The Collection
The Collection is an original document archive of nineteenth-century documents from the Lake Oswego Preservation Society’s collection pertaining to the iron industry in Oswego.
Letter from J. H. Pomeroy to his friend C. W. Kruse Page 4 – November 3, 1890 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for George W. Prosser July 31, 1867 
Oregon Iron Company Payroll May 1867 Note: The Society also has September 1866 and June 1867 payrolls. 
Letter to W. S. Ladd re: timber for the Oregon Iron Company April 16, 1867 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for supplies signed by John M. Breck & approved by Geo D. Wilbur Page 2 – May 21, 1866 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for 9 days of work at $2.25 a day paid to Thomas S. Magill May 25, 1869 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt to A. A. Durham for hauling ore October 12, 1867 
Oswego Iron Worker newspaper published by Herbert Lincoln Gill August 28, 1897 
Letter from J. H. Pomeroy to his friend C. W. Kruse Page 2 – November 3, 1890 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for George W. Prosser July 31, 1867 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for stone, brick, & lime paid to Capt. John Crosby June 24, 1867 
Receipt for $70 worth of hay delivered to the Oregon Iron Company stables by Pembroke Gault June 12, 1868 
Oregon Iron Company Payroll September 1866 Note: The Society also has payrolls from May and June 1867. 
Oregon Iron Company Payroll May 1867 Note: The Society also has September 1866 and June 1867 payrolls. 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for stone, brick, & lime paid to Capt. John Crosby June 24, 1867 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for lumber received from J. C. Trullinger July 11, 1867 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for $80 for boarding employees signed with an “X” by Mary Prosser October 12, 1867 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for one barrel of cement purchased by W. S. Ladd May 16, 1869 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for $63.95 May 8, 1869 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for $280.31 May 8, 1869 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for $129.78 May 8, 1869 
Oregon Iron Company note for $25 in gold coin for Geo. D. Wilbur’s travel expenses May 21, 1866 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for supplies from J. McHenry Page 2 & verso – May 19, 1866 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for rock March 22, 1869 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for team harness purchased from S. Sherlock & Co. June 1, 1869 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for clay and brick paid to Isaac Thomas September 14, 1868 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for traveling expenses for H. Harris Dr. May 26, 1869 
Oregon Iron Company note for payment of wages for William Hallinan July 3, 1870 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for $50 paid to Mrs. Prosser & signed by John M. Breck August 15, 1868 
Receipt for hauling iron ore signed by G. W. Prosser on behalf of his mother, Mary Prosser August 1867 
Letter from H. C. Leonard re: limestone shipment from San Juan Island Page 1 – May 27, 1867 
Oswego [sic] Iron Co. receipt from Corbitt & Macleay December 24, 1866 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for $540 to Geo. W. Wilbur for payment per contract March 11, 1867 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for mason work on furnace hearth by W. J. Caldwell November 1, 1868 
Purchase of blowing engine by Oregon Iron Co. from Oregon Iron Works Page 1 (partial) of 3 – May 24, 1867 
Oregon Iron Company receipt for bran purchased from Savier & Co. April 22, 1869 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for oats purchased from Williams & Myers September 3, 1868 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt from Henry W. Corbett for mining supplies March 18, 1867 
Letter from Trullinger & Hicklin of the Oswego Milling & Transportation Co. to Oregon Iron Co. September 21, 1867 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for cedar purchased from Jno. P. Walker May 31, 1867 
Letter from H. C. Leonard, Superintendent of Oregon iron Company, to Henry Failing Page 1 (right) & page 2 (left) – August 25, 1868 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for supplies signed by E. G. Ingalls August 21, 1868 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for supplies from J. McHenry Page 1 – May 19, 1866 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for supplies purchased from John M. Breck June 21, 1867 
Receipt to Oregon Iron Company for school tax 1869 
Letter from H. C. Leonard re: limestone shipment from San Juan Island Page 1 – May 27, 1867 
Oregon Iron Co. receipt for supplies signed by John M. Breck & approved by Geo D. Wilbur Page 1 – May 21, 1866