1847Architecture
== History ==
In 1847, Jeremiah and Jemima Ralston bought a pioneers' cabin, staked a claim, and built a log house on a low rise at what is now Ralston Park.
1851History
"The 1851 Treaty Commission Journal: Santiam Kalapuya Negotiations."
City of Lebanon Historic Context Statement
"Lebanon" entry in Oregon Encyclopedia
1855History
A village grew up around the store, and in 1855 the couple filed a plat for the town, naming it for Jeremiah's birthplace of Lebanon, Tennessee.
1859History
In 1859, local men in search of a way to drive cattle to central Oregon discovered the Santiam Pass.
1861History
== Notable people ==
Frederic Homer Balch (1861-1891), American writer
David W.
1864Government
Linn County stockmen incorporated the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Road in 1864, and vacationers as well as stockmen came to rely on what came to be called the Santiam...
1872Architecture
The South Santiam River was too shallow for large boats, so in 1872 construction began on a canal to carry barges laden with goods between Lebanon and Albany.
1880Architecture
The Albany–Lebanon Railroad, completed in 1880, was a branch of the Oregon and California Railroad's north–south line through Albany.
1900Economy
The local wood-products industry began to grow around 1900, which the supply of timber in the upper Midwest declined.
1906Education
They also donated land for the Santiam Academy, which the Methodist Episcopal Church operated until 1906.
1907History
By 1907, Lebanon was one of the leading strawberry-growing areas in the Willamette Valley.
1909Culture
The first festival was held in 1909 and it has been celebrated nearly every year since.
1910History
The Southern Pacific eventually took over these lines and, in 1910, rerouted the old Oregonian line through Lebanon.
1931Culture
Lebanon's Strawberry Festival – featuring, since 1931, "the World's Largest Strawberry Shortcake" – has been an annual event since 1909.
1932Government
The industry began to boom when the Oregon and Electric Railroad was completed, in 1932.
1936Economy
The paper mill, which had originally made paper from wheat straw, doubled in size in 1936 to process logs that were floated down the South Santiam River.
1937Architecture
From 1937 to 1942, twenty new mills opened in the city; they made a great variety of wood products.
1940Economy
In 1940, a still greater boom began.
1952Economy
In 1952, the plywood plant, now called Cascade Plywood, began producing Lebanite, a hard composite board.
1980Economy
Lebanon's paper mill closed in 1980, the plywood mill in 1984, and the Lebanite hardwood plant in 2004.
2006Economy
Weyerhaeuser shut down the last of the big mills in 2006 and 2007.
2008Architecture
Weyerhaeuser opened the state-of-the-art Santiam Lumber sawmill in 2008, only one year after closing down the old Bauman sawmill.
2010History
=== 2010 census ===
As of the census of 2010, there were 15,518 people, 6,118 households, and 3,945 families residing in the city.
2011Education
Western University of Health Sciences opened their College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest in August 2011, the first new medical school in Oregon since Oregon ...
2017Education
In 2017, Linn-Benton Community College opened its HealthCare Occupations Center beside the osteopathic college.
2020History
As of 2020, however, only one local strawberry field remains.
2021Education
In 2021, Western University of Health Sciences opened its College of Health Sciences for students of physical therapy.