Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 11, 1923
100 years ago, someone lost their Nash wire wheel "with tire and cover" between Forest Grove, Banks, and Timber. Was it ever found? Could it still be out there?
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 published October 11, 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.
Almost the entire edition of the Washington County News-Times in 1926 was devoted to all things automobile as a huge car show rolled into town in 1926. Plus, take a road trip through rural western Washington County with the help of a 1926 route!
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.
