The Tillamook County Historical Society was founded in 1984 to bring together those persons interested in preserving the history of Tillamook County. TCHS is exploring new ways to reach out to people…
Category: Local History
NEHALEM VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS: “No Treaties for the North Coast” history presentation by Dr. David Lewis, March 4 at NCRD
In the 1850s, treaties were developed with the tribes of the north Oregon coast amid settlement of the territory. However, the treaties, which took years for Anson Dart, the first superintendent of…
KIWANIS CLUB OT TILLAMOOK CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF SERVICE IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY; COMMUNITY EVENT SAT. MARCH 4th at TILLAMOOK FAIRGROUNDS
On March 4, 2023, the Kiwanis Club of Tillamook will be celebrating one hundred years of service in Tillamook County. The Tillamook club was chartered on December 15,1922. The original copy of…
Nehalem Valley homestead tends the final resting place for two Civil War Veterans
By Nan Devlin The historic Nehalem American Legion Cemetery, located on Necarney City Road between Nehalem and Manzanita, is a memorial to area residents born in the 1800s, as well as for…
Happy Halloween from a Tillamook Haunted Home The Goodspeed House, built 1890
Photos & Story by Nicole Peloquin Photography In 1863, Eli Goodspeed, his wife, Emmarett, and their three children arrived in Oregon after a four-month journey from Iowa by ox-drawn wagon. After farming…
Port of Tillamook Bay Signs Contract to Assess Viability of Hangar B
The Port of Tillamook Bay has signed a contract with Wood Research and Development LLC to do a thorough analysis of the vitality of Hangar B. The last time an assessment of…
TILLAMOOK COAST HISTORY ALLIANCE: Quilting patterns through the years; Tillamook County Quilt Guild “Tidal Treasures” Quilt Show at Tillamook Swiss 100th Celebration Nov. 5th
Quilting is quite literally in the fabric of history. Through the years, the way quilters have used patterns and cut fabric has changed. To highlight that history, the Tillamook County Quilt Guild…
Annual Trask Family Reunion Sunday, August 7, 2022 at Trask River County Park
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer’s founder, LeeAnn Neal is a Trask descendant – Elbridge Trask was her great-great-great grandfather. On Sunday, August 7, 2022, the descendants of the Pioneer family Elbridge…
New Sir Francis Drake Exhibit Now on Display at Nehalem Valley Historical Society
Many historians determine Drake’s exploration adventures brought him to Nehalem Bay May 15, 2022. Manzanita Oregon. Was he here, or was he not? Historians along the western coast of the United States…
TILLAMOOK COAST HISTORICAL ALLIANCE: Turning Beds and Sharing Stories at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center
By Robert G. Russell for the Tillamook County Historical Society The Tillamook County Historical Society (TCHS) held a recent meeting in a sunny backroom of Tillamook’s Latimer Quilt and Textile Center. It…