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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