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Oregon Historical Quarterly Index Local and Forest Grove History May 4, 2015


 * **Date** ||  || **Title** ||   || **Author** ||   || **Vol./No.** ||   || **Page** ||   || **Notes** ||
 * Sept. 1900 ||  || Indian Names ||   || Lyman, H.S. ||   || Vol. 1, No.3 ||   || 323 ||   || Evidence of a Native American village in what is now Forest Grove called "Koot-pahl." Also, Tualatin was "Twhah-la-ti," David's Hill was "Tahm-yahn" and an open spot "up Gales' Creek Valley was Pa-ach-ti." ||
 * Sept. 1901 ||  || Reminiscences of Alanson Hinman ||   || Robertson, James. R. and A. Hinman ||   || Vol. 2, No. 3 ||   || 266-286 ||   || FG Pioneer ||
 * Dec. 1901 ||  || Political History of Oregon ||   || Fenton, Wm. D. ||   || Vol. 2, No. 4 ||   || 353 ||   || Railroad in FG ||
 * Sept. 1902 ||  || Recollections of Grandma Brown ||   || Lyman, H.S. and Jane Kinney Smith ||   || Vol. 3, No.3 ||   || 289 ||   || Mrs. Tabitha Brown, local pioneer, personal memoirs. ||
 * Dec. 1902 ||  || The Oregon Central Railroad. Beginning of Oregon Railroad Development ||   || Gaston, Joseph ||   || Vol. 3, No. 4 ||   || 315-326 ||   || p. 325 ||
 * June 1904 ||  || A Brimfield Heroine -- Mrs. Tabitha Brown ||   ||   ||   || Vol. 5, No. 2 ||   || 199-205 ||   || A letter from 1854, found in 1904. ||
 * June 1905 ||  || Origin of Pacific University ||   || Robertson, James Rood ||   || Vol. 6, No. 2 ||   || 109-146 ||   || "Orphan Asylum," "The present name Forest Grove was given to the prospective town in 1851, in preference to the name Vernon, by the trustees of the academy." ||
 * ||  || Accessions. Documents. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 232 ||   || "Commission issued by James Campbell, Postmaster General, United States of America, to Alvin T. Smith, as postmaster at Tualatin, Washington County (now Forest Grove), April 9, 1853" ||
 * June 1906 ||  || The Genesis of the Oregon Railway System ||   || Gaston, Joseph ||   || Vol. 7, No. 2 ||   || 105-132 ||   || The West Side Road: "branch from the line at Forest Grove through Nehalem..." (119) ||
 * Dec. 1907 ||  || History of Organization of the Oregon State Agricultural Society ||   || Himes, George H. ||   || Vol. 8, No. 4 ||   || 332 ||   || Forest Grove ||
 * March 1912 ||  || A Glimpse into Prehistoric Oregon ||   || McCornack, Ellen Condon ||   || Vol. 13, No. 1 ||   || 3-13 ||   || "In the northern part of this Willamette Sound the Chehalem Mountains formed a fine wooded island from which could be seen the broad bay that covered Tualatin plains, on whose waters one might have sailed more than a hundred feet above the present towns of Forest Grove and Hillsboro." (7). Granite boulders "were dropped into the Willamette Sound (now Tualatin Valley) by melting icebergs." (8) ||
 * Dec. 1914 ||  || History of Astoria Railroad ||   || Scott, Leslie M. ||   || Vol. 15, No. 4 ||   || 223, 230 ||   || Forest Grove ||
 * Sept. 1916 ||  || Correspondence of the Reverend Ezra Fisher: Pioneer Missionary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Oregon ||   || Henderson, Sarah Fisher et. al. ||   || Vol. 17, No. 3 ||   || 270 ||   || "Rode ten miles to Mr. Clark's camp ground, (Note 162: The site of the present Forest Grove)..." ||
