History - News in the Grove

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Play snake, learn history

We added three history clips to a snake game. You're welcome.

By Chas Hundley

/ 21 Nov 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Play snake, learn history

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: 'One of the largest moonshine stills ever found'

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.

By Chas Hundley

/ 14 Nov 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: 'One of the largest moonshine stills ever found'

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Armistice Day in Forest Grove

In 1925, Veterans Day was called Armistice Day, and Forest Grove threw a parade to mark the occasion.

By Chas Hundley

/ 7 Nov 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Armistice Day in Forest Grove

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Balm Grove features masquerade dance, booze arrest

What were people doing in 1925 at a popular dance hall in Gales Creek around Halloween? Dancing at a masquerade and getting arrested for having booze.

By Chas Hundley

/ 31 Oct 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Balm Grove features masquerade dance, booze arrest

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Pacific University president becomes dishwasher in Gales Creek cabin

"...He made an excellent dish washer," and other tidbits of life in western Washington County in 1925.

By Chas Hundley

/ 16 Oct 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Pacific University president becomes dishwasher in Gales Creek cabin

1925 in Forest Grove: Hillside students show up for school to no teacher

A local school board furiously called the county superintendent when the teacher didn't show on the first day of school. As it turns out, it was their fault: They had botched the opening day of the Hillside school. The teacher wasn't contracted to start until the next week.

By Chas Hundley

/ 8 Oct 2025

1925 in Forest Grove: Hillside students show up for school to no teacher

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Phone system 'wrecked' by electrical charge

Think your cell coverage is bad? A century ago, "every telephone in Forest Grove was put out of commission" after a freak trolley accident. This and more in the news of a century ago.

By Chas Hundley

/ 26 Sep 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Phone system 'wrecked' by electrical charge

Tuality Plains Outpost plans for trail, meeting place, living history at Forest Grove's edge

Lyle Spiesschaert is setting aside about 25 acres of his family farm with a vision of a heritage center and event space celebrating and honoring rural western Washington County's agricultural industry and the community's history.

By Chas Hundley

/ 22 Sep 2025

Tuality Plains Outpost plans for trail, meeting place, living history at Forest Grove's edge

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: 'Huge Egg' in Dilley

A "Huge Egg" from a Dilley farm "is attracting attention," in the news of 1925. This and more clips from the news of a century ago showcasing film, society, Pacific University news, hunting season, and agriculture.

By Chas Hundley

/ 17 Sep 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: 'Huge Egg' in Dilley

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Pacific University writer urges construction of Wilson River route

A route connecting Forest Grove and Tillamook via Gales Creek: "The Wilson river road must be put over."

By Chas Hundley

/ 10 Sep 2025

Column | 1925 in Forest Grove: Pacific University writer urges construction of Wilson River route

The Tillamook Burn began 92 years ago to the day

Ninety-two years ago on Aug. 14, 1933 a logging crew at the end of a railroad spur in the upper reaches of the Gales Creek Watershed sparked a wildfire. That spark became the Tillamook Burn.

By Chas Hundley

/ 14 Aug 2025

The Tillamook Burn began 92 years ago to the day

1925 in Gales Creek: Gales Creek schoolchildren judge livestock

In 1925, a group of Gales Creek schoolchildren were the judges of a livestock competition. This and more in the news of a century ago!

By Chas Hundley

/ 14 Aug 2025

1925 in Gales Creek: Gales Creek schoolchildren judge livestock