Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/1955 Title Millstones Creator Undetermined Subject Medis Vanderpool Millstones Settlers Description Located between the north tennis court and the northwest corner of the west wing of Bellamy Hall are two millstones. These stones stand in nearly the same place as they did when they were placed on a pedestal behind Campbell Hall in 1925. The millstones are there to commemorate the hardships and sacrifice of the people who first settled the Willamette Valley. The stones were made by a man named Medis Vanderpool, who used the millstones in one of his mills in the Parker district, southeast of Monmouth. Also on the pedestal is a plaque dedicating the tennis courts to the men of Oregon Normal School who enlisted for World War I. The plaque reads "During the early years of our nation's history millstones like these from the Vanderpool Mill in the Parker district of southeast Monmouth, ground grain for the white settlers." Date 1925-05 Type Image; StillImage Format Digital photograph as a jpg image (96 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 400, height: 305) Identifier omeka/1755 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/826 Title Letter to John M. Butler from Elijah Butler Creator Elijah Butler Subject Elijah Butler Description Elijah Butler describes the good health of the family, and sends news of other settlers and a gold mine discovery. Date 1855-09-02 Type Text Identifier butlertranscripts/38 Source Butler Family Letters, MSS 2 Western Oregon University Archives Rights The contents of this collection, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this collection may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Western Oregon University Archives. For questions or permissions, please contact University Archives at (503) 838-8893 or libarchives@wou.edu. Spatial Coverage Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois Polk County, Oregon --