Newspaper articles involving Washington County from the Morning Oregonian
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December 12, 1874
Beaverton Notes-School District No. 48 has completed its school house, located
at Beaverton. It is one of the best buildings of the kind in the county. School
will begin December 7th, with Mr. Horace Spencer as teacher. Beaverton Grange
No. 100 have commenced building a new hall, which they expect to have ready to
occupy by Christmas.
January 1, 1875
Beaverton Grange No. 100. Washington county: T. Tucker, M.; Geo. Hornbuckle,
O.; Wm. Tucker, Steward; R.F. Wilmot, A.S., T.J. D. Wilmot, L.; R.H. Walker,
Treas.; R.B. Wilmot, Sec.; R.P. Wilmot, C.; Geo. Teft, G.K.; Mrs. M.A. Eliot,
C.; Mrs. C. Hornbuckle, F.; Mrs. M. A. Tucker, P.; Miss Jennie Tucker, L.A.S.
July 10, 1875
Mrs. Hinton, of Scholl's ferry, fell senseless at her father's place on the 4th,
and it was thought that she was dead, but she revived.
February 20, 1885
Rev. W.O. Hocken of Beaverton was in the city yesterday.
June 26, 1888
WASHINGTON COUNTY CROPS.
What a Portland Man Observed in a Drive Yesterday.
A gentleman who took a drive out through Washington
county yesterday, furnishes the following in regard to what he saw and heard
during the trip:
In driving up the Canyon road a fine view is had the grand boulevard running
along the side of the mountains, which is a fine improvement. the new road
running up from C.P. Bacon's farm, on the other side of the hill, is a success,
although it is half a mile longer than the old one.
The Congregational church at Beaverton had a wholesale
baptism Sunday, in the creek below the village. Nine were put into the water.
In passing along the Hillsboro road are meadows with
waving hay and grain turning yellow, where a few years ago was dense timber. On
the Tualatin plains the crops are looking better than the oldest inhabitant ever
saw with the exception of timothy hay, which is barely an average. Clover and
cat hay could not be better.
They used to say clover would not grow in Oregon. We
have never seen such clover. Washington county is mixing her produces. Outside
of wheat her oats is mostly all of the large New Zealand variety, fine fields of
barley, buckwheat and some flax. In front of the farms is the milk cow ready for
the creamery. The butter goes to China.
Col. Cornelius is running his creamery on cheese and
making it pay. It does one good to see his farm herds feeding in the meadows. He
is very much interested in having a macadam road from Portland to Forest Grove.
Corbett & Macleay have promised him $1000 as a donation if successful.
The apple crop is only a little over what they will
want for home use. Other fruits are plentiful.
Mr. David, on the hill behind Forest Grove, will have a
good crop of grapes. His vineyard is extensive and cultivated on the California
style. He puts up many barrels of wine every year, which comes in very useful
for the solid prohibitionists of Forest Grove.
Mr. Clark, near this village, will commence cutting his
wheat next Wednesday.
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