Yamhill County Historic Photo Gallery

Click on the links below to view the photos. Click on the back arrow of your browser to return here. All photos courtesy of the Yamhill County Historical Society, Lafayette, OR. Reproduction of the digital imagery on this page by permission only. All digital images © 2000, Y.C.H.S.

1924 Fire²	Albers Feed Store - 1950's²	Dam during Snow²
House at Water & 'C' street²	Baseball Team²	Brick Plant #1
Brick Plant #2 - after 1908	Brick Plant #3 - 1912	Brick Plant #4
Brick Plant #5²	Brick Plant Workers²	Brick Plant #6
Brick Plant #7	Business Block	Business Scene²
Cottages²	Covered Bridge	Birds Eye View #1
Birds Eye View #2	Birds Eye View #3²	Birds Eye View #4²
Birds Eye View #5²	Birds Eye View #6²	Birds Eye View #7²
Birds Eye View #8²	Birds Eye View #9²	Birds Eye View #10²
Birds Eye View #11	Birds Eye View #12	Dam #1²
Dam #2²	Dam #3	Downtown Early Photo
Dr. Kershaw's Store²	Electric Company	Fishing Results²
Fourth of July²	Fourth of July #2	Galloping Goose²
Gentlemen²	Group on Butler Church Porch in 1910²	Hop Yard
Hop Yard #2	Livery Building²	Loggers²
Looking Southeast - 1909-1916	Lookout Station²	Light Plant
Looking West 1912 or 14	Looking North²	May Day at School²
Methodist Church²	M.E. Church²	Mountain Home near Willamina²
Public School #1 built 1908²	Public School #2 built 1908²	River Scene
Sawmill	Hotel²	Schaller's Blacksmith Shop
Street Scene	Street Scene #2	Street Scene looking East
Street Scene in snow #1	Street Scene in snow #2²	Street Improvements #1²
Street Improvements #2²	Street Improvements #3²	Street Scene #3²
Street Scene #4²	Street Scene #5²	Street Scene #6²
Strohm Home in the snow²	Street Scene looking West	Street scene prior to 1913
Stone and Garribrant Mills²	Thresher at work near Willamina²	Train Depot
Union Oil Dealer²	Wagons near creek²	Woodcutters²
Work crew²	Wagonload of Logs²	Very early photo
Brickplant #8	Brickplant #9	Brickplant #10

Brick Plant Pit 1912: This business was started in 1892 by Jesse Edwards. It was moved to Willamina in 1903-4, and by 1908 the railroad had been constructed from Sheridan to the plant. Jesse's son Oren K. (O.K.) took over the business in 1898, and his son Gerald took over in 1955. Oren is in the white shirt and tie in the photo, with Gerald (at age 10) to his left. Another son, Ewart, is seated to Orens right.
Hop Yard & Dryer: Lockhart's hop dryer was actually in Polk County, easterly of the old Steel Bridge.
Brick Plant workers: the man with the arrow pointing at him is Dr. Andrew Kershaw.
The Dam was used for lumber mill operations and was owned and operated by several people or firms over the years. It later was used to generate electricity for the area.
Galloping Goose: used to ferry travelers and mail to and from Grand Ronde. There is an effort underway to restore this car and reopen this run for tourists.
Gentlemen: 4th from the left us John Shetterly, Sr., and on the far right is John Jr.
Hop Yard #2: woman with pole in front of her wearing no hat is Luella Shetterly.
Lookout Station: volunteers watched during WWII for enemy warplanes from here.
Business scene: 3rd building on the left was the Opera House, where the 'Murder Quilt' trial was held.
Street scene #4: taken from Main and 'D' streets, looking east.
Street scene #5: taken from the corner of Main and 'B' streets.
Woodcutters: Kenneth Shetterly on the left.
Work Crew: the man in center front wearing badge and holding the dog is Art Thurber. Taken at rock pit.
Birds eye view #2 is from the 'Road of a Thousand Wonders'.

The original photos were scanned at much higher resolution than you will see here, and were decreased in size due to image load times. If you would like a copy of the full sized image, email yamhillhistory@onlinemac.com so arrangements can be made.

Note: The Willamina Museum is located at 188 SE 'D' Street in Willamina, and is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Curators April Wooden, Bob and Charlene Brown have graciously allowed us to scan the photos on this page, noted thusly².

Thanks for visiting.

last updated 7/3/2003 del