St. Johns municipal elections, 1903
Mayoral election: Charles Cook (Peoples) — 98 votes B. T. Leggett (Citizens) — 34 votes Councilmember At-Large election (top four seated): E. H. Hurlburt (Peoples-Citizens) — 127 votes C. D. Hughes […]
Mayoral election: Charles Cook (Peoples) — 98 votes B. T. Leggett (Citizens) — 34 votes Councilmember At-Large election (top four seated): E. H. Hurlburt (Peoples-Citizens) — 127 votes C. D. Hughes […]
1911 — The James John High School fields a team to play in the Portland Interscholastic League. 1913 — Central School formed a intra-school soccer league. 1913-14 — A team representing […]
The United States Postal Service (USPS) was one of the first fields of politics where women made inroads. Since the establishment of the federal government and subsequently the USPS women […]
Henry Gagen was born in 1858 in Baltimore, Maryland. In his youth he went west with his family and along the way lost his mother, father, and one brother to […]
…the City of Sweet Peas. Clarence Currin of Currins for Drugs proposed the idea for a “Sweet Pea” festival in 1911. With the help of students and faculty at Central School, the […]
November 1904 — #10 — “Peddler’s licence” needed to sell food from carts transported into the city. July 1905 — #52 — Obstruction of a street or sidewalk can be […]
Long before the negative health ramifications of asbestos were widely disseminated, the City of St. Johns produced tons upon tons of the minerals which were used in construction projects across the region. The […]
Benjamin Otis Severence was born on January 15, 1820 in Orrington, Maine During a military tour in Panama, Severence heard stories from the West and contemplated moving there following the Civil […]
According to the St. Johns Historical Group’s St. Johns History journal in an article entitled “Early St. Johns Indians” written by Maxine Hunt, the Multnomah and “Willamette” (she likely meant the Kalapuya people) […]
Despite the namesake for the town being that of James John, he was likely not the first non-Native American settler in the area. James and his wife Sarah Loomis arrived […]