A fallen tree and downed power lines blocking Parson Road have finally been cleared and the road is open, according to Washington County Land Use and Transportation.
A fallen tree and downed power lines blocking Parson Road have finally been cleared and the road is open, according to Washington County Land Use and Transportation.
The road was closed Monday after high winds knocked a tree down just south of Sesame Lane, bringing Portland General Electric lines down with it.
Before there was a Hagg Lake, there was a Scoggins Valley, and five denizens from there were arrested on charges of "reckless driving and possession of booze" in 1925.
The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the neighborhood in this case being the Balm Grove neighborhood in Gales Creek, has been spotted in the area of Parson Road, often on foot or on his Spider-Bike, for much of this year. Now he's on Google Maps.
A proposed toll road linking Forest Grove and Tillamook faced opposition, but Gales Creek residents would take any road they could get, according to a 1925 newspaper article.
"County Jail Filled to Overflow With Arrests Made" including Ernest Narver, Frank Kearns, Thomas Young, and Roy Kearns, all arrested at Balm Grove on liquor possession charges in Prohibition-era Gales Creek.
People are shooting exploding targets and firing hot lead into dry vegetation in the Tillamook Forest with predictable results: Five wildfires since May. These fires are all preventable, said Acting Forest Grove District Forester Stephanie Beall.
