Category Archives: People

Mollie Miles – The Years After 1945

Posted on March 6, 2015 by GHHP

[Editor: The name “Mollie Miles” was featured in the popular movie of the 2020s: Ford v. Ferrari about the 1960s race car competition. Many visit our website seeking information about this character. This is a different, equally interesting, Mollie Miles.] … Continue reading →

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Carlo Andrew Poutala and Firlock Paints

Posted on March 6, 2015 by GHHP

Carlo lived on SW 78th in Garden Home and manufactured Firlock Paints in his garage. This paint was used on many homes in Garden Home.  The following was his obituary published in the Finnish Brotherhood newsletter.  Reprinted by permission from … Continue reading →

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May 17, 2014 Armed Forces Day celebration

Posted on May 17, 2014 by GHHP

On May 17, 2014, the Garden Home History Project hosted a celebration of Armed Forces Day at the Garden Home Recreation Center. The event included a formal color guard presentation by the Aloha American Legion Post, introductions of attending veterans … 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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Dick Vonada

Posted on November 23, 2013 by GHHP

The Most Awful Class at Garden Home School Our home was on SW 83rd, which was then called Orchard because of the apple and peach orchards growing along each side of the lane. My parents moved here from Portland in … 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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Bernie Rice recalls working at Whitney’s Cannery

Posted on November 22, 2013 by GHHP

Bernie Rice worked at the Whitney Cannery the two summer seasons after he graduated from Beaverton High School in 1962. The tasks varied but primarily he worked as a “cook.”  This meant he was involved in the actual processing of the food, … Continue reading →

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Past Pastors of Garden Home Community Churches

Posted on November 21, 2013 by GHHP
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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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