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Silverton Country Historical Society authors Fred Parkinson, Gus Frederick, and Norm English meeting in the museum. Jeff Marcoe

Silverton Country Historical Society authors celebrate 50th anniversary with event

By Melissa Wagoner The Silverton Country Historical Society boasts numerous authors whose published works tell the story of Silverton and its citizens from its inception in 1854 to now. “It’s history from under the rugs and between the tracks,” Historical Society president Gus Frederick said. Now the community will get a chance to take some of that history home when […]

Jack Hande: Saving ‘Silverton Stories’ today for future generations

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, […]