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Column | 1925 in Banks: Banks grange sparks tiff with Hillsboro grange

Banks in 1925: A grange war between Banks and Hillsboro, the latest from the Buxton oil fields and more.

By Chas Hundley

/ 17 Apr 2025

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Column | 1925 in Banks: Oil derrick nears completion

Buxton's oil boom continued in this week's news from a century ago.

By Chas Hundley

/ 9 Apr 2025

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Column | 1925 in Banks: A Banks newspaper owner faces amputation

A Banks newspaper owner faces amputation and more in the news from 1925.

By Chas Hundley

/ 2 Apr 2025

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Column | 1925 in Banks: Timber man heads to Hillsboro for appendectomy

Column | 1925 in Banks: Timber man heads to Hillsboro for appendectomy in this week's dispatches from history.

By Chas Hundley

/ 26 Mar 2025

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1925 in Banks: Plank road built in Buxton oil camp

Banks in 1925: Two Banks newspapers merge, plank road built in Buxton oil camp, and much more in the news of a century ago.

By Chas Hundley

/ 19 Mar 2025

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1925: A Manning veteran, gassed in the trenches during WW1, is jailed on moonshine charges

A wounded war veteran from a Manning family, gassed in the trenches during WW1, falls outside the law and is jailed on moonshining charges, and the Hillsboro Argus wonders if the U.S. government is to blame.

By Chas Hundley

/ 5 Mar 2025

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A play in Roy, a dance in Kansas City, a mill in Mountaindale: Life on February 26, 1925 in the Banks region

A play in Roy, a dance in Kansas City, a mill in Mountaindale: Life on February 26, 1925 in the Banks region

By Chas Hundley

/ 26 Feb 2025

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Banks area in 1925: 'Timber a Thriving City'

In this column, we take a look back one hundred years ago in western Washington County. This week, the clips come from the Washington County News-Times and the Hillsboro Argus, published February 19, 1925.

By Chas Hundley

/ 19 Feb 2025

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Banks Fire District January 2025 Fire Log

Call statistics from January and a "save the date" for the pancake breakfast are in this month's Banks Fire District log.

By Chas Hundley

/ 17 Feb 2025

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1925: Oil discovery in Buxton 'to cause considerable activity in Washington County'

1925: Oil discovery in Buxton 'to cause considerable activity in Washington County'

By Chas Hundley

/ 13 Feb 2025

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Dispatches from History: ‘Road to sea’ debate falters on January 15, 1925

A decision on a route from western Washington County to the coast hit a roadblock (heh) in 1925. This and more in the news of a century ago.

By Chas Hundley

/ 15 Jan 2025

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Dispatches from History: Debate over 'road to sea' continues on January 8, 1925

A century ago, an early version of what we know as Highway 6 today was slowly taking shape, but first: debates over the route took place.

By Chas Hundley

/ 9 Jan 2025