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 November 1 and 8, 1923. Want more local history? Visit the Banks Historical Society online at www.bankshistory.org for Banks-area history, and Friends of Historic Forest[Read More…]
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 18, 1923
A young man breaks a collarbone after leaving Balm Grove and the prune harvest is over in these snapshots of life in Gales Creek in 1923.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 11, 1923
How much did it cost to rent a whole 20 acre farm with a five room house, a barn, and an acre of strawberries on Stringtown Road in 1923? $175 a month.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 4, 1923
Did you know Gales Creek (the community, not the creek) was home to a fish hatchery in 1923? A hatchery on Clear Creek supplied fish to area streams.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 27, 1923
Before there was a Banks BBQ, there was the Banks Hog and Dairy Show.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 20, 1923
One century ago: A Ku Klux Klan gathering just northwest of Forest Grove drew members “from Portland and many surrounding towns” and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 20, 1923.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 13, 1923
A Banks man and his vehicle are struck by a train, a logging camp is for sale and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
COLUMN | Protecting Floodplains on the Tualatin River
“Flooding is a normal part of our waterways,” writes TSWCD Education & Outreach Specialist Adriana Lovell. “When houses and things that are meant to stay dry are built too close to these seasonally wet places, trouble abounds.”
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 6, 1923
The Banks Hog and Dairy Show is prepared, the Gales Creek Road gets a fresh coat of paint, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 10, 1923
A train crash near Buxton, a judge vacations in the Gales Creek-area neighborhood of Watts, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 10, 1923.