Additional Resources
Below is a list of websites that may be of interest to visitors at the Hoover-Minthorn House Museum. The list includes links to festivals, food and drink and cultural organizations in the Newberg area, and historical sites near Newberg
Things to do in Newberg
Looking for other things to do in the Newberg area? Check out the Taste Newberg website to find all that the city has to offer!
Festivals, Food and Drink
Looking for festivals, food, and drink in the Newberg Area? Try one of these sites:
touringandtasting.com/winery-map/yamhill-valley-vineyards
Cultural Organizations, Newberg Area:
chehalemculturalcenter.org
Events, classes and workshops, and exhibitions
cprdnewberg.org
Chehalem Park and Recreation District list of trails
newbergoregon.gov/library
Link to Newberg Library, story times, movies, book clubs
newbergoregon.gov/community/page/history-0
City of Newberg
www.newbergartwalk.com
Web page for the Newberg Art Walk
Historical Sites near Newberg
champoeg.org
Learn about the beginning of the state of Oregon, native cultures, French Canadian fur trappers and living history events on this site by the Friends of Historic Champoeg
auroracolony.org
Discover the Aurora Colony pioneers, museum, events and research information
censusfinder.com/oregon-historical-museums.htm
A listing of all the museums in Oregon, by county
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
hoover.archives.gov
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum is part of the Office of Presidential Libraries administered by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Hoover Institution
hoover.org
The Hoover Institution is an American public policy think tank and research institution located at Stanford University in California
Dr. Henry J. Minthorn
geog.uoregon.edu/edge/gs_documents/Projects/2009/Gault/Digging_for_Friends/HJ_Minthorn.html
Essay about and photos of Dr. Minthorn Herbert Hoover
digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/hoover_collection/
Access to the George Fox University collection on Herbert Hoover
Medical History Sites
historyofmedicine.org/1800-1850/
Timeline of major medical events, beginning with Lewis and Clark
mnwelldir.org/docs/history/anesthesia.htm
An interesting history of anesthesia, a real issue prior to the 20th century
mnwelldir.org/docs/history/history03.htm
A good summary of medicine prior to the 1900’s
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poindexterfamily/ChristinesPages/Doctors.html
Essay on the state of medicine in the old West
alexandriava.gov/Apothecary
This museum has a collection of original journals, equipment from the original apothecary business. Martha Washington shopped here
historyofbiologyandmedicine.com/unitedstates.htm
A summary and listing of interesting medical museums in the U.S. and abroad