Covell Plat Dedicated
Carved out of part of the Roethe farm Covell was platted by Simeon H. Covell & wife, and David N. Smith. The subdivision never incorporated.
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Covell Dedicated 1908
Platted by Simeon Covell and David Smith this subdivision was located on land once part of the Roethe farm. It stretched from east of today’s McLoughlin Blvd to River Rd. and overlapped today’s Roethe Rd. Plat dedicated Mar. 23, 1908.
Jennings Lodge School 1908
Jennings Lodge School District forms from “Concord” and builds new school.
First Addition to Jennings Lodge 1906
The First Addition to Jennings Lodge is platted by William B. & Emma Jennings, and John F. & Willa Jennings – sons of Berryman and Martha Jennings. Block 57 is set aside “for school purposes”.
Post Office Established in Oak Grove 1904
Originally named the “Creighton” Post Office with postmaster Thomas Howell. After some confusion with the names “Center Station”, “St. Theresa Station”, and “Oak Grove Station”, the postal authorities settled on the name “Oak Grove Post Office” in 1907 [Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A. McArthur]
Oak Grove School 1904
Oak Grove School District forms from “Concord” and builds new school.
Jennings Lodge Established 1903
Plat of Jennings Lodge dedicated on the Berryman Jennings Donation Land Claim
Jacob S. Risley Dies 1902
Jacob Swain Risley, son of Orville Risley and Mary Ball, dies on his farm in Oak Grove. June 22, 1902.
Eastside Railway Completed 1893
Electric Railway (Interurban) between Portland and Oregon City is formally opened. “Railway Formally Opened” – headline Feb. 17, 1893
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