The city of Newberg, Oregon, is located in the Chehalem Valley on the banks of the Willamette River. The first postmaster of the territory opened shop in 1869 and named the town after his hometown in Bavaria. In the 1870s the site was chosen by an eastern Quaker, William Hobson, who wanted to start a settlement where he could grow fruit. Civic responsibility promoted education and a "dry town" when Prohibition was the focus of many in the late nineteenth century. The ban on alcohol was to last well into the 1970s. Pacific College (now George Fox University) was established by the Quakers in Newberg in 1891.
From the guide to the Newberg Community Collection, 1850-1991, 1881-1991, (George Fox University/Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church Archives)
