Floyd McMullen – Salem’s only firefighter killed in the line of duty
Oregon State Capitol on fire April 25, 1935.WHC 2001.3.2 Fire! At 6:43 p.m. on April 25, 1935 the frantic call for help [...]
November 2017
Boys of Summer: Baseball in the Mid-Willamette Valley
Past Exhibit: Boys of Summer: Baseball in the Mid-Willamette Valley This exhibit was on display at the Willamette Heritage Center in the Summer of [...]
October 2017
Waller Hall – 150 Years
Waller Hall circa 1890 2007.001.0643 There’s an old historic temple rising grandly through the years Where the oaken hearted fathers drew their [...]
May 2017
Disco Inferno at the Mill
There is something slightly ironic at the thought of a disco, called Disco Inferno, operating on the second floor of the Thomas Kay Woolen [...]
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 [...]
September 2016
President Taft Comes to Salem
This article about President Taft’s visit to Salem in 1911 was originally published in the Statesman Journal in August 2016. It is reproduced here with [...]
July 2016
William and Ann Rector
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 [...]
June 2016
Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940
Hannah Martin, first woman elected to the Oregon State Legislature. Photo Credit - Oregon Voter, December 31, 1932 Each summer as school [...]
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 [...]
October 2015
A Salem Witch – Miss Bruce Putnam
Miss Bruce Putnam WHC 2008.038.0020 written by Perry Reigelman article reprinted from the Oregon Magazine, April 1922 Dreamers, poets, and musicians have all [...]