 * Sept. 1918 ||  || " (continued) ||   || " ||   || Vol. 19, No. 3 ||   || 236-237 ||   || Forest Grove was called West Tualatin Plains in 1853. Discusses "an open log school (a thing noways uncommon in Oregon)," Tualatin Academy / Congregational Church. Also there is evidence that the Reverend baptized parishioners in Gale's Creek. ||
 * June 1919 ||  || History of the Narrow Gauge Railroad in the Willamette Valley ||   || Scott, Leslie M. ||   || Vol. 20, No. 2 ||   || 141-158 ||   || Joseph Gaston "promoted Portland-Forest Grove railroad in 1867-70," pledging his own land to support the project (143). Had inadequate financial resources, taken over by Scotch capitalists. ||
 * June 1919 ||  || Beginnings of Christianity in Oregon ||   || Himes, George H. ||   || Vol. 20, No. 2 ||   || 159-172 ||   || Forest Grove ||
 * March 1920 ||  || Pacific University ||   || Bates, Henry L. ||   || Vol.21, No.1 ||   ||   ||   || Pacific U history ||
 * June 1923 ||  || Reminiscences of James E.R. Harrell ||   || Lockley, Fred ||   || Vol. 24, No. 2 ||   || 186-192 ||   || Lockley is a local author, and Mr. Harrell lived in FG for a bit. ||
 * Sept. 1923 ||  || John Work's Journey from Fort Vancouver to Umpqua River, and Return, in 1834. ||   || Work, John and Leslie M. Scott ||   || Vol. 24, No. 3 ||   || 238-268 ||   || Dairy Creek, Scoggins Valley, Dilley, Gale's Creek, Forest Grove. ||
 * Sept. 1924 ||  || The History of the Oregon and California Railroad ||   || Ganoe, John Tilson ||   || Vol. 25, No. 3 ||   || 236-283 ||   || West Side Company obtained a grant from Congress, featuring "right of way one hundred feet wide from Forest Grove to Astoria" (258). Joseph Gaston helped West Side Company get the grant, which was "dependent upon the amount of road constructed... the road was built from Portland to Forest Grove..." (262). ||
 * Sept. 1925 ||  || The Newspapers of Oregon 1846-1870 ||   || Ludington, Flora Belle ||   || Vol. 26, No. 3 ||   || 229-262 ||   || Evidence that the first FG newspaper was called //Forest Grove Monthly// ("Independent paper first issues in June, 1864.") (239). ||
 * March 1926 ||  || Oregon Geographic Names ||   || McArthur, Lewis A. ||   || Vol. 27, No. 1 ||   || 145 ||   || "CARNATION, Washington County. The post office just south of Forest Grove was established May 20, 1905, with Clarence L. Bump first postmaster. It was so named because the Carnation Milk Products Company formerly had a condensery near the place, and Mr. Bump's store where the post office was located was the Carnation store." ||
 * Sept. 1927 ||  || Oregon Geographic Names ||   || McArthur, Lewis A. ||   || Vol. 28, No. 3 ||   || 291 ||   || Forest Grove ||
 * Sept. 1929 ||  || Oregon's Provisional Government, 1843-49 ||   || Scott, Leslie M. ||   || Vol. 30, No. 3 ||   || 207-217 ||   || Alvin T. Smith ||
 * June 1932 ||  || Lutheran Education in Oregon ||   || Simon, Martin P. ||   || Vol. 33, No. 2 ||   || 164-168 ||   || Cornelius, 164-165. ||
 * March 1934 ||  || Historic American Buildings Survey ||   || Parker, Jamieson ||   || Vol. 35, No. 1 ||   || 32-41 ||   || p. 36 ||
 * Sept. 1938 ||  || The Wascopam Mission ||   || Hillgen, Marcella M. ||   || Vol. 39, No. 3 ||   || 222-234 ||   || Alvin T. Smith ||
 * March 1940 ||  || Necrology (Obituaries) ||   ||   ||   || Vol. 41, No. 1 ||   || 114 ||   || "Dilley, Allan Sherman, Forest Grove, December 28, 1939, 73, born at Forest Grove. The town of Dilley was named for his family." ||
