Clover in Banks, Alfalfa in Manning and Gales Creek. Farmers in 1924 could find out how well crops were doing in the local newspaper. This and more in the news of a century ago.
HISTORY
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 22, 1924
If you bought a sweet new car in Banks in 1924, you can bet it would end up in the newspaper. This and more in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 15, 1924
This week we have something special: four incredibly detailed maps showing Banks and a sawmill in Manning from 1921 (no subscription required).
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 8, 1924
A surprise birthday party in Hillside, an ‘old time dance’ in Banks, and the Gales Creek gravel pit in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 1, 1924
Another day, another moonshine still discovered in Manning. This and more in the news of a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 24, 1924
In 1921, Asa E. Westcott represented Banks in the Oregon Legislature. Three years later, he was dead, with a jury ruling his death by a gun was accidental. Just two months earlier, Westcott had vanished after driving his vehicle into the Willamette River before he returned home amid speculation that he had been met with foul play. This and more in the news of 1924.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 17, 1924
A former Banks legislator dies by gun accident just months after his car was found in the river, a dance held in Timber and more in news from a century ago.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 10, 1924
Watts Community Club has chicken dinner, and other comings and goings from April 10, 1924 in Banks and Gales Creek.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 3, 1924
A century ago: The namesake of the community of Roy dies, and a man is arrested for a Manning chicken theft. This and more in the news of 1924.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 27, 1924
A private fish hatchery near Mountaindale provides 5,000 trout to a Gales Creek man, and an accused moonshiner takes his own life in this week’s dispatches from history.