Mt. Angel residents Paul and Pat Zollner wrote and recorded a song titled “Christmas in Mt. Angel,” which begins: “Church bells of St. Mary’s are ringing in my mind, Once again they call to me, ‘Come home, it’s Christmas time.’
Silverton Country Historical Society is conducting a drawing for a limited-edition Oregon Sesquicentennial Pendleton blanket.
By Linda Whitmore Richard “Rick” Ernst has done a great deal of genealogical study about the Cooley family – his mother’s ancestors – tracing them back to the 1740s in Virginia. Like other American pioneers, subsequent generations of Cooleys moved westward. Some were among Silverton’s early settlers and through the years the name Cooley has become world renowned for the […]
By Linda Whitmore Since James and Lucinda Brown trekked across the Plains, seven generations have called Silverton home. Through the years, the Browns have been influential in the development of the community and its resources. James and Lucinda Brown and their four children left Independence, Mo., in April 1846 on a half-year journey to Oregon. They carried their belongings in […]
Whether you attend the parade, davenport races, chicken barbecue or GeerCrest Farm during the 29th annual Homer Davenport Days Festival, take a moment to reflect how cool it is to live in or visit Silverton.
This is a continuation of a year-long series of stories about historical people and institutions of our region, which Our Town is publishing in commemoration of Oregon’s Sesquicentennial. By Linda Whitmore Religion is an integral part of the story of Mt. Angel and surrounds. Among institutions established in the region’s early white settlement is Queen of the Angels Monastery. The community […]
By Kathy Cook Hunter Jack Hande, who has carved airplanes since his boyhood, looks over one of his newest projects – replicas of Japanese warplanes from that era, which will hang from the ceiling in the renovated aircraft observation post outside the Silverton Country Historical Society’s museum in Silverton. They are examples of a Japanese Zero and a Japanese G4M, […]
By Linda Whitmore Mt. Angel Chamber of Commerce President Mary Grant got a bee in her bonnet and now she’s buzzing about town sharing her idea. It started with planning for the community’s commemoration of Oregon’s Sesquicentennial. A Marion County-wide event known as the 150 Miles for 150 Years Relay will bring visitors to Mt. Angel, Scotts Mills and Silverton […]
