Author Archives: GHHP

Apr 9, 2011 Crescent Grove Cemetery Tour

Posted on April 19, 2011 by GHHP

The tour will take about one hour. Wear good walking shoes. You’ll hear stories about Margaret Scherner, one of the early Postmistresses. Also the Nichols who developed the first store in the early 1900s and the sad story of their … Continue reading →

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Angie MacKay Fredrickson

Posted on March 22, 2011 by GHHP

March 2011 My mother and father bought an acre and a third on 82nd Avenue, off of Taylors Ferry Road. We had a route number for an address— Rt 6 Box 936 to be exact. My father cleared the land … Continue reading →

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Clark Stephens

Posted on November 22, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Clark passed on September 1, 2019, see also the obituary for Clark Stephens.] My parents Noble and Bessie (Elizabeth) Stephens moved to Garden Home in 1928. They both were going to business school in Portland. They and friends would go camping … Continue reading →

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Vlasta Becvar Barber

Posted on November 22, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Vlasta Nora Barber, age 95, of Tigard, Oregon passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Vlasta was born December 7, 1926 in Maplewood, Oregon.] Garden Home Grade School September 1934 – May 1939 [Editor’s note: Vlasta wrote the following … Continue reading →

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History of Garden Home Community Library

Posted on November 21, 2010 by GHHP

(March, 2003 These notes were taken from review of historical material and old minutes by Elaine Shreve & Polly Herman. 2010 updated information by Elaine Shreve follows.) Briefly: The Garden Home Elementary School, Beaverton School District, closed in 1982 and the … Continue reading →

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The Garden Home Co-op Cannery (early 1940’s-1950)

Posted on November 19, 2010 by GHHP

Garden Home Community Canning Kitchen This collection of photos from the Oregon Historical Society is protected by copyright and is used for scholarly purposes here. Cannery has 1st Birthday! by Elaine Shreve, January 2017 The Oregonian article of July 15, … Continue reading →

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Nov 8, 2010 Garden Home History Project Meeting

Posted on November 19, 2010 by GHHP

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010 Garden Home Recreation Center, 6 pm AGENDA: 1.  Sharing desserts made from vintage recipes and memoirs.  Bring something if you’d like! 2.  Viewing vintage photos that tell the stories about Garden Home.  With commentary. 3.  Discussing how we might celebrate the 100th year … Continue reading →

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Andreas and Magdelana Von Bergen Dairy

Posted on October 23, 2010 by GHHP

Richard Roth and Madeline Benner fondly recall visiting their grandparent’s farm home in Garden Home in the 1930s and 40s. They would travel from their home on Mt. Tabor downtown and then by train out to Garden Home and then … Continue reading →

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Ron and Jewel Lansing

Posted on October 21, 2010 by GHHP

Ron and Jewel Lansing moved to the Garden Home area of Portland in August 1961, where new daughter Annette joined siblings Mark and Alyse. The Lansings purchased a house overlooking Multnomah Boulevard at 7930 SW 62nd Place and lived there for six … Continue reading →

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Oct 16, 2010 Crescent Grove Cemetery Tour

Posted on October 17, 2010 by GHHP

Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 at 1 PM The Garden Home History Project will be conducting a tour of the historic Crescent Grove Cemetery on S.W. Greenburg Road next to Washington Square. The cemetery was established in 1852, and is the oldest … Continue reading →

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