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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

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Ruth Martin’s history of Garden Home (written 1959)

This history of Garden Home was written by Ruth Martin, wife of Plez Martin.  It was included in the Washington County Extension book of 1959 celebrating Oregon’s 100 years of statehood: A Centennial History of Washington County, Oregon. It is … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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