Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 20, 1923
One century ago: A Ku Klux Klan gathering just northwest of Forest Grove drew members "from Portland and many surrounding towns" and more in this week's edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 20, 1923.
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 September 20, 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.
1926: A dream of a highway connecting Forest Grove to Tillamook continued. Dilley and Gales Creek feuded over flowers. Bacona, north of Buxton, still had a post office. Step into Forest Grove and Banks-area history from the lens of newspaper archives of the day.
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.
