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Contact Your Local Government Representatives
City of Sweet Home – Craig Martin, City Manager, (541) 367-8969 cmartin@ci.sweet-home.or.us City Council – Jim Gourley, Mayor, (541) 367-8969 e-mail: jgourley@ci.sweet-home.or.us – Scott McKee, President Pro Tem, (541) 405-6191... Full story
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Grandpa Philpott was the oldest living blacksmith around, when I was growing up
The sign on the front of the blacksmith shop next to the East Linn Museum reads: "Blacksmith, J. Philpott, Prop. Est. 1880." It was fun to watch him take an old chair, that anyone of us would just... Full story
It was a turbulant beginningSweet Home Union High School - now SHHS
Former ELMS director Sweet Home's first high school started in Gilliland in 1910, then grew to Union High School #2 when dedicated in 1935. Sweet Home High School (SHHS) is now part of an expanded Swe...
Early settlers overcome daunting problems
Former director East Linn Museum In 1843 a settler wrote, "At any public gathering it was easy to distinguish the new from the old settler. They were lank, lean, hungry and tough. We were ruddy, ragged and rough. They were dressed in broadcloth,...
General Sweet Home History...
Former Director East Linn Museum The history of Sweet Home dates back to 1851, but the real story of that city did not start until April 1, 1932, when the first freight train pulled up at the Oregon... Full story
Directory of Sweet Home churches
Assembly Sweet Home Assembly of God 890 Mtn. View Rd. Sweet Home367-2038 Baptist Elm Street Baptist 1150 Elm Street Sweet Home 367-5883 Baptist - Conservative Waterloo Chapel 39480 Gross Waterloo 451-5872 Baptist - Southern First Baptist Church 2470...
It was a turbulant beginning Sweet Home Union High School - now SHHS
Former ELMS director Sweet Home's first high school started in Gilliland in 1910, then grew to Union High School #2 when dedicated in 1935. Sweet Home High School (SHHS) is now part of an expanded Swe... Full story
Grandpa Philpott was the oldest living blacksmith around, when I was growing up
The sign on the front of the blacksmith shop next to the East Linn Museum reads: "Blacksmith, J. Philpott, Prop. Est. 1880." It was fun to watch him take an old chair, that anyone of us would just...
Sweet Home, as it was in 1910
Former Director East Linn Museum I thought you might like to know what Sweet Home was like in the early years. Following is a clipping from a 1910 newspaper: Sweet Home, the mountain town, is located 16 miles from Lebanon on the Willamette Valley...
Early settlers overcome daunting problems
Former director East Linn Museum In 1843 a settler wrote, "At any public gathering it was easy to distinguish the new from the old settler. They were lank, lean, hungry and tough. We were ruddy,... Full story
Where did Sweet Home get its name?
Former Director East Linn Museum In 1847 the Lowell Ames family first filed donation land claims for land that would eventually become Sweet Home, Oregon. The father,his six sons and one daughter, Sweet Home's first settlers, each took out property c...
