Dr. S.A. Davis Comes to Salem, 1890
It was likely a warm summer day when the steam locomotive huffed and hissed into the Salem railroad depot in 1890, and the travel [...]
September 2023
August 2023
Women Working on the Railroad in Salem
The Women of Salem's Wartime Roundhouse Donna Beall at the Salem Roundhouse. Photo by Ben Maxwell. Published in the Capital Journal Friday, May 24, 1946. [...]
February 2022
Susan B. Anthony’s 80th Birthday Celebration
Photograph of invitation for event held in Salem in honor of Susan B. Anthony's 80th Birthday. WHC Collections 1994.087.0045 detail. At least one [...]
November 2021
Mrs. J.W. Weatherford’s Hair Jewelry Business
Salem woman helped support herself making jewelry from human hair Source: 1880 Salem City Directory. I love city directories. Like phone books [...]
July 2014
July 14, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The local papers remain largely silent on European issues. The Austrian Council of Ministers agrees to send an an [...]
May 2012
Mother's Day Event in Stayton
Enjoy some Mother's Day fun in Stayton next weekend, courtesy of the Santiam Historical Society Museum.