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March 2024 UPDATE – Garden Home History

Posted on February 29, 2024 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: The Big Freeze of January 2024, February 2024 Gazette newsletter, Alpenrose property turned over to developers, Our History Corner, Garden Home Community Library – Garden Home Cooks, Early 1900s, Kit Bowen, Chapter Two, Memorial for former Garden … Continue reading →

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Don Dunbar obituary

Posted on February 25, 2024 by gardenhomehistoryproject

April 3, 1927 to January 31, 2024 Donald Ferguson Dunbar was born April 3, 1927, in his parents’ Buckhorn ranch home, Condon, Ore., and passed away Jan. 31, 2024, at home in Bethany at the age of 96. Donald began … Continue reading →

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Wobbling Into My Past by Kit Bowen

Posted on February 20, 2024 by gardenhomehistoryproject

[Wobbling Into My Past by Kit Bowen was submitted to us via gardenhomehistory@gmail.com on February 1st, 2024. Thanks for this new chapter, Kit! You can read Kit’s first chapter Kit Bowen.] Obviously Thomas Wolfe had never been to Garden Home … Continue reading →

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November 2023 UPDATE – Garden Home History

Posted on November 6, 2023 by gardenhomehistoryproject

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 … Continue reading →

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October 2023 UPDATE – Garden Home History

Posted on October 12, 2023 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: Library display of Kent Haley watercolors depicting the Oregon Electric Railway – September 30, 2023, November is Indigenous People’s Month, Donors, History Corner Display, Garden Home History Timeline, Early Grocery and Retail Stores, In Memoriam: Patrick Michael … Continue reading →

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