Dispatches from history: Western Washington County July 26, 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.
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 July 26, 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.
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.
