By Kathy Cook Hunter Outside the Silverton Country Historical Society museum sits a small, white structure, its many windows indicating what it once was – an aircraft observation post dating to 1942. Recently placed on South Water Street and renovated, it is a constant reminder to newcomers and old-timers alike of a different, less technological time in our history. […]
By Cambria Roth At 3 Rebecca Cross was gliding across the wooden floors of the Silverton Ballet and Performing Arts Co. This summer and fall the Silverton High senior will take her talent and experience to the graduate program for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. “I have been dancing more professionally since I was 13 through Pacific Festival Ballet and more […]
An American Theatre Critics award, a Los Angeles Times Top 10 pick, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award … heady stuff for a fourth-generation Oregonian reared in Monitor. “Growing up in Oregon had a huge influence on my writing,” said Ellen Lewis, 38, who moved south about 12 years ago to attend a master’s writing program at the University of Southern California.
This is the third segment in a year-long history series Our Town is publishing to commemorate Oregon’s Sesquicentennial. This story relates to the daily lives of the native population who lived here before white settlement. There will be a sequel next month about a decisive battle that took place along the Abiqua River. By Linda Whitmore As Oregon marks its […]
Appearing under the banner of Spirited, Jonathan Richard Cring and Janet Clazzy will perform at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 303 N. Church St., Silverton, April 21, at 6:30 p.m. Combining story telling with wit, wisdom and comedy, Cring mixes the likes of Mark Twain, the Apostle Paul and Steven Spielberg. He is the winner of the Best Screenplay at the Top […]
A varied selection is planned for the 10th annual summer concert series at The Oregon Garden. Tickets go on sale May 20 for garden members, May 27 for the general public. Garden summer concert tickets The Oregon Garden, 503-874-2538 (toll-free 877-674-2733), or TicketsWest at 800-992-8499, ticketswest.com $3 transaction fee applies to phone orders. Also available at The Oregon Garden Visitor […]
By Kathy Cook Hunter Ever wondered where your ancestors came from, what they looked like and what they did for a living? Tracing your genealogy may be a way to solve the mystery. A year ago, the Silver Falls Library in Silverton offered a class called “Genealogy 101,” and from it sprang a club, “Ancestry Detectives.” Lynn Williams of Silverton, […]
To celebrate Oregon’s 150 birthday, Marion County is kicking off 150 Miles for 150 Years, a chance to visit sites in the county treasure hunt-style learning “clues” to county history along the way. A colorful and instructive brochure on the tour, which can be completed in one day or over the course of several days, is available at all Marion […]
The Brush Creek Playhouse in Silverton is taking submissions of original, never-produced plays for five slots in its 2010 theater season. Submissions of either full-length plays or a series of two or three one-act plays will be judged by a BCP panel. Entries are due by June 19 and a $10 submission fee is required. Contact Brush Creek Playhouse for […]
Like a sort of joyous ode, Silverton Poetry Festival unfolds over two weekends in settings around Silverton and Mt. Angel. These include a winery, a bakery, two libraries, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Gordon House and the little white church that was a massage school before its present designation as White Steeple Gallery.
Lunaria Gallery artists Emily Start and Teresa Burgett have combined their talents to present “One Really Twisted Show” that is sure to give gallery-goers a smile.
Neither a passport nor an airline ticket is required to experience the sounds, sights and flavors of many cultures.
By Linda Whitmore As Oregon celebrates its Sesquicentennial, Our Town Life salutes the families and institutions that have a long history in the Silverton, Mt. Angel, Molalla and Scotts Mills region. This is the second segment in the year-long series. Tom Ewing and his wife, Virginia, live west of Mt. Angel on a farm established by Tom’s ancestors early in […]
By Linda Whitmore The threads of one Silverton family’s story run through the quilt of Oregon history. The Geer family – in addition to being among the few today who can trace their genealogy to the earliest settlers – has the unique distinction of still living on the farm their ancestors settled. As Oregon celebrates its 150th anniversary of statehood […]
They came at the plodding pace of the oxen pulling their wagons thousands of miles over dusty prairies and forested mountain passes. Others made their way in creaking schooners on voyages down the Atlantic coast of two continents, around the treacherous tip of South America and up the lengthy Pacific coast before sailing into the Columbia River to their goal.
By Kristine Thomas If you are looking for truth in the saying “Tough times don’t last but tough people do,” just visit with a few of the folks living at Mount Angel Towers, a retirement community. On a crisp December day, several residents shared their memories of living during the Great Depression, wars and unexpected personal or financial downturns. They […]
At the next meeting of Silverton Country Historical Society, Judy Lowery will talk about a statewide project, Oregon 150, which celebrates Oregon’s admission as a state 150 years ago. The public presentation takes place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in the SCHS museum, 428 S. Water St., Silverton. Lowery, an educator, will talk about sesquicentennial activities, which will run […]
By Linda Whitmore For a family to have maintained ownership of their farm since Oregon was a territory is exceptional. Then consider that this family has included such notables as an early governor, a nationally famous political cartoonist and a 19th century woman who stepped beyond restrictions of her time to attain success, and you know there is historical significance […]
In the second half of the nineteenth century, a young woman who would later lead Oregon’s women voters to the polls came to the Willamette Valley by wagon train. Abigail Jane Scott (1834-1915) moved to Lafayette in 1852 with her father and eight siblings, her mother died along the trail.
