A Balm Grove dance, the marriage of a Bacona couple, and more in the news of a century ago.
History
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 26, 1924
A road to Vernonia through Gales Creek is planned, a Banks man seeks a prune dryer and more in this week’s news from a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 19, 1924
Two men take two pack horses to the headwaters of the Nestucca River and more in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 5, 1924
Decoration Day in Banks, the news of Hayward, and the happenings at Soda Springs near Gales Creek in this week’s news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 29, 1924
Clover in Banks, Alfalfa in Manning and Gales Creek. Farmers in 1924 could find out how well crops were doing in the local newspaper. This and more in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 22, 1924
In 1924, a student went on a trip and fell in Gales Creek near Glenwood. This and more in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 15, 1924
This week: detailed maps of Banks and Manning, and the goings-on in Gales Creek from 1921, 1924.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 8, 1924
A surprise birthday party in Hillside, an ‘old time dance’ in Banks, and the Gales Creek gravel pit in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 24, 1924
George Morgan crossed the plains to Oregon in 1845 as a pioneer, and died in 1924. Today, you can visit his grave at the Gales Creek Cemetery. This and more in the news from a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 17, 1924
A former Banks legislator dies by gun accident just months after his car was found in the river, a dance held in Timber and more in news from a century ago.