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Radio St. Valentine Contest – Clara Virginia Barton
Radio St. Valentine Contest – Clara Virginia Barton

History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

Radio St. Valentine Contest – Clara Virginia Barton

Heritage Center2020-12-29T19:57:09-08:00February 26th, 2020|Categories: History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: Alfred H. Grebe, Atlantic Broadcasting Co, C.V. Barton, Clara Virginia McClelland Barton, Columbia Broadcasting System, Doris Nauman, Grebe Synchrophase, Idaho, James D. McClelland, KFCD, Lewiston, Mary Elizabeth Wise, Masonic Lodge Building, Mrs. Frank Barton, New York, Poetry, Queens Light and Power Company, Radio in the Home, radio set, Radio St. Valentine contest, Richmond Hill, Rose Lahue, Salem Electric, Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem's first radio station, Syracuse University, Vilbert and Todd, WAHG, WCBS|

Grebe Synchrophase ad from the October 1924 issue of Radio in the Home magazine. Americanradiohistory.com In February 1925 Cupid delivered a very [...]

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Mrs. P.E. Fullerton – Bedspread Points to Early 20th Century Salem Family
Mrs. P.E. Fullerton – Bedspread Points to Early 20th Century Salem Family

History Tidbits, People

Mrs. P.E. Fullerton – Bedspread Points to Early 20th Century Salem Family

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:46:52-08:00May 21st, 2017|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: 270 N. Commercial St., 279 Commercial St., 291 Commercial St., Boise, Burns, Capital Drug, Charles Burtnett, Donald Petram, Farmer's Cider and Vinegar Works, First National Bank building, Hancock County, hydraulic press, Idaho, Iowa, Jackson township, lavatory, Levi Miller, Lillian Fullerton, McGilchrist Building, Millinery Factory, Millinery Store, Montana, Mrs. C.M. Hilke, Mrs. P.E. Fullerton, Newport, North Commercial St., Ohio, Petram, Prentiss Eben Fullerton, Prineville, Pullman, The Dalles, wash room, Washington, Woolworths, Yellowstone Park, zinc block molds|

Coverlet donated by the Petram family.Willamette Heritage Center 2016.064.0001 At 162 years old, the blue and white coverlet was in remarkably good [...]

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Frank Stone Barton – Electric Dream House
Frank Stone Barton – Electric Dream House

History Tidbits, People

Frank Stone Barton – Electric Dream House

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:39:35-08:00January 24th, 2017|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: 1903, 901 N. Capitol St., accident, bankruptcy, brain tumor, Christmas tree, Clara Barton, Clara Virginia McClelland, Coal & Iron Company, Deaconness hospital, electrical engineer, electricity, Francisco Barton, Frank Barton, Frank Stone Barton, General Electric, Gerald L. Warren, Idaho, Inez Barton, jingles, Lewiston, Livingston county, Marion County Courthouse, Mary Barton, Masonic Building, New York, Norway spruce tree, Nunda, Oregon State Insane Asylum, Pioneer Cemetery, poetess, Poetry, Portland, Queens Light & Power, R.D. Barton, Radio in the Home magazine, Richard Barton, Salem Electric, St. Vincent's hospital, Syracuse University, turbine generators, Vilbert and Todd|

The Barton family gathered around the radio in their home on 901 Capitol St. NE. Their electrical dream home is now the [...]

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Wentz Family – Ghost Story
Wentz Family – Ghost Story

Community Memories, History Tidbits, People

Wentz Family – Ghost Story

Heritage Center2024-04-10T19:31:59-07:00October 29th, 2016|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, People|Tags: 21st Infantry, Ann Potter, Benton County, Cemetery, Civil War, Civil War Veteran, Cloverdale Rd., D.M. Morris, eleven children, Enchanted Way, Ft. Hall, German immigrant, Ghost, Hudson Bay Company, Idaho, Lewis Wentz, Mormon wagon train, Ohio 5th Co. Cavalry, Oregon Burial Site Guide, Oregon Trail, pioneer woman, Salt Lake City, trading post, Willamette Valley Vineyards, William Johnston|

The story played out in a brief succession of news articles in 1892. Eyewitness accounts. Ghost siting reported on the Wentz farm about 10 [...]

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Robert Newell
Robert Newell

History Tidbits, People

Robert Newell

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:40-07:00July 6th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: Alex Drips, Andrew Sublette, Ben Franklin, Booshway, businessman, California Gold Rush, Cayuse, Ceran St. Vrain, Champoeg flood, Champoeg Masonic Lodge, Charles Bent, Columbia, Davey Jackson, Department of Indian Affairs, Doc Newell, Dr. John McLoughlin, farm, Francois Matthieu, fur trapper, HBC, Hillsboro, Hudson's Bay Company, Idaho, Indian agent, Indian wife, Jason Lee, Jed Smith, Joe Meek, keel boats, Lapwai, legislator, Lucien Fontenelle, Marion County Democratic Convention, Milton Sublette, Mogul, Native Americans, Nez Perce, Ohio, Oregon City, Oregon Herald, Oregon Printing Association, Oregon State Legislature, Oregon Trail, Peter Burnett, President Grant, printing press, Rebecca Newman, Robert Newell, Rockies, Spectator, Tom Fitzpatrick, Tualatin Plains, W.H. Gray, Waiilatpu, Walla Walla, Washington D.C., Whitman Massacre, Willamette Falls, Willamette Valley, William Bent, William Sublette, Wolf Meeting, Zanesville|

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 [...]

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Caralyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)
Caralyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)

Heritage News, History Tidbits, People

Caralyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)

Heritage Center2024-02-28T16:55:12-08:00February 14th, 2016|Categories: Heritage News, History Tidbits, People|Tags: Arlington National Cemetery, Carolyn Shelton, Carolyn Skiff, Frank Benson, George Chamberlain, governor, Guiss family, Historic Oregon Newspapers Project, Historical Oregonian, Idaho, John W. Shelton, Mary Skiff, Multnomah County, Oregon, Oregonian, Portland, secretary, Secretary of State, Union county, Washington D.C., Weiser, Willis Skiff|

Caralyn B. Shelton - image enlarged from WHC 1998.009.0017 “Oregon Has Today a Woman Governor” the headlines of [...]

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Idaho

February 2020

Radio St. Valentine Contest – Clara Virginia Barton

Radio St. Valentine Contest – Clara Virginia Barton

May 2017

Mrs. P.E. Fullerton – Bedspread Points to Early 20th Century Salem Family

Mrs. P.E. Fullerton – Bedspread Points to Early 20th Century Salem Family

January 2017

Frank Stone Barton – Electric Dream House

Frank Stone Barton – Electric Dream House

October 2016

Wentz Family – Ghost Story

Wentz Family – Ghost Story

July 2016

Robert Newell

Robert Newell

February 2016

Caralyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)

Caralyn B. Shelton, Oregon’s First Woman Governor (for a weekend)