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Weekly Episodes featuring interesting history about Salem, Oregon. Airs weekly on KMUZ radio in Salem. Sponsored by the Salem Historic Landmarks Commission.
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Oregon State Fair (opens the original)
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The first fair for the Oregon Agricultural Society was held at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds, near Oregon City on the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th days of October in 1861 . The Weekly Oregon reported on June 28, 1862 that the Board of Managers for the Oregon State Agricultural Society, meeting in Salem on June 16, 1862, decided to hold the second State Fair at the Fairgrounds of the Marion County Society on the first Wednesday in October for four days. The location near Oregon City was problematic, du
Englewood Park (opens the original)
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The HLC is currently finalizing a nomination for Englewood Park as a local Historic Landmark for its significance to our community. Englewood Park was originally part of a property platted in 1889, by the Salem Land Company. The property was originally owned by Thomas B. Kay- owner of the Thomas Kay Woolen mills (now at the Willamette Heritage Center). This was a tract of 6.96 acres, located just north of Englewood School between 19 and 21 Streets. This area was the first successful purchase of
The Great Fire of 1845 (opens the original)
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While looking into the history of wildfires in Oregon, I came across something called the “100 Fires Project” – created by the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. They have put together a historical timeline of 100 fires – telling the history of wildfire in the United States, and how these fires shaped the wildland fire service. Four of these fires on this list were in Oregon. The earliest was documented as the Great Fire of 1845 which began in the Willamette Valley and burned between 400,000 to 1.
Salem's Fallout Shelters (opens the original)
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During the Cold War in the mid-twentieth century the federal government established the Federal Civil Defense Administration – through their Marion County arm –established an emergency management plan in 1958—the “Marion County Civil Defense Operations Plan”. Prior to that they encouraged people to build fallout shelters as part of their own residences. President John F. Kennedy established a new civil defense framework in July 1961 by signing Executive Order 10952 . This shifted civil defense r
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