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May 21, 2017 Crescent Grove Cemetery Tour

We enjoyed our May 21 tour of early Garden Home pioneer graves at the Crescent Grove Cemetery. A beautiful day, four guides reviewed the histories of over two dozen of our brave pioneers, most of whom came out on the Oregon … Continue reading

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August 2017 News

Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People and Places pages, you’ll find over a hundred stories and over a thousand photos of vintage Garden Home and residents attending our events. Upcoming Events Monday, September 11, 6:30 PM: 30-minute … Continue reading

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History of the Alpenrose Dairy

Adapted by Elaine Shreve from the Portland Tribune story of June 2, 2017, written by Jim Redden (Pamplin Media Group). This story used with author permission, June 2, 2017. Alpenrose is the oldest family-owned dairy in Oregon. It was named … Continue reading

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Photos from the Five Oaks Museum

We recently acquired a trove of historical photos of Garden Home courtesy of the Five Oaks Museum (formerly the Washington County Museum). We’re still working on stories for some of these photos, but we’re too excited about them to not … Continue reading

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T. E. Hills (U.S. Civil War veteran)

The name of Mr. T.E. Hills comes up in various accounts of early Garden Home. He lived in the older two-story blue house (Dickson home) on Oleson Road at Shirley Lane, 7730 SW Oleson Road, back in the early 1900s. His … Continue reading

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