Multnomah Crossing
By Tim Lyman – Published March 14, 2013 Capitol Highway crossing the Oregon Electric Railway tracks. Capitol Highway opened October 22, 1916, but the tracks of the Oregon Electric Railroad (today’s Multnomah Boulevard) remained...
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Old Multnomah in Color
By Tim Lyman – July 3, 2019 I love these old color photos of Multnomah. From left to right: Hogan’s Tavern, OLCC #73 Liquor store (facade just barely visible to left of right telephone pole,...
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...
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...
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-...
Shattuck Road
By Tim Lyman – Published October 15, 2012 The road in the right foreground is approximately where Beaverton Hillsdale Highway is today. At the time of this photo the highway did not exist, the...