Is your last name Heesacker, Vanderzanden, Vandehey, Clapshaw, or Campbell? Find out what your family was up to a century ago in Roy, Banks, Manning, Gales Creek, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.
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Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 21, 1923
Watts area voters approve measures to improve the schoolhouse, and a Hillside farmer has “luscious box of strawberries.” This and much more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Banks Fire District May 2023 Fire Log
May statistics and a message from the Banks Fire District in this month’s fire log.
Banks May 2023 Police Log
Youths engaging in “nefarious activities,” speeding complaints, and more round out the May Banks police log.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 14, 1923
Pox sweeps through the lower Gales Creek Valley and it’s strawberry season in Hayward: This and much more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County June 7, 1923
In 1923, Gales Creek was apparently a pioneer in roadwork. This and much more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Letter to the editor: Protecting Agricultural Viability in Washington County
Letter to the editor: As Washington County’s population continues to grow, it’s important to protect productive agricultural lands and ensure that farming communities continue to thrive
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 31, 1923
A review of the dirt and plank road between Forest Grove and Astoria. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Banks April 2023 Police Log
This month’s police log from calls in the city of Banks in April, as presented to the Banks City Council in May.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 24, 1923
We may never know what “Walker hrdltshrdl hrdl hrdlu rdluuu” means, but a century ago, someone at the print shop left this cryptic message in a story about a Banks man playing on the radio.