History - Oregon Area Historical Society & Museum

Private Robert McWatty

Age 16, single, blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5′ 6″, a farmer.

Private Cassius M. Palmer

Age 19, single, gray eyes, brown hair, light complexion, 6’0″, a farmer.

Womens Relief Corps 1890s

In the 1890’s until after World War I, the Womens Relief Corps (WRC) was very active in Oregon. They cared for the graves of our Civil War veterans and our one Revolutionary war veteran.

Manuel Wolfe 09/12/1883 – 05/13/1884 Charles Netherwood 05/13/1884 – 05/08/1889 Manuel Wolfe 05/08/1889 – 05/08/1890 Charles Netherwood 05/08/1890 – 04/06/1897 Herbert Haskell 04/06/1897 – 04/07/1898 Charles Netherwood 04/07/1898 – 04/04/1901 E.D. Main 04/04/1901 – 04/02/1903 William Prichard 04/02/1903 – 04/07/1904 Charles Netherwood 04/07/1904 – 04/05/1906 J.C. Shampnor 04/05/1906 – 04/07/1910 Forest B. Cowdrey 04/07/1910 – […]

Hallelujah Camp Grounds

In the early 1920’s, a large interdenominational, evangelistic complex, known as the Hallelujah Camp Grounds, was built on the corner of Janesville St. and South Perry Parkway (See Google Map). Hundreds of people attended the religious gathering run by former Congregational minister, Rev. Jack Linn and his wife Sophie Nelson Linn each summer. By 1941, […]