Two boilermakers killed enroute to Gales Creek, Gales Creek’s Thornburgh property to host “extensive plantings” of narcissus bulbs to avoid European embargo of bulbs and more in this week’s dispatched from history.
History
Gales Creek in 1925: Watts school year comes to a close
In 1925, rural schools dotted the Gales Creek Valley, like the Watts school.
1925 in Gales Creek: Two Gales Creek pioneers pass within day of each other
“Twenty-eight great great grand children survive Mrs. Mary S. Jenkins Lilly who had lived at Gales Creek from 1814 until the time of her death,” was the obituary for a pioneering Gales Creek woman. Today, her descendants include this newspaper publisher, the president of the Gales Creek Cemetery Association, the Gales Creek Strawberry Festival event coordinator and others who remain active in the Gales Creek Valley.
1925 in Banks: Toll road plans for Wilson River Route inch forward
Toll road plans for the Wilson River Route inch forward and more in the news of a century ago.
1925 in Gales Creek: A teen drowns in lower Gales Creek
1925 in Gales Creek: A teen drowns in lower Gales Creek, a cemetery cleanup, and more.
Column | 1925 in Gales Creek: A Rippling Waters birthday
1925 in Gales Creek: A Rippling Waters birthday, bootleggers are punished and more in the news of a century ago.
Column | 1925 in Gales Creek: Toll road through Gales Creek discussion continues
1925 in Gales Creek: Discussions over a toll road through Gales Creek continue.
Column | 1925 in Gales Creek: A private fish farm in Gales Creek
In 1925, Gales Creek had a fish hatchery and more.
Column | 1925 in Gales Creek: Gales Creek man loses leg to train
A Gales Creek man lost his leg after a train “passed over the leg and cut it off below the knee” in 1925.
Column | 1925 in Gales Creek: Wilson River Highway avoids becoming toll road
The future Highway 6 dodges a toll road designation in the news of a century ago in Gales Creek.