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Westgard Avenue – A Short History Of SW 87th Avenue from Garden Home Road to Alden Street

Posted on November 25, 2013 by

Compiled by Anne Hanford Olson With special contributors Dan Nebert, Carol Sturtevant Pratt and Nancy Sturtevant Dachtler Revised March 2014 The Atfalatis Hunt and Gather Here For 10,000 years, native people called Atfalatis, a band of the Kalapuya, inhabited our area. … Continue reading →

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Bette Waldele Sturtevant

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

Bette shared these memories with us on her 92nd birthday, October 20, 2012, when she attended the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Garden Home Elementary School. Interviewed by Patsy VandeVenter and Katherine McDonald. I lived in Garden Home while … Continue reading →

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Henry Sturtevant Family

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Henry and Carol Sturtevant and their three children Carol Jean, Bob and Nancy moved to Garden Home in 1946. They lived at 7575 SW 87th Ave., just south of Garden Home Road on 87th, previously called Westgard. They purchased the home from … Continue reading →

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