History - News in the Grove (Page 3)

1925 in Forest Grove: Before there was a Verboort Sausage Festival, Chicken was king

The Verboort... Chicken Dinner? You heard me.

By Chas Hundley

/ 23 Jul 2025

1925 in Forest Grove: Before there was a Verboort Sausage Festival, Chicken was king

1925 in Gales Creek: 'A score or more' of Gales Creek farmers plan Tillamook trip for toll road discussion

Gales Creek farmers were deeply invested in a route that would cut from Forest Grove through Gales Creek to Tillamook. Today, portions of that route have become the Wilson River Highway, and Old Wilson River Road in Gales Creek.

By Chas Hundley

/ 23 Jul 2025

1925 in Gales Creek: 'A score or more' of Gales Creek farmers plan Tillamook trip for toll road discussion

1925 in Forest Grove: True crime, 1920s style

A deathbed conversation, a burned will: A trial over the trust of the late Edward Naylor brings out the drama and a former Governor in 1925.

By Chas Hundley

/ 16 Jul 2025

1925 in Forest Grove: True crime, 1920s style

Gales Creek in 1925: Bridge over Gales Creek collapses

"A light truck came close to having a bath, but figuratively writing was able to hold on with its front feet," was the story from a 1925 bridge collapse in Gales Creek.

By Chas Hundley

/ 16 Jul 2025

Gales Creek in 1925: Bridge over Gales Creek collapses

1925 in Gales Creek: Picnics abound and the Valley prepares for becoming a bulb producer

1925 in Gales Creek: Picnics abound and the Valley prepares for becoming a bulb producer.

By Chas Hundley

/ 11 Jul 2025

1925 in Gales Creek: Picnics abound and the Valley prepares for becoming a bulb producer

1925 in Forest Grove: Dilley law student survives earthquake, Forest Grove prepares bulb business

In 1925, the city center of Santa Barbara was destroyed in an earthquake. One Dilley man studying law there survived to tell the tale. Also in this week's column: Bulbs, berries, and baseball.

By Chas Hundley

/ 11 Jul 2025

1925 in Forest Grove: Dilley law student survives earthquake, Forest Grove prepares bulb business

1925 in Forest Grove: 'Council takes drastic protective steps'

A century ago: The city of Forest Grove continues to grapple with a water shortage.

By Chas Hundley

/ 4 Jul 2025

1925 in Forest Grove: 'Council takes drastic protective steps'

1925 in Gales Creek: To avoid European narcissus bulb embargo, Gales Creek farm hosts 'extensive plantings'

Two boilermakers killed enroute to Gales Creek, Gales Creek's Thornburgh property to host "extensive plantings" of narcissus bulbs to avoid European embargo of bulbs and more in this week's dispatched from history.

By Chas Hundley

/ 4 Jul 2025

1925 in Gales Creek: To avoid European narcissus bulb embargo, Gales Creek farm hosts 'extensive plantings'

1925: 'Water shortage threatens Grove'

"Only 18 inches of water in the city reservoir," was the headline on the front page in 1925.

By Chas Hundley

/ 25 Jun 2025

1925: Five-day Chautauqua comes to Forest Grove

"Lectures - Drama - Music - Opera - Travel" was the billing for a five day program of a Chautauqua, a long-forgotten type of celebration popular in the U.S. and Forest Grove until the early 20th century.

By Chas Hundley

/ 20 Jun 2025

1925: Five-day Chautauqua comes to Forest Grove

Gales Creek in 1925: Watts school year comes to a close

In 1925, rural schools dotted the Gales Creek Valley, like the Watts school.

By Chas Hundley

/ 12 Jun 2025

Gales Creek in 1925: Watts school year comes to a close

1925 in Forest Grove: A visiting pigeon is suspected as rum runner accomplice

Even pigeons were suspected as bootleggers in the Forest Grove of 1925.

By Chas Hundley

/ 11 Jun 2025

1925 in Forest Grove: A visiting pigeon is suspected as rum runner accomplice