Greeting detectives: On July 11th at 7:00 p.m., the Isabelle Rupert House, owned by Pascale Steig, will be considered for placement on Clackamas County’s list of historic landmarks. For anyone wishing to attend the hearing please visit the CC Historic Review Board’s web page. OLHD was asked by the Oak Grove Community Council (OGCC) to […]
Greetings detectives: The Oak Lodge History Detectives will be taking our usual summer break by not having regular meetings in July or August. Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be Thursday, September 12th. An announcement to that effect will be sent out in late August or very early September. We will try to work in […]
In 1889 Joseph A. Rupert and his wife Sarah M. (Reid) Rupert arrived in Portland from Silver City, Idaho along with their children Margaret (Maggie) Isabella, Ethel C. and Francis (Frank) H. Rupert. Rupert was a pharmacist by trade, originally from Toronto, Canada — born there in 1844, the son of Adam and Annabella Rupert. On Oct. 12, […]
Dear Detectives: Local history does not stop at the jurisdictional boundaries we think of today such as city limits or county lines. Those early settlers that came to the Oregon country walked, rowed, paddled, rode horseback, and later traveled by buggy and wagon – back and forth between Portland and Oregon City, and much further, […]
THURSDAY JUNE 13TH 7:00 P.M. OAK LODGE WATER DISTRICT OFFICES 14496 S.E. RIVER RD. @ Maple St. Dear Detectives: This month we will be joined by Mandy Zelinka, creator of the Milwaukie Rules website, and her co-presenter Greg/Frank Hemer who will be speaking about the Milwaukie Historical Society and its relationship to Milwaukie history and […]
The 1893 completion of the East Side Railway Company between Portland and Oregon City triggered a wave of real estate development along its route, and the Jennings Lodge area was not immune. Land owners quickly learned that they could divide their property and sell lots at a profit. An influx of buyers, eager to move […]
Greetings history detectives; So — what did we look like in 1905, and what did we do for fun? This You-Tube video, filmed in San Francisco a year before the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake, demonstrates that we looked like crazy people who enjoyed PLAYING CHICKEN with the streetcars! You’ll see what I mean. In […]
THURSDAY MAY 9TH 7:00 P.M. OAK LODGE WATER DISTRICT OFFICES 14496 S.E. RIVER RD. @ Maple St. Dear Detectives: Besides our routine business at our next meeting Susan Malmquist will be our guest speaker from the Oregon Historical Society. Susan is an OHS docent and will be presenting information on the OHS programs and services […]
THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 7:00 P.M. OAK LODGE WATER DISTRICT OFFICES 14496 S.E. RIVER RD. @ Maple St. Dear Detectives: In addition to our regular business our next meeting will allow for ample time to view portions of the videos made from several of our 2011 Resident Interviews Program. Though the process of retrieving all the […]
Greetings Detectives! About 15 years ago my wife and I were visited by Inez (Oatfield) West who spent her teenage years in our Oatfield Rd. home, built by her father Phil Oatfield in 1922. During that visit Inez loaned us several Oatfield family photos to be copied, and gave us a postcard-sized duplicate of a […]
THURSDAY MARCH 14TH 7:00 P.M. OAK LODGE WATER DISTRICT OFFICES 14496 S.E. RIVER RD. @ Maple St. Dear Detectives: I apologize for such a late notice, but things got a bit out of hand at this detective’s household. Things are better now and we’re back on track again. Besides our routine business the history segment […]
Greetings Detectives: On Feb. 24th the Oak Lodge History Detectives participated in the Milwaukie Elks “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive – – A Happening” held at the Milwaukie Elks Lodge on McLoughlin Blvd. Over 1,000 people passed by our display to enjoy a host of fun activities, entertainment, charitable opportunities, food, and a tour of the facility. […]
Greetings OLHD Member: Attached is the Jacob S. Risley probate file I obtained from the Oregon State Archives. I have also attached a file for Risley’s obituary which appeared in the Oregonian, another file which pertains to the lot in SW Portland that Risley owned and his descendants inherited, and the “Risley Farm” survey from […]
Dear OLHD member: On February 10th the Oak Lodge History Detectives celebrated two years of having been incorporated as a non-profit organization. It was on Feb. 10, 2011 that many of us first wrote those checks for our annual OLHD dues. You are receiving this notice because Feb. 10th was your anniversary date. Our dues […]
THURSDAY FEB. 14TH 7:00 P.M. OAK LODGE WATER DISTRICT OFFICES 14496 S.E. RIVER RD. @ Maple St. Dear Detectives: Now that yours truly has had a chance to rest from the holiday madness, a December genealogy class, a December meeting, and 10 days of babysitting the grandchildren, it’s time to resume the fascinating process of […]
