Before there was a Banks BBQ, there was the Banks Hog and Dairy Show.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Clapshaw, Love, and Hundley are just a handful of the family names scattered throughout this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 2, 1923.

1933 technology for wildfire prevention? A platform built 70 feet up a tree and “strong field glasses.”
That and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.

A tale as old as time: a dance in Dilley is “Gents 75¢, ladies free.”
That and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.

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.