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Cutter revealed that he was a resident of Newberg, Oregon and lived in a motel in the town when he was not on the road. Fearing that he was a serial killer, police issued a bulletin for Oregon and Washington for Seth Scott Cutter. [6] [10] Detectives in Newberg recognized Cutter but knew him as Scott William Cox, his real name.
Jesse Edwards (February 18, 1849 – December 16, 1924) was an American businessman. He is referred to as "the founder of Newberg, Oregon".. Edwards arrived to the area to be later known as Newberg in 1881, and purchased a farm on the Rogers Donation Land Claim, on which he would plat the city of Newberg.
Newberg is located on Oregon Route 99W, approximately 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Portland. Springbrook, once a separate community, is now considered part of Newberg. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.81 square miles (15.05 km 2), all land. [14] It averages 176 feet (54 m) in elevation.
The Newberg Graphic was founded in 1888 by Hiatt & Hobson as an independent four-page weekly newspaper published on Saturdays, and sold at $2. [3] Frank P. Baum became the paper's publisher in 1890. [3] E. H. Woodward acquired the Graphic on Jan. 1, 1900. [4] Woodward made the paper Republican and cut the price to $1.50.
The earliest newspaper in Oregon was the Oregon Spectator, published in Oregon City from 1846, by a press association headed by George Abernethy. [4] This was joined in November 1850 by the Milwaukie Western Star and two partisan papers – the Whig Oregonian, published in Portland beginning on December 4, 1850, and the Democratic Statesman ...
Frances graduated from Girls Polytechnic High School in Portland at 16 and at the age of 17, she married Herbert Grant Bateson. The couple operated a small construction company business in Portland, Oregon for a couple of years and then moved to Newberg, Oregon. [2] Later in 1967, Frances Gabe divorced Herbert Bateson.
For people who were born in or spent significant time in the city of Newberg, Oregon. Pages in category "People from Newberg, Oregon" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Les AuCoin (born 1942) — retired US Congressman, 1st Dist., 1974–1992, Oregon State House Majority Leader, 1973—74; Jean M. Auel (born 1936) – author; Thomas J. Autzen (1888–1958) – namesake of University of Oregon's stadium, contributing engineer to plywood manufacturing technologies