MILITARY HISTORY IN OREGON In honor of Veterans’ Day, the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will present a program by Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Alisha Hamel, Saturday, November 11 at 1 p.m. Her topic…
Category: Local History
BEST OF HISTORY: Columbus Day Storm Memories – Oct. 12, 1962
OIOpublisher By Don R. Best If you are old enough to remember, what are your stories of the Columbus Day storm of October 12, 1962? What I was doing was loading a…
Nehalem Bay Area History Classes presented by Mark Beach, Ph.D.
Sponsored by the Nehalem Valley Historical Society You are invited to enjoy learning about the long and rich history of Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler and surrounding communities. Join us each Monday and Thursday…
BEST OF HISTORY: Remembering Rockaway …
By Paul Pintarich, as told to Don Best (2/7/08) They called it the “Daddy Train” and on summer weekends, it arrived with fathers from Portland to visit wives and children tent camping…
Tillamook Burn Revisted
Editor’s Note: The recent devastating fire in the Columbia Gorge, I’ve been reminded of the Tillamook Burn, and how my parents and grandparents always talked about the devastation. My grandfather was a…
Best of History: Famed Journalist, Writer Paul Pintarich Shared Memories of Rockaway’s Natatorium
By Don R. Best NOTE: Paul Pintarich was a good friend of Karla Steinhauser’s (of Karla’s Smokehouse), and I met Paul when he was visiting her in 2007 or early 2008. He…
Old Iron Show Takes Over Blue Heron Cheese Fields August 18-20; Part of Step Back in Time Event
By Louise Bogard, member of the NW Old Iron Club Do you know anything about the Old Iron Show? If not, put Aug 18-20 on your calendar and come to the Blue…
Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita Listed in National Register of Historic Places
Built in 1933, the Pine Grove Community House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for the building’s association with the founding of the City of Manzanita…
BEST OF HISTORY: The Origin of the Garibaldi “G”
By W. P. White (provided by Don R. Best) In 1929 a small group of Garibaldi High School juniors traveled to Corvallis, Oregon Principal J. E. O’Neel’s 1927 Hudson sedan to Oregon…
World War II Oregon WAVE Peggy Lutz Visits Tillamook Air Museum for Book Signing July 29
By Laura Swanson, Editor, Tillamook County Pioneer At 95 years young, Peggy Lutz is an inspiring figure who served as a Control Tower Operator at both Naval Air Station Klamath Falls and…