Salem has a long history with theater the Reed Opera House was originally built in 1869, though it was only a theater for a few short years. Investors built many theaters throughout the city and from 1900 to 1930, there were four main . . . — — Map (db m287249) HM
Notice the erased name above the entrance. Arriving in Salem in the early 1890s, the Salvation Army activities revolved around practicing Christian principles, especially charity. They became recognized as one of the leading religious groups . . . — — Map (db m286468) HM
The earliest building on this site sold agricultural implements according to an 1869 newspaper. Reuben Boise bought it in 1890 and sold it to his daughter, Mae Lauterman in 1910. By the mid-1920s, one half of the building was a wholesale cigar . . . — — Map (db m286470) HM
This Italianate building of 23 bays originally extended south to the end of the block. Wilbur Boothby most likely designed and built the entire Eldridge Block. This building has been occupied by a Greenbaum's family business since 1900. The present . . . — — Map (db m286651) HM
Only 70 feet of this Italianate building remains, the northern, two-story section of a five-story business block. The cast iron decoration is believed to be the oldest of its kind in Oregon. It was built by Asa McCully and John L. Starkey who had . . . — — Map (db m286634) HM
Joseph Holman 1815-1880
In 1840, Joseph Holman arrived in what is now called Oregonthe same year Methodist Missionaries began constructing the first framed buildings in Salem. Almira Phelps, one of his missionaries who arrived on the ship . . . — — Map (db m287489) HM
A diverse coalition secured voting rights for many Oregon women in 1912 & ratification of the 19th Amendment here in January 1920. — — Map (db m286421) HM
The Italianate style on the second level of this building retains its 1870s construction. Originally a harness-making shop, it became Holland Bakery in 1910. When Samuel Adolph and his brother-in-law Edward Rostein opened their Real Estate and . . . — — Map (db m286471) HM
This property has been listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
by National Park Service
in partnership with the
Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
Preservation of this historic property is supported by the . . . — — Map (db m287183) HM
This area, once named tchampuick, the 'place of yampah' was the traditional homeland of the Tualatin Kalapuya tribe. Fur trappers first arrived here by canoe in 1811, and they found lush open prairies bordering the Willamette River. In 1830, . . . — — Map (db m114307) HM
In memory of Oregon's first Catholic missionary and Archbishop The Most Reverend F. N. Blanchet dedicated to the place of the first holy sacrifice of the mass offered up in Oregon, January 6, 1839 — — Map (db m259461) HM
Willamette Post was established in December 1813 on a knoll just east of this location by employees of the North West Company, a Montreal based fur-trading company. During the ensuing years the two-room log cabin, also known as Fort Kalapuya, served . . . — — Map (db m114308) HM
Platted March 8, 1871 by H. L. Turner with the building of the railroad to California. Site of Turner Flouring Mills. First rural free delivery in Oregon made from the Turner Post Office, October 16, 1897, under George F. Robertson, Postmaster. — — Map (db m63938) HM
In Honor Of
Madame Marie Dorion
Courageous Pioneer
Devoted Ioway Mother
Early Oregon Settler
At this her final resting place
September 6, 1850 — — Map (db m114350) HM
Born about 1786 - Died 1850
Symbolic of Faith, Loyalty and Leadership
Indian Guide for Wilson Price Hunt Party
Mother of First White Child
Born in the Oregon Territory - 1811 — — Map (db m114351) HM
1842 Pioneers settled the town of Cynthian
1852 Changed name to Dallas
1898 Fire destroyed the entire downtown, but was rebuilt the next year with brick and stone — — Map (db m114267) HM
Indians inhabited Oregons inland valleys for thousands of years before Euro-Americans began to arrive in the late 18th Century. In the early 1780s, and again in the 1830s, diseases spread by seafarers and fur trappers swept through Oregons . . . — — Map (db m112996) HM
Ritner Creek Bridge, one of the covered bridges remaining in Oregon west of the Cascades, almost became a memory in 1974.
