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May 2021 News

Posted on April 29, 2021 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: Garden Home Extension Group gavels, 1953 Community Church parsonage consecration, more historic names for local Garden Home streets, Remember series entry, Discover Garden Home series entry, April 2021 Gazette. Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. … Continue reading →

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October 2019 News

Posted on October 15, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: October 5 bell ringing, Lamb’s Thriftway closure, visit by famed organist and daughter of Dorothy Johnson, Dorothy Papadakos, and more favorite teacher recollections. Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People and Places pages, … Continue reading →

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September 2019 News

Posted on September 12, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: August 24 Recreation Center Mini-Market, September 9 Show & Tell, Lamb’s Thriftway closure, and more favorite teacher recollections. Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People and Places pages, you’ll find almost two hundred … Continue reading →

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August 2019 News

Posted on August 2, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: upcoming the August 24 Recreation Center Mini-Market, September 9 Show & Tell, photos of the June 10 Nordia House event, and recollections about a favorite teacher, Virgil Pearce. Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In … Continue reading →

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June 2019 News

Posted on May 15, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: upcoming the June 10 Swedish immigrant presentation by Ross Fogelquist (at Nordia House), and the June 29 Grand Opening of the expanded Garden Home Community Library. Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People … Continue reading →

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April 2019 News

Posted on March 25, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: upcoming April 8 Korean Society presentation (at the Recreation Center), April 18 Historic Post Office Safe presentation (at Garden Home Growlers). Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People and Places pages, you’ll find … Continue reading →

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January 30, 2019 Move of the Historic Post Office Safe

Posted on February 4, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

Garden Home History was offered the historic safe from the old Garden Home Post Office location prior to the Post Office moving to its current location inside the Garden Home Market Place (formerly Lamb’s Thriftway). Huge, ugly, locked, no combination, … Continue reading →

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February 2019 News

Posted on January 26, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

In this edition: March 11 presentation on website, moving the old post office safe, Rep. Schouten newsletter, and historical re-enactment events. Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People and Places pages, you’ll find almost two hundred … Continue reading →

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January 8, 2019 – Historical Reenactment

Posted on January 15, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

The Beaverton Historical Society invited us to participate with them and the Friends of Historic Forest Grove for a reenactment of historical figures from our histories. Patsy VandeVenter and Elaine Shreve presented a portion of the history of Margaret Simmons … Continue reading →

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January 2019 News

Posted on January 3, 2019 by gardenhomehistoryproject

Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People and Places pages, you’ll find almost two hundred stories and over fifteen hundred photos of vintage Garden Home and residents attending our events. Upcoming Events Hello Garden Home Friends – … Continue reading →

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