 * Dec. 1943 ||  || Oregon Geographic Names: Fifth Supplement ||   || McArthur, Lewis A. ||   || Vo. 44, No. 4 ||   || 344 ||   || "DAIRY CREEK, Washington County. Dairy Creek and its tributaries are an important part of the Tualatin River drainage. The main stream is formed by two long branches with join a few miles northeast of Forest Grove. West Fork Dairy Creek rises near Buxton and East Fork Dairy Creek rises in the extreme south part of Columbia County north of Mountaindale. ||
 * " ||  || Early Electric Interurbans in Oregon: II. The Oregon Electric and Southern Pacific Systems ||   || Mills, Randall V. ||   || " ||   || 386-410 ||   || trains in FG ||
 * June 1945 ||  || Recent History of Oregon's Electric Interurbans ||   || Mills, Randall V. ||   || Vol. 46, No. 2 ||   || 112-139 ||   || see pg. 124 ||
 * March 1946 ||  || Oregon Geographic Names: Additions since 1944 ||   || McArthur, Lewis A. ||   || Vol. 47, No. 1 ||   || 61-96 ||   || "THATCHER, Washington County: Thatcher is a cross-roads community about three miles northwest of Forest Grove and close to the northeast slope of David Hill. The place was named for Harmon and Jemima Thatcher who took up a homestead in the locality in early pioneer days. THe Thatchers were married in Indiana in 1847 and came to Oregon soon afterward, but the writer does not know the exact year. Thatcher post office was established August 3, 1895, with Thomas J. Clark first postmaster. The office was closed August 21, 1902" p. 95 ||
 * Sept. 1959 ||  || News Notes ||   ||   ||   || Vol. 60, No. 3 ||   || 424 ||   || "William Geiger, Jr., early Forest Grove settler, is the subject of 'Experience of Pioneer Retained in PU Museum'" (//News Times//, 21 May 1959). ||
 * March 1962 ||  || After the Covered Wagons: Recollections of Russell C. and Ellis S. Dement ||   || Jackman, E.R.; Russell C. Dement and Ellis S. Dement ||   || Vol. 63, No. 1 ||   || 4-40 ||   || pg. 32, Gales Creek and Forest Grove. ||
 * March 1970 ||  || Economic Importance of Early Transcontinental Railroads: Pacific Northwest ||   || Cochran, John S. ||   || Vol. 71, No. 1 ||   || 26-98 ||   ||   ||
 * Dec. 1975 ||  || Recent Items of Interest: Land Of Tuality, Washington County, Oregon, Vol. I ||   || Washington County Historical Society ||   || Vol. 76, No. 4 ||   || 381 ||   || Review of book by WCHS. Book includes a biographical sketch of Meek, material of the Gaston Congregational Church. ||
 * March 1976 ||  || Letter from a Hiker ||   || Lomax, Alfred L. ||   || Vol. 77, No. 1 ||   || 67-71 ||   || The hiker's starting point is Forest Grove. ||
 * Fall, 1985 ||  || Portland: Wells Fargo's Hub for the Pacific Northwest ||   || Jackson, W. Turrentine ||   || Vol. 86, No. 3 ||   || 229-266 ||   || Forest Grove Wells Fargo office p. 256 ||
 * Summer 1986 ||  || Organized for free thought in Oregon: The Oregon State Secular Union ||   || Brandt, Patricia ||   || Vol. 87, No. 2 ||   || 173 ||   || Forest Grove ||
 * Winter 1990 ||  || The Two Lives of John Smith Griffin ||   || Richardson, Steven W. ||   || Vol. 91, No. 4 ||   || 341-370 ||   || Congregational Church founding ||
 * Spring 1993 ||  || Oregon Photography: The First Fifty Years ||   || Toedtemeier, Terry ||   || Vol. 94, No. 1 ||   || 36-76 ||   || p. 58 ||
 * Winter 1997/1998 ||  || Through the Lens of Assimilation: Edwin L. Chalcraft and Chemawa Indian School ||   || Collins, Cary C. ||   || Vol. 98, No. 4 ||   || 390-425 ||   || Chemawa Indian School history ||
