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.
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 snowfal
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
