Mark your calendars for our Aug. 4th field trip to North Clackamas County’s oldest extant church! Visit to 1907 Jennings Lodge Church Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 10:30 AM The oldest church still standing in northern Clackamas County Tour of Church and Original Bell Tower Our Lady of Grace Pro-Cathedral 18403 S.E. Blanton Street Special […]
Greetings: The historic Harvey G. Starkweather house on River Rd. is for sale. OLHD was privileged to have been given a tour of this house several Christmases ago. This house and property is an icon in our community – connected to the Risley family history in that Harvey Starkweather’s wife was Mary Alice Risley, and […]
THURSDAY JUNE 14TH 7:00 P.M. Oak Lodge Water Services District Offices 14496 S.E. River Rd. @ Maple St. Greetings: Our next OLHD meeting is coming soon, and it will be the last meeting before our summer break. The next meeting won’t be until October 11th — so mark your calendars. At this next meeting we’ll […]
THURSDAY APRIL 12TH 7:00 p.m. Oak Lodge Water Services District Offices 14496 S.E. River Rd. @ Maple St. Greetings: Our next OLHD meeting is coming up fast, so be sure and get it on your calendar. At this meeting we will be explaining OLHD’s new Membership Renewal Plan – you’ll learn how, and when […]
One of the advantages to belonging to an organization is the benefits it offers. To a large extent OLHD’s benefits are intangible — a sense of pride that one is supporting a good cause. However, because OLHD is a dues-paying member of the Clackamas County Heritage Council (CCHC), that means dues-paying members of OLHD can […]
Most of us are aware that Concord School has been at the same location for over 125 years. But we also know that the current building was not the first – there have been three. So the question arose, where on the property was the first little one-room school house located? OLHD set out to […]
March 9, 2018 Dear History Detectives: As you know from presentations at recent OLHD meetings, the Oak Lodge History Detectives have been involved for some months in Section 106 negotiations about the former Jennings Lodge campground as required by the National Historic Preservation Act. OLHD’s involvement in this effort is consistent with OLHD’s mission. Although […]
THURSDAY FEB. 8TH Oak Lodge Water Services Bldg. 14496 S.E. River Rd. @ Maple St. 7:00 P.M. Greetings: Come and join us Feb. 8th to learn what’s been happening in the world of local history. A tentative agenda includes: Resumption of OLHD co-chair nominations Concord property Evangelical Retreat Center update Trolley Trail Historic District project […]
Monday, January 29th is your chance to learn about a plan to build a new library in Oak Lodge—and provide your vision and ideas. A library is more than a place to house books. Libraries are also places for residents to gather, learn and build relationships with one another. Come tell us what YOU want […]
A month ago the Oak Grove Observer posted a photo of “Mendonholm Villa”, once a stately residence in Oak Grove owned by C. E. Glafke. Though the original property has recently been developed with numerous homes, the house still exists at one corner of the original property. OLHD felt that such a stately residence in […]
During the week prior to Christmas, the 1903 Phil Oatfield house on Oatfield Rd. succumbed to the wrecking ball. After 114 years of being a home for the Oatfields and subsequent families the historic building was demolished as a result of major neglect by more recent owners. Goodbye old friend. Perhaps, with some luck, we […]
THURSDAY DEC. 14th 7:00 P.M. Oak Lodge Water Services Bldg. 14496 S.E. River Rd. @ Maple St. Greetings: Based on last month’s vote to limit the number of meetings we will hold in 2018 our December meeting will be the last one until February 2018. This meeting will be another opportunity to renew lapsed memberships, […]
Greetings: Our November meeting will be a continuation of our October “Annual Meeting” when we re-elected our Treasurer and solicited nominations for Chair and Co-Chair. Thus far no one has come forward to serve as Chair or Co-chair and we need to fill those positions. We’ll also be discussing numerous subjects that came up at […]
THURSDAY OCT. 12th Oak Lodge Water Services Bldg. 14496 S.E. River Rd. @ Maple 7:00 P.M. Greetings: As announced in early September, OLHD’s September meeting was substituted by “Reminiscing the Past and Assisting the Future” — a joint program with Metro at Rose Villa on Sept. 12th. This was a very enjoyable and successful program with […]
Conducted by Laurel Smith from the Genealogical Forum of Oregon, this series of Beginner’s Genealogy classes will help anyone wanting to do their family genealogy get started, and will open the doors to an exciting adventure of discovering your family’s past. At the last meeting the group talked conceptually about getting started, looking for resources […]
