The comings and goings of people in Banks, Kansas City and more fill this snapshot of life from 1923.
HISTORY
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?
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County October 4, 1923
Did you know Gales Creek (the community, not the creek) was home to a fish hatchery in 1923? A hatchery on Clear Creek supplied fish to area streams.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 27, 1923
Before there was a Banks BBQ, there was the Banks Hog and Dairy Show.
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.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 13, 1923
A Banks man and his vehicle are struck by a train, a logging camp is for sale and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County September 6, 1923
The Banks Hog and Dairy Show is prepared, the Gales Creek Road gets a fresh coat of paint, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from September 6, 1923.
The Tillamook Burn started 90 years ago today
Ninety years ago to the day, the first fire of what would become known as the Tillamook Burn started near Gales Creek. We’ve gathered oral histories, written diaries, and newspaper clippings detailing what happened.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 10, 1923
A train crash near Buxton, a judge vacations in the Gales Creek-area neighborhood of Watts, and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales Creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 10, 1923.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County August 2, 1923
Clapshaw, Love, and Hundley are just a handful of the family names scattered throughout this week’s edition of Dispatches from History in Banks, Gales creek, Buxton, and beyond from August 2, 1923.