Water District Created in Oak Lodge 1922
Voters overwhelmingly approve the creation of the Oak Lodge Water District – a name combining the names of Oak Grove and Jennings Lodge. Voters approved the formation of a Sanitary District later, in 1956.
Oatfield Ridge
Oak Lodge Community Council 1977
OLCC (OLCPO a community planning organization) was formed as a community planning organization in 1977 in response to state legislation that named citizen participation as Goal 1 in Oregon’s ground-breaking statutes. At its formation it adopted the same label as the overlapping service districts in the area – namely the Oak Lodge Water District and […]
Orrin Kellogg-Oatfield Farm: Abstract of Title 1916
The Thiessen Family
Most folks in Oak Lodge are familiar with Thiessen Road. The road was named after the Henry Thiessen family whose farm was located at the crest of today’s Thiessen Rd., at Wallace Rd. Henry (Heinrich) Thiessen was born in Tellingstedt, Schleswig-Holstein near Heide – then part of Prussia. There is some confusion as to his […]
Rex Putnam High School
Named for Rex Putnam, the Oregon State Superintendent of Schools for 24 years, the school opened its doors to students in the fall of 1963. That first school year of 1963-1964 the student body consisted of only freshmen and sophomores, then added a new freshman class each of the next two years. The school was […]
Oak Lodge Fire Department
After two major fires in the Oak Grove commercial area that destroyed major buildings, one in 1914 and another in 1921, citizens began to demand more fire protection. Other than the usual “bucket brigade” about the only defense was the P.R.L. & P. (Portland Railway, Light and Power Co.) fire car that had to roll […]
William R. B. Cotton D.L.C.
William Richard Barnes Cotton was born in Loudoun Co., VA on May 6, 1802. He was the son of William and Janey Cotton who had removed to Fayette Co., KY in 1811. William was sent to live with his grandparents, William and Frances (Taylor) Cotton in Clark Co., KY until he was 21 where upon […]