November 2023 UPDATE – Garden Home History

In this edition: Veterans Day bell ringing, History corner display, sports will be the next display’s theme. See the new posts on early Garden Home dairies, and Historic USGS aerial photography.

Hello to our Garden Home History Friends – Good Luck raking up all those leaves and deciding whether to clean out the gutters now or later! We hope you’ll join us to Ring the Historic Bell at Trader Joe’s and honor our veterans and Lyle Tate, our Garden Home soldier who lost his life in Vietnam. The historic old church bell has been ringing in Garden Home for 105 years! As the plaque says “The bell hangs here to recognize its role in the life of the Garden Home community.”

In the People and Places pages, you’ll find over 300 stories, and over 2,500 photos of vintage Garden Home and residents attending our events. To become a subscriber, email us at GardenHomeHistory@gmail.com and include your Postal mailing address, or call Marie Pacella at 503-244-5758, or call Elaine Shreve at 503-246-5879. To unsubscribe, reply with unsubscribe in the subject line.

We Rang The Bell – November 11, 2023

For the full gallery of 130+ photos of our bell ringers, see November 11, 2023 Veteran’s Day bell ringing at Trader Joe’s.

We rang the bell to remember our Veterans on the 11 month, 11th day and at 11 am, recalling the Armistice. We remembered all the veterans including Lyle “Toad” Tate, the Garden Home Marine killed in Vietnam. The bell at Trader Joe’s has rung in Garden Home for 105 years to announce and remember significant events in Garden Home.

Thanks to Mark Sakamoto, Trader Joe’s manager, for housing the bell and the plaques remembering the bell’s history and Lyle Tate. He, the staff, and our Garden Home History people worked the event and tolerated two hours of bell ringing! Tell them thanks! And thanks always to our veterans for their service for all of us.

History corner display

2023-11 Indigenous People display – whole cabinet

This display in our Garden Home Library features November’s Indigenous Peoples month with those Atfalati Kalapuya who lived here and more. An Oklahoma newspaper in the Cherokee language and Cherokee items from our own Sharon Vedder, a Registered Cherokee. Note the QR code on the paper to hear it read in English and Cherokee. Henry Roe Cloud items remember his burial at our Crescent Grove Cemetery and his notable history as a graduate of Yale and his work with the U.S. government protecting the Native Americans.

Our next display’s theme will be sports

Our next display will be sports equipment, sporting events, and local athletes of note. If you have any sports memorabilia, sporting equipment, and stories, please share them with us! Call Elaine Shreve at 503-246-5879.

Early Garden Home Dairies

Fulton Park Dairy in Hillsdale – Delivery fleet circa 1932 or 1933

Shattuck Dairy – hay derrick in field

Peter Gertsch driving a Shattuck Dairy wagon

Check out our recent examination of the dairies in the greater Garden Home area:

Historic USGS aerial photography

1936 Alpenrose

1952-07-02 1ZJ0000010118 Alpenrose

1960-08-01 1VACZ00010124 Alpenrose

1971-09-19 6184003904886 Alpenrose

The US Geologic Survey (USGS) publishes historic aerial photography for Garden Home going back to 1952. We downloaded many USGS aerial photos of the Garden Home area from 1952 to 1975. We also add in comparisons to a 1936 aerial photo from the US Army Corps of Engineers. It’s really interesting stuff, check it out.

See USGS historic aerial photography.

Remember Garden Home!

Tate newspaper article, part 1

Bell plaques at Trader Joe’s

Lyle “Toad” Tate lived at 7560 SW Shirley Lane, near the intersection, along with his sister Christine and his parents Rachel and Lyle George Tate, all deceased. The plaque dedicated to Lyle is in the entrance to Trader Joe’s. Lyle was killed in Vietnam while serving in the US Marine Corps in 1967.

Discover Garden Home!

SW Garden Home Rd crosswalk at SW 84th Ave

There’s a new crosswalk on SW Garden Home Rd at SW 84th Ave. The idea is to connect the Fanno Creek Trail to Garden Home Park via SW 84th Ave. If you press the crosswalk button, flashing lights activate to halt traffic on SW Garden Home Rd.

Get Involved

Visit our Get Involved page to learn about how to get involved:

Our Board of Directors continues their monthly meetings. Call to attend. Current subjects include displays in the Library and bulletin board, Century Homes program, Historic Garden Home street signs, new businesses, our newsletters, program planning with the Garden Home Library, Fanno Creek Trail History Walking Tours, and more! We welcome new volunteers to our committees; let us know your interest. Call Mickey at 503-805-5518 or Esta at 503-246-5758.

Stay safe and well, from all of our dedicated Board of Directors: Mickey Lindsay, Esta Mapes, Sharon Vedder, John and Marie Pacella, Stan and Susan Houseman, Jan Fredrickson, Kevin Mistler, and Elaine Shreve. Tom Shreve is our webmaster.

– Elaine

Elaine Shreve