Kansas

March 2024

Mamie Varble
Mamie Varble

People

Mamie Varble

Heritage Center2024-03-25T19:37:23-07:00March 5th, 2024|Categories: People|Tags: 1325 Ferry St, Edward Varble, Kansas, Mamie Varble, Mary Elizabeth Burch, Methodist Parsonage, Salem Sewing Room, seamstress, Works Progress Administration|

Mamie Burch Varble, shared with permission from Ancestry tree. Original photo includes the Burch stepsisters. Mamie Varble was an occupant [...]

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January 2017

January 1943 Flood: Mellow Moon Tragedy
January 1943 Flood: Mellow Moon Tragedy

Community Memories, History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized

January 1943 Flood: Mellow Moon Tragedy

Heritage Center2020-12-28T20:55:25-08:00January 14th, 2017|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, People, Uncategorized|Tags: 1920s, 1942, 1943, Archie A. Cook, Archie Cook, bands, Belle Passi cemetery, cables, Capital Journal, Carmelita Grooms, Charles C. Hansen, chief highway engineer, circuit, David Eyre, debris, dynamite, Edgewater St., Edwin Cook, engineers, Eva Jean Green, flood of 1890, Flooding, Governor Charles A. Sprague, Helen Frentz, Highway 22, Jack, Jack Bell and His Melody Pirates, Jimmy, Joseph G. Mauer, Joseph J. Lambrecht, Kansas, La Center, Laura Wilt, life-belts, Marion-Polk county bridge, Mary Kammer, Mellow Moon, Mellow Moon Dance Hall, Mellow Moon Pavilion, Mellow Moon Skating Rink, Michael Mauer, Mills and Albright, moonshine, New Year's Eve, ODOT, orchestra, Oregon, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Pulp & Paper, Oregon Statesman, R.H. Baldock, river gauge, river level, Russian, Salem Electric, section foreman helper, Shaw, St. Mary Catholic cemetery, state highway crew, Stayton, Topeka, truck driver, Walter Gerth, Washington, West Salem, Westside Station Restaurant and Nightclub, Willamette River, Woodburn|

Mellow Moon Pavilion was built the summer of 1925 by owners Mills and Albright at the west end of the Marion-Polk county bridge in [...]

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December 2016

Holiday Windows – Renska’s Specialty Shop
Holiday Windows – Renska’s Specialty Shop

Community Memories, History Experiences, People, Uncategorized

Holiday Windows – Renska’s Specialty Shop

Heritage Center2020-12-28T20:52:26-08:00December 14th, 2016|Categories: Community Memories, History Experiences, People, Uncategorized|Tags: 1928, Addena Swart, Beckie Swart, cedars of Lebanon, Christmas, Conway, Courthouse Square, Damascas, dime store, display window, George Swart, Hidde Swart, High St., Holiday, Jerusalem, Kansas, Lina Heist, Magic Countdown, Martha Swart, Martin Swart, McPherson, Nativity, Palestine, racket store, Renska, Renska Ladd Swart, Salem Transit Mall, Senator Hotel, Stage Terminal Building, Stonebrink & Co., The Specialty Shop, The Star, Tjerkje Swart, Wikje Swart, Woodburn|

1928 Christmas display window of the Specialty Shop owned by Renska Swart.Photo Credit: WHC 1963.001.0064.001.83 “Despite the hurry [...]

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November 2016

Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel
Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel

Historic Buildings, History Tidbits, People

Thanksgiving 1898 – Willamette Hotel

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:34:34-08:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Historic Buildings, History Tidbits, People|Tags: 1898, Alice Conner, Amelia Bolington Conner, Asahel Bush, Ashland, California, Calistoga, Chemeketa House, Daniel Conner, elevator, Eva Conner, Jerushia Rush Bolwine, John Conner, Kansas, LaBette, Ladd & Bush, Nellie Conner, Nellie Emerson, Oregon Hotel, Saratoga Springs, southern Oregon, stock ranch, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving dinner, Walter Conner, Willamette Hotel, William Conner|

The year is 1898, the Spanish American War is drawing to a close, the gay ‘90s are still in full swing, and the U.S. [...]

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