willamette Valley
While trolling the internet last week we found this interesting account of picking hops in West Salem, Oregon written by Adam Bihn in May of [...]
January 2012
"Hop Fever" Featured in latest edition of the OHQ
The Winter 2011 edition of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, published by the Oregon Historical Society, features an article by Peter Kopp on Hop Farming in [...]
August 2005
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 [...]
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 [...]