The Restoration of Oregon’s Pump House & Water Tower was completed on June 6, 2017.
REMEMBERING GERALD “JERRY” NEATH February 4, 1939 -August 12, 2023 Gerard was born on February 4, 1939, the eldest son of Eldon and Catherine Neath; a loving husband to Jeanne for 37 years, a caring stepfather to Jennifer and a beloved brother of Larry and Rick Neath and their
CHARLES WILLIAM NETHERWOOD of Wisconsin, USA, was a well-known Civil War veteran, pioneer political progressive and a prohibitionist. He was also known locally as a hiker, celebrating his 90th birthday by walking 14 miles from his home in Dane Co. to the capital city of Madison.
Donald McGill was a familiar face and prominent figure around Oregon for many years serving as Postmaster, Village Clerk/Treasurer, and member of the People’s Methodist Church since 1902.
The first public library in the village of Oregon was in 1908, started by Mrs. Jean Mennes Bennett, and was located in the front room over the old Oregon Drug Co. at 113 South Main Street. The rent was $5.00 a month and the village population at that time was
In 1906 a petition was received by the Village Board requesting the village be bonded for $8,000 to provide an electric power plant. It took ten years for the Oregon Electric Company to become a reality.
The first town hall was formerly the center section of a two-story school building built in 1867-68. It was carefully detached from two single story wings on each side of the structure and moved to a location on South Main Street behind the Netherwood Block Building in 1895.
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