Category Archives: Early History

Early history of Garden Home prior to 1900.

The other “Garden Home Road”

Posted on April 4, 2016 by GHHP

While searching the University of Oregon’s 1846-2015 database of Oregon newspapers for interesting Garden Home stories, we stumbled across a tragic story on the front page of the November 2, 1903 Morning Oregonian (PDF) about a 1903 Halloween-night slaying near Bertha…on the … Continue reading →

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The Otto Arndt Story

Posted on February 22, 2016 by GHHP

This complete biography of Otto Arndt and his family was submitted to us by Donna Oliver, his daughter, 2016. Donna gave us the huge cache of aerial photos and negatives of Garden Home and Washington County towns that her father, … Continue reading →

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Otto Arndt – 1950s Aerial Photos of Garden Home

Posted on December 15, 2015 by GHHP

See Historic Aerial Photos Garden Home. See 1936 Aerial Photos of Garden Home area by Army Corps of Engineers. See USGS historic aerial photography. October 2015:  Donna Arndt Oliver, daughter of Otto Arndt, has given us a large collection of Washington County aerial photos and … Continue reading →

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Olive Philena Oleson and Lillian Oleson Harris Ruhl

Posted on November 25, 2013 by GHHP

Olive Philena Oleson 1891-1985 and Lillian Oleson Harris Ruhl 1893-1995 Talking over old times . . . Of the eight children born to Ole and Polly Oleson, the sisters Lillian and Olive may have been the most adventurous. Lillian, two … Continue reading →

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Henry and Elizabeth Tucker

Posted on November 23, 2013 by GHHP

HENRY TUCKER and WILLIAM CLEMMENS LAND CLAIMS Henry and Elizabeth Tucker, along with the youngest 5 of their 6 children and Elizabeth’s father, Samuel McKay came to Oregon as part of a wagon train in 1852.  The southern section of … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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History of Garden Home written by students in 1962

Posted on November 18, 2013 by GHHP

The following Garden Home history  was written by seventh grade students  in 1962.  It was apparently presented publicly by the PTA at a Founder’s Day event, 1964.   We have an original quite faded copy with the name Dorothy Meisner at … Continue reading →

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