By Laura Swanson, Editor, Tillamook County Pioneer At 95 years young, Peggy Lutz is an inspiring figure who served as a Control Tower Operator at both Naval Air Station Klamath Falls and…
Category: Local History
Hashtag #savetheboathouse surfaces to save Pier’s End in Garibaldi
By Sayde Moser-Walker What do you do with an 80-year-old Coast Guard Lifeboat Station? The possibilities are endless. At least that’s how Kristen Penner and the Garibaldi Cultural Heritage Initiative feel. The…
“BEST of History”: In the beginning … of the settlement of Tillamook County
EDITOR’S NOTE: As a true Tillamook County Pioneer, and local historian, we are pleased to have Don R. Best provide regular stories about the “Best” of History from throughout Tillamook County. Don…
Rockaway Beach Visitor Center Historic Caboose Gets Grant-funded Remodeled
Pictured: Michele Bradley and Pami Boomer, POTB, Meghan Burdick, Visit Tillamook Coast, Emma Poulsen, Kristine Hayes, Jeremy Horton, Maureen Taylor, Anne McBride PHOTO BY DON BEST On Friday June 23rd at 4…
Pioneering Mothers – Catherine Fennessy Fitzpatrick
We introduced Catherine Fennessy Fitzpatrick (born 1832 in Ireland – death in 1916) in Tillamook as the new face of the Pioneer, and as a symbol of the new partnership for the Pioneer. On Mother’s…
Save the Date! “DR. HUCKLEBERRY” RETURNS May 13
The Tillamook County Historical Society (TCHS) is pleased to announce it has funded a reprinting of the Dr. Huckleberry memoir. With the permission of the Oregon Historical Society, TCHS member Karen Hirte…
Meet the new “face” of the Tillamook County Pioneer ….
By Laura Swanson The Tillamook County Pioneer was LeeAnn Neal, and her great-great-great grandfather Elbridge Trask is the featured photo of the Pioneer that graces all the posts. From the beginning of our new…
