The Weekly Enterprise, September 18, 1869 MATTERS AT HOME – Mr. S. Ackerman and family, also his brother of Eugene, returned to this city on Wednesday last. Judging from the appearance of the goods unpacked, and the number of packages and cases already arrived, Mr. Ackerman has purchased a very extensive and superb stock of…
Oregon Argus, April 30, 1859 IMPROVEMENTS – We notice that some of our public-spirited citizens are building a large cistern, twenty feet square and eight feet deep, at the intersection of Main and Third Streets, near Milwain’s, for the purpose of holding water for the use of the engine in case of fire in that…
Oregon Argus, April 2, 1859 The Willamette has been higher this week by some three feet than it has been before this winter – too high indeed for most any boat to go through the Rock Island chute. The Elk, notwithstanding, went through last Monday, the first time in its history it has ever done…
Oregon Spectator, February 8, 1849 THE OREGON SPECTATOR The next issue of the Spectator completes its third volume, and as its present printer is resolved to try his fortune in the mines, and as there is no other printer in the country whose services can be obtained, the further publication of the paper after the…
The Oregon Argus, September 20, 1856 Another Fire. On last Tuesday night the house in Canemah owned by S. K. Barlow, Esq., and occupied by Capt. I. White, was accidentally fired and burnt to the ground. The greater part of the furniture was saved, and the presence of the fire engine saved the adjoining buildings.…
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