Author Archives: GHHP

Winter 2012 News

Posted on December 14, 2012 by GHHP

New Stories New Stories: We’re working on the stories that were shared at the transcribers’ table at the Centennial event, polishing, getting more information, etc. Many should be posted by December, 2012. More recent stories on website include: Remembering: Clark … Continue reading →

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2013 Historic Garden Home Neighborhoods Calendar

Posted on November 25, 2012 by GHHP

This keepsake calendar is filled with vintage Garden Home photos and memoirs. You’ll also find out how a number of streets got their names. Find the neighborhoods you played in. This keepsake calendar, our second edition of our Garden Home … Continue reading →

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Don Sprague memoir

Posted on November 22, 2012 by GHHP

Don Sprague memoir dictated at the 2012 Garden Home Centennial I enjoyed living here. Enjoyed the winters at school because we had recess in the gym, and the basement, played wall ball. I graduated in 1962…came in the 2nd grade. My dad … Continue reading →

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Ruth Martin’s history of Garden Home (written 1959)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by GHHP

This history of Garden Home was written by Ruth Martin, wife of Plez Martin.  It was included in the Washington County Extension book of 1959 celebrating Oregon’s 100 years of statehood: A Centennial History of Washington County, Oregon. It is … Continue reading →

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Rummer Homes, Paul Herman

Posted on November 22, 2012 by GHHP

In 1968, Polly and I left the four kids back east with their grandma, and came out to Oregon to look for housing. We spent several days, looked at a variety of homes, and decided that none of them was for … Continue reading →

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