This week a century ago in western Washington County: A Gales Creek resident bags a bear, a fire in Watts, and a man dies at a Timber-area hotel. This and more from 1922.
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 5, 1922
This week a century ago in western Washington County: A big black bear bounds by a Banks barbecue, twenty turkeys trot into Gaston, “little Byron Ranes” of Gales Creek bikes to Forest Grove and more from 1922.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 28, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, a detailed listing of Banks-area winners of the Hog and Dairy show, a Verboort man loses a finger, and more from 1922.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 21, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, a “tin lizzie” collision with a motorcycle, the Banks Hog and Dairy Show starts, and more from 1922.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 14, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, Vernonia becomes a boom town, a baby clinic is held in Banks, and more.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 17, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, a logging camp opens near Glenwood, a new bridge over Gales Creek in Watts, and more!
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 10, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, gossip from Gales Creek, a traffic count near Watts, and a detailed account of two gravel trucks and the “antics” they get up to.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 27, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, a timely warning about wildfires, a mailbox snafu in Banks, and a Gales Creek home gets “modern” plumbing.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 20, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, take a 1922 road trip through Greenville, Watts, and Forest Grove with some “old timers.”
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 13, 1922
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, a detailed account of a fish hatchery in Gales Creek, a Banks figure (with their family now marked with a road name) dies, and more!