Living on Maplewood Road
Posted by Tim Lyman – Published May 6, 2019 *missing photos from previous site article Written by Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen “The Ransom girl” In 1950, my parents, Don and Mildred Ransom, purchased a new ranch...
Monthly Archive: August 2025
Maplewood Trestle
By Tim Lyman – January 6, 2014 The second Maplewood School can be seen in the middle right. When the Oregon Electric Railroad opened for passenger service on January 30, 1908, it was a...
Pictures of… ?
By Tim Lyman – February 20, 2013 *most of this article is inaccessible from the previous site. We have included what we could salvage. One of the biggest issues historians face when it comes...
Second Maplewood School
By Tim Lyman – Published February 4, 2013 *Missing photos from original article The second Maplewood School was built during the winter of 1913-1914, and opened to 101 students in the fall of 1914....
7783 SW Capitol Highway
By Tim Lyman – Published February 2, 2013 *missing photos from previous site’s post *Missing Photo – Maid o’Clover Ice Cream ca. 1920.* A log cabin is the first known structure on this site....
Rosie the… Mailman?
By Tim Lyman – February 1, 2013 We’ve all heard how women took up factory jobs during World War II to fill positions left vacant by men serving overseas, but rarely do we hear...
Sunday Oregonian, August 4, 1912
By Tim Lyman – Published January 28, 2013 *missing photos from previous site article When Improvements which are now under way on the Slavin and Taylor’s Ferry roads are .completed, those two highways, extending-...
Portland West Side Auto Camp
Written by Tim Lyman – December 3, 2012 The first facilities specifically for automobile tourists were auto camps – campgrounds where the motor tourist could pitch a tent and have access to shared kitchen...
Multnomah Volunteer Fire Department
By Tim Lyman – Published November 27, 2012 In January 1926 the Multnomah Booster Club discussed what would happen if a fire started in the main business district. Just a few feet of fire...
City and West Portland Park Railway
By Tim Lyman – Published November 16, 2012 About 1890 hopeful speculators started to carve up southwest Portland into lots. The first serious development was West Portland Park in 1889. Thomas Alexander Wood formed...