The following is an annotation to accompany John Minto’s 1874 editorial in the Willamette Farmer newspaper. Minto, a notable settler in Salem participated in many
Tag: Willamette Valley History
Mill Creek at the Capitol City
Salem is the capitol of Oregon. This was not always the case as historically Corvallis, Oregon City and even RickReall were at one time
Darkening and Enlightening Santiam Kalapuya Prophecy
[This is a portion of a developing essay.] My original presentation on the subject was at the Arlington Club in Portland on January 29, 2015.
The Charles Holmes Collection of Chemawa Indian School Documents
A few years ago, I received a donation from the Charles Holmes estate in Salem, from the wife of Charles Holmes. The collection, are records
People Above The Falls: Canemah Village
Canemah is now a neighborhood of Oregon City, but in the 1850s Canemah was a tribal village situated above the Willamette Falls on the eastern