Newberg Community Collection 1850-1991 1881-1991

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Newberg Community Collection 1850-1991 1881-1991

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The city of Newberg, Oregon, established 1869, is located in the Chehalem Valley on the banks of the Willamette River. The collection contains an assortment of materials relating to the community of Newberg, Oregon, and surrounding communities.

5 cubic feet; 2 record boxes; 69 oversize folders; 10 oversize items

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George Fox University/Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church Archives

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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 ...