A bad week for workers at the Gales Creek Logging Co., squirrel poisoning season, and $8—”quite a sum of money”—raised in Kansas City. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Washington County
National Weather Service issues Winter Storm Warning
Spring might be in the air, but the winter chill hasn’t quite loosened its grip. The Portland office of the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning, cautioning residents of the Coast Range of Northwest Oregon and the Central Coast Range of Western Oregon to brace for heavy snowfall from 11 PM this evening to 11 PM Sunday, primarily affecting areas above 1,500 feet.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 29, 1923
Walter Frank Vanderzanden sentenced to life in prison over the Hayward murder of a recluse. This 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 March 22, 1923
The mill starts up again near Glenwood, prune trees are dedicated in Hillside, and the coming and goings of regular folks in Banks, Buxton, and Gales Creek in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County March 15, 1923
The ugliest man in Gales Creek, 120 acres—and 200 chickens—near Banks goes up for sale and a party in Hayward. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Timber Road closed ‘indefinitely’ after landslide
Timber Road is closed between Strassel and Cochran Roads and will remain so “indefinitely,” the county said Monday.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County February 22, 1923
A dance at Balm Grove, almost two feet of snow are melting, and a horse dies of the staggers. This 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 February 15, 1923
Dynamite in Gales Creek, the mumps and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Washington County Board of Commissioners to host town hall Feb. 23
The Washington County Board of Commissioners will host the first of four quarterly county Town Halls scheduled this year Thursday, February 23, focusing on the county’s budget development process and financial challenges facing the county.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County February 8, 1923
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.
