Welcome to our blog
Our web site has recently been totally revamped by Daniel & Jonathan Payne of Tualatin Web. Stay tuned for timely blog posts to find...
America’s Last WWI “Combat” Vet, Cpl Howard Ramsey, was a member...
The national coverage of the death of Frank Buckles, America’s last known WWI veteran, who died at age 110 on Feb 27, brings back...
Veteran Killed in Gresham Was Part of Military Unit that City...
The veteran recently killed by police in Gresham, Sergeant Anthony McDowell, had Tualatin connections. He was a member of the 671st Army Engineer unit...
Veteran Benefits – A Historical View
In my last column, I indicated that I wanted to initially focus on the Veteran’s Administration and give primary attention to one of its...
Tualatin Oregon… Going to the Dogs with Blue Mountain Pet Food
Tualatin had no payroll jobs for local workers after the Smith sawmill and brickyard closed down around 1915. Then in 1948, the Westward Packing...
Tualatin Oregon… Going to the Dogs with Blue Mountain Pet Food
Tualatin had no payroll jobs for local workers after the Smith sawmill and brickyard closed down around 1915. Then in 1948, the Westward Packing...
You can be a charter member if you join VFW men’s...
Fifteen community minded businessmen met on April 15 to form the Tualatin VFW Men’s Auxiliary. There are 30 members so far. Everyone who joins...
41st IBCT Coming Home from Iraq In April
Parade, Family Fair being Planned, Community Members invited to Help
Community members are invited to join local veterans groups in welcoming home the Headquarters Company...
VFW Men’s Auxiliary Being Formed
A Men’s Auxiliary organizing meeting is being held at the Cpl Matthew Lembke Hall at 6:30 pm on Thursday, March 18. Post Commander...
Patriotic Essay Winners Announced
Tualatin Eighth grader Anika Girardi won the annual Patriot’s Pen contest conducted by Tualatin VFW Post 3452. She receives a $100 Savings Bond for...
New Tualatin Post Home Aims for the Future
For the first time in many years, an Oregon VFW Post has significantly upgraded its facilities. Tualatin Post and Auxiliary 3452 dedicated “Cpl....
Music was always important at Tualatin’s Winona Grange
Tualatin’s soil is rich and deep and generally well suited for farming due to the giant ice age floods that left behind topsoil from...
Tualatin’s First Farmer’s Market
George Saum Jr. poses beside his produce stand on Borland Road across the street and just east of Bridgeport School. Prices for produce were...
Tualatin VFW Moves to New Location
The new Tualatin VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) is moving into a new location. You’ve probably noticed the construction that’s been going on for...
Who Cleared Your Land?
In 1852, young Jimmy Luster, a single man, settled on 160 acres of land in Section 2S,1W in Section 26. After his untimely death...
