Eastside Railway Completed 1893
Electric Railway (Interurban) between Portland and Oregon City is formally opened. “Railway Formally Opened” – headline Feb. 17, 1893
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3rd Oak Lodge School – Concord 1890
Built on 1 acre sold to School District 28 by Michael & Minerva Oatfield; on today’s Concord Rd. Deed is dated June 11, 1890
Berryman Jennings Dies 1888
Berryman Jennings dies in Jennings Lodge Dec. 22, 1888.
Orville Risley Dies 1884
Orville Risley dies at home of his son, Jacob Risley, in Oak Grove.
2nd Oak Lodge School 1866
The original “Riverside School”; located at River Rd. and River Bluff Ct., on land that much later became part of the Ed Roethe farm.
Established Nov. 23, 1866. Photo taken ca. 1885.
Michael & Minerva (Thessing) Oatfield
Michael Oatfield was from Linz, Austria, arriving in the U.S. with his family in 1853 – first settling in Union Co., IL. His surname was “Haberfellner”, but Michael changed the name to “Oatfield” about the time he headed west in 1859. He arrived in Oregon in 1862, and obtained employment at Joseph Kellogg’s sawmill in Milwaukie. Michael first rented property south of Milwaukie from the Kellogg’s, but by 1867 he was able to purchase 540 acres from Orrin and Jason Kellogg. Michael lived on his farm on Oatfield Rd. until his death in 1909.
Michael married Minerva Jane Thessing, daughter of John & Amanda Thessing, in 1867
La Roche Library Association 1857
Founded by Orville Risley out of his home in 1857; a subscription library.
River Road Surveyed 1856
The survey of “Territorial Road 10”, today’s River Rd., was conducted by Joseph A. Pownall for Clackamas Co. in 1856. The survey pinpointed the exact location of the first school in Oak Lodge. Recorded Sept. 1, 1856
First Oak Lodge School 1856
A log structure that locals called “the little log schoolhouse”, founded by Orville Risley; it was located at today’s River Rd. & Laurelwood Drive. No photos of this structure are extant. This photo is an example of what it might have looked like.
George Crow Dies 1853
George Crow dies on his land claim April 14, 1853