This week: detailed maps of Banks and Manning, and the goings-on in Gales Creek from 1921, 1924.
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 8, 1924
A surprise birthday party in Hillside, an ‘old time dance’ in Banks, and the Gales Creek gravel pit in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 1, 1924
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Washington County News-Times published May 1, 1924. These news clips are selected for relevancy for the geographic area our newspaper covers, and occasionally include areas in Forest[Read More…]
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 24, 1924
George Morgan crossed the plains to Oregon in 1845 as a pioneer, and died in 1924. Today, you can visit his grave at the Gales Creek Cemetery. This and more in the news from a century ago.
ASK WCSO: Window Fall Safety
ASK WCSO is a monthly column produced by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office covering safety tips and other useful crime prevention education. This month: Window Fall Safety.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 17, 1924
A former Banks legislator dies by gun accident just months after his car was found in the river, a dance held in Timber and more in news from a century ago.
COLUMN | The Relief of Defensible Space
Well maintained defensible space makes a huge difference in protecting your home or business during a wildfire.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 10, 1924
Watts Community Club has chicken dinner, and other comings and goings from April 10, 1924 in Banks and Gales Creek.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 3, 1924
Attempts to build a highway to the coast continue, a Dilley man chops a fingertip off at the sawmill and more from 1924.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 27, 1924
A private fish hatchery near Mountaindale provides 5,000 trout to a Gales Creek man, and an accused moonshiner takes his own life in this week’s dispatches from history.
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