Category Archives: People

Carolyn Ernstrom Welch

Posted on November 22, 2012 by GHHP

About 1950 through 1957 In my experience, having lived in Garden Home in 1950 when I was eight years of age, and then again in 1955 through the summer of 1958, when I was twelve through fifteen years old, the … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Sharon Wilcox

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

Sharon Wilcox was an active participant in the CPO, a Citizen’s Participation Organization developed by Washington County. She lived for almost 40 years in West Slope and actively participated in CPO #3, which includes Garden Home, Raleigh Hills and West Slope. … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Johnson: Garden Home Recollections

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

[Editor: Dorothy passed away in 2022. Read her obituary.] Arrival in Oregon: Pioneers looking for new land and new opportunities describes my family’s arrival in Garden Home in 1941. My father, Gust, mother Jean, sister Shirley and I left Superior, Wisconsin … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Tate family

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

Shirley Dickson remembers the Tate family who lived next door on Shirley Lane. A couple of things about Toad Tate. As you probably know, that was the nickname for Lyle Jr,. It was something about how he liked to swim. … Continue reading →

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Lyle “Toad” Tate

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

The following story about Lyle Tate is reprinted from the Nov. 11, 1997 Oregonian newspaper. The author Norm Maves, Jr. and the Oregonian newspaper has given permission for this reprinting. Lyle Tate lived at 7560 SW Shirley Lane, near the intersection, … Continue reading →

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