With last week’s announcement about the partnership between the Tillamook Air Museum and the Vintage Aviation Museum, you may be wondering: Who exactly is VAM? 𝙒𝙚’𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪! 𝙑𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝘼𝙫𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣…
Category: Local History
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK AIR MUSUEM: Experiane Hanger B Like Never Before – VR (Virtual Reality) Tour Comes to Tillamook County Fair
The Tillamook Air Musuem is excited to partner with Friends of the Tillamook Air Museum (FOTAM) to bring a special Tillamook Air Museum experience to this year’s Tillamook County Fair!Prior to…
City of Rockaway Beach Launches Online Historic Walking Tour
(Historical photo of Rockaway Beach, Oregon’s main street – Hwy. 101 in 1924) Walking around the town of Rockaway Beach today, you’ll encounter a lively main street filled with eclectic shops and…
Living Heritage Takes Center Stage at the 67th Annual Dory Days July 17-19
Early summer mornings in Pacific City still feel like a secret to many. You can make your way down the beach to find the Pacific City Dory Fleet gathered at the edge…
NEHALEM VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS HWY. 101 AT 100 – JULY 11 AT NORTH COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT
On Saturday, July 11 at 3:30 pm at the North County Recreation District, Nehalem Valley Historical Society (NVHS) welcomes Megan Lallier-Barron, curator of the “101 at 100” exhibit at the Oregon Historical…
VIEW FROM HERE: Let’s Make America’s 250th a Celebration of History, Civics, and Community
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is a letter sent to Tillamook County Commissioners regarding their resolution on the agenda today July 1st – A resolution to commemorate/celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s…
VIEW FROM HERE: CELEBRATE DAIRY MONTH, CONSIDER THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE OF THIS LAND
By Kiandre O’Neaque Clark Since June is Dairy Month, let’s talk about the land underneath the dairy farms. Tillamook’s dairy history is usually told as a pioneer success story: settlers arrived,…
OP/ED: Celebrating Our 250th Anniversary – Reflections on History, Unity, and American Values
By Robin Kostrikin As our nation approaches its 250th anniversary, it is striking how little attention this historic milestone has received in our county. While preparations are underway to celebrate the 20th…
White Clover Grange Builds Community Over 130 Years, Continues to Serve Mohler, Nehalem Bay Community
By Vivi Tallman* In 1897, Jane (Scovell) Gray and James Gray traveled from their homestead at the north end of Tillamook County to Corvallis, Oregon to join 200 Grange members from around…
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Celebrates 91 years with Free Admission Saturday April 25
In 1935, the Tillamook County Pioneer Association (TCPA) felt the need and saw the opportunity to create a museum. The collection began with just 400 items displayed for the public in a…
