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.
History
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.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 10, 1924
Watts Community Club has chicken dinner, and other comings and goings from April 10, 1924 in Banks and Gales Creek.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 3, 1924
Attempts to build a highway to the coast continue, a Dilley man chops a fingertip off at the sawmill and more from 1924.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 27, 1924
A private fish hatchery near Mountaindale provides 5,000 trout to a Gales Creek man, and an accused moonshiner takes his own life in this week’s dispatches from history.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 20, 1924
A century ago, the Banks American Legion had a membership drive, and the Gales Creek Stage meant there were better mass transit options in the valley than there are today.