“How many wrecks and deaths will it take before ODOT gets serious about the dangerous condition of this road,” writes Tillamook property owner Ginny Van Loo in a letter to the editor.
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 12, 1923
A play in Gales Creek to fund running water at the cemetery, the old school building goes up for sale, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 5, 1923
Is your last name Heesacker, Vanderzanden, Vandehey, Clapshaw, or Campbell? Find out what your family was up to a century ago in Roy, Banks, Manning, Gales Creek, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 28, 1923
Chamber visits mill in Gales Creek, and Earnest Lyda climbs 200 feet up a tree.
This and much more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 21, 1923
Watts area voters approve measures to improve the schoolhouse, and a Hillside farmer has “luscious box of strawberries.” This and much more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 14, 1923
Pox sweeps through the lower Gales Creek Valley and it’s strawberry season in Hayward: This and much more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 7, 1923
In 1923, Gales Creek was apparently a pioneer in roadwork. This and much more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Letter to the editor: Protecting Agricultural Viability in Washington County
Letter to the editor: As Washington County’s population continues to grow, it’s important to protect productive agricultural lands and ensure that farming communities continue to thrive
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 24, 1923
We may never know what “Walker hrdltshrdl hrdl hrdlu rdluuu” means, but a century ago, someone at the print shop left this cryptic message in a story about a Banks man playing on the radio.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 10, 1923
A century ago, fire consumed the Glenwood Post Office. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.