Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 19, 1923
A man pulls a gun on a Gales Creek farmer while fishing: his "license to fish anywhere in the state of Oregon." This and more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Washington County News-Times edition published April 19, 1923. Want more local history? Visit the Banks Historical Society online at www.bankshistory.org for Banks-area history, and Friends of Historic Forest Grove, which often works in the Gales Creek area, online at www.fhfg.org. To enlarge an image and see the whole thing, click on it. You can then navigate by using the arrows to either side, or exit using the x at the upper right corner.
After fire destroyed the Timber school, a $6,000, up to three room replacement was under consideration. This and more in the news of a century ago from 1925!
More than a hundred teachers and staff from Banks' three public schools gathered in the Banks Elementary School cafeteria Aug. 19 for a breakfast with their peers and school officials as another school year began. With construction, new security, and a cell phone ban looming, many changes await staf
A crash in Glenwood snarled Labor Day weekend traffic for up to three miles and resulted in minor injuries to at least four people, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Saturday.
