Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson – Oregon teacherBy Mary Norwell and published in the Oregon Observer on November 15, 2023. Mary Almeda Sholts Anderson was born to Professor and Mrs. Arthur Sholts in March, 1897. She spent virtually her entire life on the family farm, just south of Oregon. Her father was a professor and Regent at University […]
Rare Confederate Kepi
OAHS volunteers have spent a number of weeks inventorying historical material owned by Florice Paulson. One of our “big” finds is the Civil War kepi or cap. It is Confederate, artillery, an officer’s and most likely brought back by Lyman L. Hanan. Hanan was born 1824 in New York and lived in Rutland, Wisconsin. He […]
Oregon Area Historical Society Building
The Oregon Hotel was the first occupant of the current site of the Oregon Area Historical Society and Museum. Being near the Railroad Depot, it was a favorite stopping place for traveling salesmen and stock dealers. The hotel burned down on Commencement Day, June 7, 1906. The museum building is the second building on this […]
Ernest Hiram Tresch
Hrnest Hiram Tresch was born on a farm in Fleming Ohio in 1917. On November 9, 1941 Ernie Tresch enlisted to the Army Air Corps. In 1945 Tresch received a call from General Eisenhower’s staff and became a pilot for him. In 1948 Ernie left the service. He married Lydia Given in 1948 and […]
WWI Returning Veterans
From left: Ted Elliott, Oscar Peterson, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, George White, unknown, unknown, Norton Ames.
Netherwood Hall Fires
Netherwood Hall was located on the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets. This later was the location of a bank, and is now green space. The building had burned down in 1873, but C. W. Netherwood rebuilt on the corner. Additional one-story businesses were later added. The second story was used as a meeting hall […]
Joan Wethal
Joan H. Wethal was born on November 22, 1930 to Wallace and Mae Hegge. Joan graduated from Oregon High School, Class of 1948. She married Wesley Wethal on October 1, 1949. Wesley and Joan were longtime residents of Oregon, and Joan a lifetime member of Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church. Joan was the director […]
Eeda Lumley
Eeda was born on June 2, 1924 to Axel and Nyna Johnson in a house on Second Street (which would become Washington Street). The family’s roots were already in Oregon for decades. In 1903, Eeda’s grandfather and uncle started the Oregon Drug Store which sold notions, patent medicines, and did a big business in ice […]
Florice Paulson
Florice A. Paulson (August 28, 1917-June 11, 2013) was a driving force in so many Oregon institutions including the Oregon Area Historical Society and Museum. Florice was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Oregon and the Oregon Chapter, No. 49 Order of the Eastern Star where she was Worthy Matron in 1950 and […]
The Lincoln Street Historic District
The Lincoln Street Historic District in Oregon contains a cohesive collection of five single-family residential properties dated from c1870 to 1894. The Setting At the end of 1842, Bartley Runey, his wife, three boys and four girls, and Robert Thompson were the only residents in the Township of Oregon. The next year, 1843, C. P. […]