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  FOCUS 2009 Updated at Thursday, April 9, 2009 9:59 AM PDT   RSS  Add to My Yahoo!
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As told by State Sen. Peter Courtney on Jan. 12 during the opening of the 2009 Oregon Legislature in Salem.
You’re looking at the fourth and final installment of Focus 2009, the annual special edition published jointly by the Albany Democrat-Herald and the Corvallis Gazette-Times.
Corvallis used to have a budding rival across the Willamette River, and it wasn’t Albany. A town called Orleans sat directly opposite on the east bank, platted in 1851
Retired State Climatologist George Taylor compiled this list of the top seven most severe weather events in the history of the mid-valley:
If you love Percherons or 1956 T-Birds, or trading stocks online, thank the mid-Willamette Valley.
Tribes around Oregon have joined the state in celebrating its 150th anniversary, if only to highlight one thing: They were here first.
1846 — The first pioneers arrive in Brownsville: Alex Kirk, Hugh L. Brown and James Blakely.
Through the years, Corvallis has been home to noted educators and internationally acclaimed artists, authors and animators. Here are a few:
Forty years ago this May, Benton County was caught up in one of the worst murder mysteries in the state’s history.
Long before there was a Whiteside Theatre in Cor-vallis, the Whiteside brothers were showing movies.
Seven people died tragically on Aug. 3, 1988, when a controlled field fire jumped its boundaries and smoke drifted across all four lanes of Interstate 5 south of Albany.
Eighty-five years ago, a dozen residents perished in a tragedy so devastating the news of it eclipsed reports of President Wilson’s death
Editor’s note: For most of its 151-year history, Corvallis’ identity and culture could be summed up as “The home of the college on the hill.” So, in assembling the final chapter of our four-part “Focus” series recognizing Oregon’s 150th birthday — a section on culture and the notorious — we wanted to start with OSU as the biggest influence on our region. Although we are printing a history that hits the early years and high points, you can read the entire article of OSU’s history online at www.gazettetimes.com.
The Albany community was stunned when an arson fire broke out on the evening of Oct. 29, 1989, and within an hour leveled the historic St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Linn County had infamous as well as famous folks throughout Oregon’s 150 years.
You’re looking at the third of four installments of Focus 2009, the annual special edition published jointly by the Albany
More than 80 years ago, two Linn County sheriffs were gunned down by criminals within a year of each other.
Mid-valley school districts followed a path of consolidation
Three mid-valley city managers agree there are lots of good reasons cities use the council-manager form of governing rather than place a “weak” or “strong” mayor in charge.
Completed in 1889, the Benton County Courthouse is Oregon’s oldest continuously functioning courthouse.
Hector Macpherson spent just one four-year term in the Oregon Legislature. But what a term it was.
CORVALLIS — For a brief if not-so-shining moment, Corvallis was Oregon’s territorial capital.
ADAIR VILLAGE — Right in the middle of Adair Village squats a massive, rectilinear pile of concrete.
Picture the streets and shops of downtown Salem, Portland and Albany.
Go ahead, pick a year in Oregon’s history. Any year out of the last 150.
Revolvers, ‘saps’ marked the 1950s
When news of statehood finally got here, residents were primarily focused on spring planting
Dec. 28, 1847 — The provisional legislature creates Linn County from the southern portion of Champoeg (later Marion) County.
You’re looking at the second of four installments of Focus 2009, the annual special edition published jointly by the Albany
The modern Christmas tree industry was born around a campfire in Eastern Oregon in 1954, when Hal Schudel and his elk hunting partner, Paul Goodmonson, were brainstorming ways to make extra cash during the winter.
Leland R. Montgomery was one of six Oregonians honored last month for being members of sesquicentennial farm families
Fred Wiese allowed his operation to serve as one of the Corvallis college’s first experimental farms
Eternal optimism is one of the ties that bind that the family’s farmers
Developed at OSU in 1945, the marionberry now makes up half of Oregon’s blackberry acreage
You’re looking at the first of four installments of Focus 2009, the annual special edition published jointly by the Albany
Title: Focus Quiz 1
Date: March 4th, 2009
This is the first in a series of four quizzes for Focus 2009, "Who We Were - The Mid-Valley at Oregon's 150th: Our Past and Present." This questions are drawn from stories in Section 1 on "Business, Commerce and Industry."
TAKE QUIZ »
Hundreds of people celebrated the state's 150th birthday Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, at Albany's historic Monteith House and Albany Regional Museum. A number of them also offered birthday wishes for Oregon.
At age 134, the firm founded by James K. Weatherford is the state’s oldest with continuous family involvement
CORVALLIS — At age 116, it goes without saying that Robnett’s Hardware has learned what it takes to prosper in the long term.
The mid-valley’s medical history is a tale of isolation and then consolidation
Innovations spanning the ages keep logging on the cutting edge
Although battered in recent years by a variety of forces, logging remains an important part of the Linn and Benton county economic picture, according to Jim Geisinger, president of Associated Oregon Loggers.
Writing a short history of the Democrat-Herald is tough, even if it’s not the first time you’ve done it.
The Albany Municipal Airport is believed to be the oldest operating airfield in Oregon, opening in 1920.
Oregon celebrated its 150th birthday on Feb. 14 this year, and the Corvallis Gazette-Times will celebrate its 100th birthday in June.
The era of riverboats and wagon roads came at roughly the same time, making Albany and nearby cities a transportation hub for Oregon in the mid- to late 19th century before the railroad’s arrival.
1850 — Hackleman addition: Settler Abram Hackleman lays out 70 acres on the east side of Albany for future development.
Titanium, zirconium, niobium, hafnium. Mention those words outside the mid-valley and you may get a few puzzled looks.
CORVALLIS — Back in 1974, few would have thought that a calculator plant in northeast Corvallis could one day make every computer its own print shop.
Oregon State University graduates and professors have created numerous high-tech companies, especially in Benton County.
Highways running through the mid-valley have played an important role since their beginnings.
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