Ben Selling Values Codes I – H – E – L – P “Ben Selling was said to have given away more money in proportion to his income than any other citizen of Oregon since the state was founded.” — E. Kombark MacCall, 1979 Ben
Read more →Joseph Shemanski Values Codes I – E – L – P Joseph Shemanski was born in Poland to Markus and Jeanette Szmanski in 1869. Portland, Oregon Joseph Shemanski came to Portland, Oregon, in 1888, at the age of 19. To make a living, he sold
Read more →Henry Heppner Values Codes I – E – L Henry Hoppner was born in Prussia in either 1831 or 1843. Along the way . . . Henry Heppner came to New York in the mid-1850’s. In the mid-1860’s, he traveled around the Horn to San
Read more →Lazard Coblentz Values Codes I – E – L Lazard Coblentz was born in 1852 in Lixheim, in the Lorraine region of France on the German border. The Coblentz family originally hailed from Koblentz, Germany, located on the Rhine and Moselle Rivers. Along the way
Read more →The Durkheimers Values Codes I – E – L – P Kaufman Durkheimer Kaufman Durkheimer was born in Baden, Germany in 1824. He left Germany in 1824 to escape poverty and the draft, settling in Philadelphia. In 1855, he married Caroline Steinheiser. Along the
Read more →Meier & Frank Department Store Values Codes I – E – L – P Aaron Meier was born in Ellerstat, Baveria, Germany in 1831. Meier migrated to Wilsonville, Oregon, in 1855, and began selling merchandise from a pack. In 1857, he opened a store on Front Street in
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