Friends of Pioneer Cemetery [OR]

Description

Friends of Pioneer Cemetery was organized in 1985 to promote maintenance and restoration efforts within Salem’s historic Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery. Friends of Pioneer Cemetery also hosts periodic educational events for adults and children alike throughout the year.

The website offers a general history of the cemetery along with a small photo gallery, and an events calendar.

Seems to be more oriented towards preservation than school-age education.

Salem Online History Project [OR]

Description

The Salem Online History Project is provided by the Salem Public Library, and offers citizens, teachers, and students an impressive collection of primary and secondary resources concerned with the history of Salem, Oregon.

The project is only online, having no physical location, but offers historic photographs of Salem, as well as historical information about commerce, culture, education, natural history, people, places, and transportation in Salem.

Online resource only.

Willamette Stone State Heritage Site [OR]

Description

Every bit of Oregon is divided into a grid. At several places across the nation, the government established a land survey starting point (called a meridian) and drew the grid lines from there. The Williamette Stone is the starting point for all the land surveying west of the Cascade Mountains in both Oregon and Washington. It's the "zero point" for the Willamette Meridian. After a short walk down a hill in the park, visitors can see, touch, and read about this important marker.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services, beyond signage, available at the site.

Union County Historical Society [OR]

Description

The purpose of Society is to investigate historical events and record the facts concerning same; to secure biographical sketches of people who have taken part in the development of Union County, Oregon; to collect facts and recollections of incidents of past times; to secure and file records, documents, and written and printed histories of earlier settlers and times of the county; to establish the location of historic spots; to erect markers and monuments; and to rent, lease, erect, or purchase and maintain suitable places for filing, displaying, and preserving the records, files, and property placed in the care of the Society for preservation.

Does not appear to be affiliated with any specific historical sites.

Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869

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Diaries documenting the westward treks of 45 men and four women during the period of the California Gold Rush and the westward migration of Mormonism are presented in this site. Although most of these travelers took either the California or Mormon trails, a few diaries provide accounts describing life on trails to Oregon and Montana.

The diaries are complemented by 82 photographs and illustrations in addition to 43 maps, including an interactive map displaying trails, cities, rivers, and landmarks. There are seven published guides, two essays on the Mormon and California trails, brief biographies of most of the diarists, and a list of suggested readings. This is an excellent collection of materials that documents 49 individual perspectives on a movement that encompassed an estimated 500,000 people.