Declared structurally unsafe, it was scheduled for removal.
The children of Pedee School along with the citizens in the . . . — — Map (db m113502) HM
James W. Nesmith, born in New Brunswick, Canada on July 23, 1820, was among the first emigrants to trek the Oregon Trail in 1843.
He filed a land claim near present day Monmouth in 1844, and the following year took part in the formation of . . . — — Map (db m113611) HM
(Seven panels dealing with topics related to the Applegate Trail are found at this kiosk:)
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Willamette Valley and east to Fort . . . — — Map (db m114352) HM
A System of Forts
Fort Yamhill was one of several forts in western Oregon. Hostilities between Native Americans and settlers led to treaties and the establishment of the Grand Ronde Reservation. Forts such as Yamhill and Hoskins were . . . — — Map (db m112990) HM
Oregon Medal of Honor Recipients
Allworth, Edward C. CPT, U.S. Army Dahl, Larry G. SP4, U.S. Army High, Frank C. PVT, U.S. Army Holcomb, John Noble SGT, U.S. Army Jackson, Arthur J. PFC U.S. Marine Corp Kaufman, Loren R. SFC, U.S. . . . — — Map (db m81197) WM
This marks the land claim of Joseph L. Meek, famed and unlettered "mountain man," who arrived in 1840 after driving from Fort Hall to Walla Walla in the first wagon on that part of the Oregon Trail. He was a founder of the Provisional Government; . . . — — Map (db m113887) HM
[Finnish Text:]
Itsenainen Suomi
[Swedish Text:]
Det sjδlvstδndiga Finland
[English Text:]
Independent Finland
December 6, 1917 — — Map (db m261982) HM
The Old Log Jail is one of the oldest log structures in Oregon. In 1853, Washington County
included all of what is now Multnomah and Columbia Counties, Hillsboro (originally
Hillsborough) was the county seat. The town was composed of twelve . . . — — Map (db m303691) HM
Courthouse Square Park is a monument to the civic and commercial aspirations of Daytons founders, Joel Palmer, his son-in-law Andrew Smith and Christopher Taylor. Palmer and Taylor, who settled here to farm in 1848, laid out the town site on the . . . — — Map (db m114311) HM
This Pioneer Park and Blockhouse honors General Joel Palmer, Superintendant of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory from 1853 to 1857. Appointed by President Franklin Pierce. Frontiersman, author, legislator and friend of the Indian. His journal, . . . — — Map (db m114312) HM
This marker is composed of two panels.
This building was a military blockhouse built at the Grand Ronde Agency by Willamette Valley settlers in 1856.
U.S. Troops were sent to the station the same year and its was named "Fort . . . — — Map (db m114313) HM
The 90-ton glacial erratic rock at the top of this 1/4-mile-long trail is a stranger from a distant location—it was transported here thousands of years ago on an iceberg in the wake of a cataclysmic flood.
During the last Ice Age, . . . — — Map (db m68913)
(Upper Marker:)
This was the home of Dr. Henry John Minthorn
a beloved physician of this community.
Herbert Hoover lived here with him from 1884 to 1889.
(Lower Marker:)
Hoover - Minthorn House
Listed on the . . . — — Map (db m96136) HM
Captain Daniel Matheny (1793-1872) and his wife
Mary Cooper Matheny (1800-1856) came to Oregon
in the first wagon train arriving in 1843. Daniel built
the first ferry to carry an ox and wagon across
the Willamette River in 1844. Since its . . . — — Map (db m292786) HM
Life on the Outside
Payday! We can head to the sutler's store. That's where we satisfy our thirst and get our tobacco. The officers go there to enjoy their fine cigars and catch up on the newspapers. We see the Indians stocking up on . . . — — Map (db m112993) HM
Good-bye to Our Homelands
For thousands of years we lived on this land, thankful for its bounty. We lived for generations until white men came in strange clothes brining goods to trade, and wanting more, always wanting more. A westward . . . — — Map (db m240134) HM
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