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Tag Archives: Throckmorton store
Lumen H. Nichols and Ann M. Nichols
The circa 1890s photo of the first general store and post office in Garden Home shows Mr. Lumen H. Nichols standing against the picket fence. The building has a cough remedy poster and a typical “Wanted” poster attached to … Continue reading
Posted in Early History, People
Tagged Crescent Grove, Jager, Nichols, post office, Throckmorton store, Upchurch, White store
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Memoir of Dorothy Lois Upchurch (1919-2009)
This story about the Upchurch family was sent to us by Dorinda Troutman, from her home in Hamilton, Montana. Her mother Dorothy Lois Upchurch Hogue Bates was a teenager and young woman when her parents Theresa Boyd Upchurch and her … Continue reading
Posted in Memoirs, People
Tagged Jager, Meier & Frank, Nichols, T.E. Hills, Throckmorton store, Troutman, Upchurch, White store
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Garden Home Post Office
History of the Garden Home Post Office By Elaine Shreve [2019 Update: The historic Post Office safe from the 1968-1992 location was recently found and relocated to the Garden Home Growlers inside the Garden Home Market Place.] Brief history of … Continue reading
Posted in Early History, Historic Events, Places
Tagged Jager, Nelson, Nichols, post office, Scherner, Throckmorton store, Upchurch
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History of Garden Home written by students in 1962
The following Garden Home history was written by seventh grade students in 1962. It was apparently presented publicly by the PTA at a Founder’s Day event, 1964. We have an original quite faded copy with the name Dorothy Meisner at … Continue reading
Posted in Early History, Homes, Memoirs, School
Tagged Garden Home School, Jager, Johnson, Marugg, Nichols, Red & White Store, Throckmorton store, trains, White store
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Darrell MacKay
My father, Rod MacKay, was a custodian at Garden Home School. When the Throckmorton store was starting to burn someone called our house and asked if Dad could get the fire hoses from the school and try to put the … Continue reading
Carolyn Ernstrom Welch
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
Garden Home Church and Community History Speech, 1994
This speech was given by Elaine Shreve on June 5, 1994 at the closing of the Garden Home Community United Methodist Church. This church was located at 7650 SW 81st street. This church has always been an important part of … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Historic Events
Tagged Methodist Church, Nichols, parrot, Throckmorton store, Upchurch
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Don Smith
[Editor’s note: Don passed away in April, 2022, read his obituary here.] March 29, 2010, Rev. 2012 Don Smith is a retired golf pro who worked at the Portland Golf Club, Golf Land, Eastmoreland Golf course and at the national … Continue reading
Posted in Early History, Memoirs, People
Tagged baseball, golf, post office, Scherner, Smith, Throckmorton store
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The Newton Boys
The Newtons: Growing Up With Garden Home Gladys and Albert Newton and their seven boys moved to Garden Home in the early fall of 1935. Their eldest, Donal McIntosh, Gladys’ son by a previous marriage, was in his last years at … Continue reading
Posted in Memoirs, People
Tagged Jaeger, Jager, Johnson, Newton, Porshman, Throckmorton store
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Clark Stephens
[Editor: Clark passed on September 1, 2019, see also the obituary for Clark Stephens.] My parents Noble and Bessie (Elizabeth) Stephens moved to Garden Home in 1928. They both were going to business school in Portland. They and friends would go camping … Continue reading
Posted in Historic Events, Memoirs, People, School
Tagged baseball, golf, parrot, Red & White Store, Steele, Stephens, SW 78th Ave, Throckmorton store, trains
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