Manuscripts Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
705.001 |
Title |
THE EUGENE NEWS: OREGON TRAIL PAGEANT EDITION, 1937 |
Date |
1937 |
Scope & Content |
THE EUGENE NEWS: OREGON TRAIL PAGEANT EDITION, 1937 Newspaper features iarticles on the 1937 Oregon Trail Pageant in Eugene, Oregon, including photographs of "Queen Susannah IV" and her court of princesses. Also has articles on the Lane County lumber industry, agriculture, recreation, the Southern Pacific Railroad and the University of Oregon. There are advertisements of local businesses at the time; several are of Eugene funeral homes that include photos of the facilities. One story, entitled "Great Development Lies Ahead for City", speculates what Eugene will be like 25 years later, in 1862. |