January 9th – Today in Oregon History
January 9th – Today in Oregon History 1880 – The Great Gale devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with heavy snow and high speed winds.
Found Photo: A. N. Morris and Family
Found Photo: A. N. Morris and Family Or possibly A. M. Morris? I can’t tell for sure. This was a thrift store find that cost like a buck. The name...
Pacific Northwest Genealogy Resources – Washington
Pacific Northwest Genealogy Resources – Washington Book Name General 1906 – Waiilatpu -(Whitman College in Walla Walla) 1936 – Pioneer (Yearbook for Naches High School) 1946 – Tyee (Volume 47)...
Capitol’s Who’s Who for Oregon – 1953
Capitol’s “Who’s Who” For Oregon – 1953 – Combined with Who’s Who for the Western States The Who’s Who books are advertised as “Biographical Recording of the Leaders in Business,...
Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon
Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon Dating from 1903, and published by the Chapman Publishing Company is a short history of important people in Oregon history much...
Felix G. Iman – Stevenson Washington
Felix G. Iman – Stevenson Washington Traveling through Skamania County Recently, and stopping at the excellent Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, revealed a number of interesting local history connections. One of...
Iman Cemetery
Iman Cemetery The Iman Cemetery is in Stevenson Washington. It was established near the North East Corner of the Iman Donation Land Claim in 1901 as the family plot of...
USS Benton County (LST-263) (1943-1958)
USS Benton County (LST-263) was one of several Landing ships built during WWII, named after locations in the Pacific Northwest. Like the rest of the LST, it wasn’t directly named...
Wheatridge Washington Ghost Town?
Name: Wheatridge Class: C2 GPS: 47.612325, -118.721406 ? Directions: There are three points of interest that seem to be part of Wheatridge. From Wilbur Washington head 7.8 miles south on...
Telford Washington, Central Washington Agricultural Ghost Town
Name: Telford Class: H2 GPS: 47.694141, -118.407965 Directions: Head west along US Highway 2 from Davenport Washington. At 13 miles take a left on to Telford Road. The town was...
Farmer Washington
Name: Farmer Class: C2 GPS: 47.612752, -119.813885 Directions: From Wenatchee head north along US Route 2 which parallels the Columbia River. At the town of Orondo Route 2 takes a...
Ghost Town of Hite Washington
Name: Hite Class: A2 GPS: 47.664381, -117.778262 Directions: Hite is about about six miles west of Fairchild Air Force Base. Head west along Highway US-2. Take a right onto S...
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