Turn-of-the-Century+Businesses

According to newspaper articles in the Hatchet (1895) and Argus (1898), businesses in Forest Grove were thriving in our "Lively and Progressive College City."(1)

Photos of early businesses can be found of:
 * I.L. Smith & Sons - Sash & Door Factory, Main & 19th (NE Corner) - Photo

Here is an alphabetical list of "leading Forest Grove business houses" c.1895 (2):


 * || **Business Name** ||  || **"Representative"** || **Description** ||
 * || Bank of Forest Grove ||  || Ora Beal ||   ||
 * || Blaker's second hand store ||  || Chas. Dolstrum ||   ||
 * || Brown the painter ||  || Arthur Parker ||   ||
 * || Boos & Heitzhausen's store ||  || Lula Johnson ||   ||
 * || The Bowlby pharmacy ||  || Ida Hatzel || "Mrs. Hiatt's millinery parlors." ||
 * || Caples & Thomas ||  || Nora Langley || "cash store" ||
 * || Christian chruch V.P.S.C.E. ||  || Miss Dolstrum ||   ||
 * || Christian church jr. V.P.S.C.E. ||  || Amie Gray ||   ||
 * || Cornelius Mechanics ||  || C. Anderson || Planning millcompany ||
 * || Dolstrum the painter ||  || Mr. Scroggin ||   ||
 * || Forest Grove Times ||  || T. Ray Patterson ||   ||
 * || Gleason's gallery ||  || Nannie Pickard ||   ||
 * || Greer's grocery ||  || Mrs. Wm. Bellinger ||   ||
 * || Haines & Bailey's general merchandise store ||  || Pearl Newberry ||   ||
 * || Hartrampf Bros. feed store ||  || Dow Elston ||   ||
 * || Hinman's harness shop ||  || Roscoe Parker ||   ||
 * || Hughes & Son's hardware store ||  || Fred Purdin ||   ||
 * || Hyde's grocery ||  || Ollie Elston ||   ||
 * || International Order of Good Templars (I. O. G. T.) ||  || Rowena Pratt || fraternal order, temperance (Prohibition) ||
 * || J.L. Greg's shoe store ||  || Mrs. Anna Rice ||   ||
 * || Johnson's livery ||  || Mr. Miller ||   ||
 * || L.C. Walker, surveyor ||  || Iva Smigh ||   ||
 * || L.H. Albert & Co. ||  || Leva Walker || "flour mills" ||
 * || Langley & Son ||  || Will Sparks || attorneys ||
 * || Michigan house ||  || Daisy Laughlin ||   ||
 * || Miller Pharmacy ||  || Elda Walker ||   ||
 * || Pacific University ||  || Florence Edwards ||   ||
 * || Post Office ||  || Cora Burden ||   ||
 * || Raymond the barber ||  || Scott Parker ||   ||
 * || Smith's furniture store ||  || Fannie Dolstrum ||   ||
 * || Star laundry ||  || Will Picard ||   ||
 * || Voss harness shop ||  || Alfred Pfunge ||   ||
 * || Ward's Drug Store ||  || Beatie Smith ||   ||
 * || //Washington County Hatchet// ||  || Neva Dallas ||   ||
 * || Wells the confectioner ||  || Ed Sappington ||   ||
 * || Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W. T. C. U.) ||  || Leva Walker || Moral Reform, Prohibition ||

Also, here is an index created by Mr. Stewart on FG businesses around the turn of the century (c1900):

Descriptions of these businesses can be found in the EGS archives (Box 1/Folder 5/Position 24-44).

Notes 1. "Forest Grove is a Thriving Town - Original Seat of Learning in the Northwest - Tualatin Academy and Pacific University - Review of a Lively and Progressive College City," Hillsboro Argus, 12/15/1898. EGS Box 1, Folder 5, Position 10. 2. "Carnaval - Leading Forest Grove Business Houses Represented," Hatchet, 6/6/1895, EGS (see above) Position 9.