Mystery Scrapbook
In 1983 a rather non-descript black photo album was donated to the Marion County Historical Society. Only a third of the pages were filled [...]
March 2019
March 2018
Oregon Electric Timetable, 1918
Before there was I-5 and even widespread automobile travel, if you wanted to get to the next town in the Willamette Valley, [...]
March 2016
A Sense of Place: Halls Ferry
Rail station at Hall's Ferry in 1915. It provided a connection between the Oregon Electric Railway and the ferry. [...]
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 [...]
August 2005
Electric Railway
Oregon Electric Railway Origins of the Oregon Electric Railway The run from Portland to Salem, and possibly even Eugene--and back, along the route of [...]
Electric Railway Waconda
Waconda, Hopmere And Quinaby Stations Looking ahead as we leave Concomly, we find we are approaching Waconda, Hopmere, Quinaby and Chemawa. The Oregon Electric [...]
Electric Railway Salem
Arriving At Salem As we make our way into Salem, we discover one of the reasons the Oregon Electric Railway was the most popular [...]
Salem to Independence on the Oregon Electric Railway
Salem To Independence Your route south towards Eugene takes you out of Salem past the old paper mill, along Minto-Brown Island. The first station, [...]
Electric Railway Origins
Origins of the Oregon Electric Railway Oregon Electric Railway Train, WHC Collections x2012.016.1972 Let's turn our clocks back to the end of [...]