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 […]
The recent ‘Reminiscing the Past and Assisting the Future’ event on Sept. 12 at the Rose Villa Performing Arts Center got a positive and lengthy write-up in the Clackamas Review this week. Thanks to everyone who participated in this well-attended event!
NO REGULAR OLHD MEETING THIS MONTH Instead, OLHD is excited to be celebrating the end of summer with a community gathering at Rose Villa on Tuesday, Sept. 12th. Please join us at Rose Villa for “Reminiscing the Past and Assisting the Future” at Rose Villa’s Performing Arts Center, at 6:30 p.m. We’ll have slides of […]
MARK YOUR CALENDAR TUESDAY, SEPT. 12TH 6:30 — 9:00 PM ROSE VILLA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 13505 SE River Rd OLHD is proud to announce a joint history project to be held on Sept. 12th. OLHD invites you, your families, community elders, and newer and long time residents to ‘Reminisce the Past and Assist with the […]
Greetings: The Oak Grove Fest is only five days away!!!!! Please join us for music, eats, games, beer, and more – – and learn about the history of our old Trolley line from Motorman Keith.
Oak Grove Trolley Trail Fest Saturday, July 15th from 12 noon to 4pm on Oak Grove Blvd (between the United Methodist Church on Rupert St and the Trolley Trail at Arista Ave) The Oak Lodge History Detectives will be participating in this summer’s Oak Grove Trolley Trail Fest with one of many booths. Mark you […]
The Oak Lodge History Detectives is saddened by the recent news of the passing of Jim Tompkins the weekend of June 3rd. Jim was well known throughout the heritage community for his teachings, publications and classes on Oregon history. Jim was a sixth generation Oregon pioneer, a member of Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers, […]
THURSDAY JUNE 8th 7:00 P.M. OAK LODGE WATER SERVICES OFFICES 14496 SE River Rd. @ Maple St. Greetings: Our last meeting before the summer break will be on June 8th. In addition to reviewing recent history-related events and efforts we will be having Greg Hemer from the Milwaukie Museum talk to us about their Lot’s […]
