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"The History of the Town of Oregon" and "The Village of Oregon" articles were in the The History of Dane County, Wisconsin written by C.W. Butterfield and published in Chicago in 1880. The Oregon Area Historical Society owns a copy of the book that can be viewed during museum hours ...

This is the Hitching Park as it was in 1906 when the hitching park was established and the posts in front of the stores removed.   ...

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.  ...

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In 1925, the fire department put their first motor driven fire equipment into use.  The cost was $3,000 ...

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 ...

Excerpted from A Walk Back in History: Did you Know? by Florice Paulson* Post Script
Florice Paulson's book says the railroad was involved in the naming of Oregon, but subsequent research has shown that not to be true. Once the railroad was established here in 1865, that reinforced the name of ...

Before refrigerators were common, ice boxes were used. In Oregon, it was Ed and Ernie Culp who would cut ice during the winter months from Lake Harriet, just west of Oregon. The ice was stored in an ice house on the lake. The blocks were packed in sawdust and straw ...

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 ...