Bert Pixler kills a sick cow and Bill Hundley kills his riding pony on the same day in Fir Creek: “An unlucky day,” writes a 1923 journalist. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
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Banks December 2022 Police Log
A short police log for calls from December in the city of Banks.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County February 1, 1923
A bear scratches a Gales Creek man, snow closes the mill in West Timber, an 80 acre farm in Buxton goes up for sale and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County January 25, 1923
A Fir Creek resident heads to Timber to do some blacksmithing, a telephone company starts in Vernonia, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
From the newsroom: Welcoming Jake Moore
Starting immediately (he’s already written two stories for us), you’ll see a new byline on some stories published in this newspaper. Some of you may already recognize the name, because he’s a Banks local. Please join me in welcoming Jake Moore.
Banks Fire District December 2022 Fire Log
A message from the Banks Fire District, stats from December, and an upcoming blood drive in this month’s Banks Fire District 13 Fire Log.
From the newsroom: All in
Readers of this newspaper in print and online may have noticed some subtle changes creeping in to the design, look, and feel of our newspaper and websites. They’re also going to start seeing changes to how we tackle stories, and an increase in news coverage and focus.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County January 4, 1923
A barn collapses in Gales Creek, the community gossip, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, the first of 1923.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County December 28, 1922
Less murder, more community happenings in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, the last of 1922. Next week, a new year of the “Roaring Twenties” begins in 1923!
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County December 21, 1922
A 17-year-old Cedar Canyon resident, formerly of the Groveland community on Gales Creek, confesses to the murder of a Hayward hermit in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History.