 * Winter 1999 ||  || Hunting Reds in Oregon, 1935-1939 ||   || Murrell, Gary ||   || Vol. 100, No. 4 ||   || 374-401 ||   || Gaston Mill Strike p. 383 ||
 * Winter 2000 ||  || The Broken Crucible of Assimilation: Forest Grove Indian School and the Origins of Off-Reservation Boarding-School Education in the West ||   || Collins, Cary C. ||   || Vol.101, No.4 ||   || 466-507 ||   || Chemawa Indian School history ||
 * Winter 2000 ||  || The Evolution of Chemawa Indian School: From Red River to Salem, 1825-1885 ||   || Reddick, SuAnn M. ||   || Vol.101, No.4 ||   || 444-465 ||   || Chemawa Indian School history ||
 * Winter 2000 ||  || Forest Grove and Chemawa Indian School: The First Off-Reservation Boarding School in the West ||   || Reddick, SuAnn M. ||   || Vol.101, No. 4 ||   || 442-443 ||   || Chemawa Indian School history ||
 * Spring 2001 ||  || To Seek, Suffer, and Trust: Ascetic Devotion in a Modern Church on the Frontier ||   || Thomas, David C. ||   || Vol. 102, No. 1 ||   || 48-71 ||   || p. 50, 70-71 ||
 * Fall 2001 ||  || The Good Fight: Forest Fire Protection and the Pacific Northwest ||   || Robbins, William G. ||   || Vol. 102, No. 3 ||   || 270-289 ||   || "In 1933, a dragline snapped at the Gales Creek logging camp, creating a spark that started a fire in the Tillamook Forest in northwestern Oregon."(270) ||
 * Fall 2005 ||  || The Stevens Treaties of 1854-1855 ||   || Richards, Kent ||   || Vol. 106, No. 3 ||   || 342-350 ||   || p. 348 ||
 * Winter 2006 ||  || Telling Stories, Building Altars: Mexican American Women's Altars in Oregon ||   || Ricciardi, Gabriella ||   || Vol. 107, No 4 ||   || 536-552 ||   || Maria Angel in FG ||
 * Summer 2007 ||  || Oregon Places: John Charles Olmsted and Campus Design in Oregon ||   || Hockaday, Joan ||   || Vol. 108, No. 2 ||   || 278-293 ||   || Pacific University ||
 * Fall 2007 ||  || Oregon Voices: George Atkinson, Harvey Scott, and the Portland High School Controversy of 1880 ||   || Sevetson, Donald J. ||   || Vol. 108, No. 3 ||   || 458-473 ||   || p. 460 ||
 * Summer 2008 ||  || The Fruits of Her Labor: Women, Children, and Progressive Era Reformers in the Pacific Northwest Canning Industry ||   || Hall, Greg ||   || Vol. 109, No. 2 ||   || 226-251 ||   || Canning history in FG and county. ||
 * Summer 2010 ||  || Connecting Oregon: The Slow Road to Rapid Communications, 1843-2009 ||   || Dillow, Frank ||   || Vol. 111, No. 2 ||   || 184-219 ||   || "The 'father of the independent [//non- Bell//] telephone system" in Oregon, Samuel Grant Hughes constructed a primitive telephone switchboard and began the Independent Telephone Company of Forest Grove in 1884, ten years before the Bell patents expired. By 1908...his company served seven hundred customers in Forest Grove, Cornelius, Banks and Gales Creek." (198) ||
 * Fall 2011 ||  || Building an Alternative: People's Food Cooperative in Southeast Portland ||   || Brown, Marc D. ||   || Vol. 112, No. 3 ||   || 298-321 ||   || FG and Buxton mentioned in foot notes about other cooperatives in the metro area. First, there was a food-buying club in Buxton in 1971. It turned into the Hope Neighborhood Food Cooperative in 1973. In 1977, it moved to Forest Grove and became the After Hope Neighborhood Food Co-op. They closed in 1987. ||