Category Archives: People

Nancy Donner

Posted on January 24, 2018 by GHHP

[Editor: Nancy passed in 2022. See the obituary for Nancy Donner.] Nancy and William (Bill) Donner moved to the Garden Home area in 1967 when Bill was transferred with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers from Walla Walla, Washington. Their … Continue reading →

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Mary Helen Himes Koeber

Posted on December 19, 2017 by GHHP

Mary Helen Himes Koeber (1913-2017) [Update: Mary Helen passed away on May 7, 2017. She was a beautician and opened the first beauty shop in Beaverton. She attended Garden Home and Hillsboro grade schools, graduating from Lincoln High School in … Continue reading →

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Fanno family biography

Posted on October 7, 2017 by GHHP

Fanno is an important name here in our southwest Portland community. The Fanno Creek Trail follows the historic Oregon Electric Railroad track bed that crosses Fanno Creek. The trail then connects to the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District’s (THPRD) … Continue reading →

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Photos from the Five Oaks Museum

Posted on June 8, 2017 by GHHP

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)

Posted on May 14, 2017 by GHHP

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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