The mill starts up again near Glenwood, prune trees are dedicated in Hillside, and the coming and goings of regular folks in Banks, Buxton, and Gales Creek in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 15, 1923
The ugliest man in Gales Creek, 120 acres—and 200 chickens—near Banks goes up for sale and a party in Hayward. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County February 22, 1923
A dance at Balm Grove, almost two feet of snow are melting, and a horse dies of the staggers. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County February 15, 1923
Dynamite in Gales Creek, the mumps and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County February 8, 1923
Bert Pixler kills a sick cow and Bill Hundley kills his riding pony on the same day in Fir Creek: “An unlucky day,” writes a 1923 journalist. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County February 1, 1923
A bear scratches a Gales Creek man, snow closes the mill in West Timber, an 80 acre farm in Buxton goes up for sale and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County January 25, 1923
A Fir Creek resident heads to Timber to do some blacksmithing, a telephone company starts in Vernonia, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
From the newsroom: Welcoming Jake Moore
Starting immediately (he’s already written two stories for us), you’ll see a new byline on some stories published in this newspaper. Please join me in welcoming Jake Moore.
From the newsroom: All in
Readers of this newspaper in print and online may have noticed some subtle changes creeping in to the design, look, and feel of our newspaper and websites. They’re also going to start seeing changes to how we tackle stories, and an increase in news coverage and focus.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County January 4, 1923
A barn collapses in Gales Creek, the community gossip, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, the first of 1923.
