Author Archives: GHHP

Garden Home Post Office

Posted on November 21, 2013 by GHHP

History of the Garden Home Post Office By Elaine Shreve [2019 Update: The historic Post Office safe from the 1968-1992 location was recently found and relocated to the Garden Home Growlers inside the Garden Home Market Place.] Brief history of … Continue reading →

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The Garden Home Community Library Association

Posted on November 21, 2013 by GHHP

Garden Home Community Library Association is incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit public benefit corporation with the purpose of operating and supporting the mission of the Garden Home Community Library. The Board carries full legal responsibility for the nonprofit corporation and … Continue reading →

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Garden Home Extension Study Group

Posted on November 21, 2013 by GHHP

Extension study groups are an outgrowth of educational programs established as part of the Morrill Act of 1862 that provided for the building of land grant colleges in each state.  In 1914 the Extension Services were developed to disseminate the knowledge … Continue reading →

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Dan Nebert’s recollection of Green Bonneville

Posted on November 21, 2013 by GHHP

Not related to Garden Home per se, but I have two VERY strong childhood visions.  Both of these are because my father had worked as an electrician on both the Bonneville Dam, then later on the McNary Dam (further upstream on the Columbia)… … Continue reading →

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History of the Historic Oregon Electric Railway Segment of the Fanno Creek Trail

Posted on November 19, 2013 by GHHP

In 1847, a pioneer from Missouri named Augustus Fanno journeyed to the Oregon territory. He traveled the Tualatin Plains Indian Trail searching for land for a homestead. He eventually chose a spot not far from Garden Home with fertile lowlands … Continue reading →

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Eickmeyer Red & White store on Greenburg Rd

Posted on November 19, 2013 by GHHP

The railroad tracks of the early 1900s separated at Garden Home with one set of tracks going west to Beaverton and the other going south to Tigard and McMinnville. This Red & White store was at the Greenburg Station, on … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman

Posted on November 19, 2013 by GHHP

Update: Bob passed away February 22, 2016. Click here to read his obituary. Back in the 1940s, you might have seen young Bob Feldman riding his bike home from Garden Home School precariously toting a pail of slop from the cafeteria to … Continue reading →

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Fanno Creek Dairy – Blotters

Posted on November 19, 2013 by GHHP

Blotter advertisements for the Fanno Creek Dairy. Blotters were commonly used when people used wet ink fountain pens. Bob Feldman grew up on this property which was about 55 acres north from Garden Home Road from 87th to 92nd.  They delivered milk to … Continue reading →

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Fanno Creek Dairy drawing, photographs

Posted on November 19, 2013 by GHHP

Photographs from Bob Feldman’s family As described in Bob Feldman’s story, he grew up on the Fanno Creek Dairy Farm which was about 55 acres south of Garden Home Road at 88th.  When Bob’s grandparents deeded the property to their … Continue reading →

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Charles and Musetta Adams

Posted on November 19, 2013 by GHHP

Memoirs from an afternoon visit with Culmer “John” Adams and his wife Lucille Family Charles’ father came out first and got a job at the freight depot. About a year later, the rest of the family followed. Charles, the grandfather, worked for … Continue reading →

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