An index to historical articles in the Yamhill County Historical Society newsletters 1973-2009. Newsletters can be viewed at our Research Library or online
1973
Jan. “Yamhill County Post Offices Past and Present”—Albright
Springbrook
Feb. “Post Offices” (cont)
Mar. “Yamhill Falls O.T.”— Ruth Stoller
Apr. “Samuel Laughlin” — Ruth Stoller
May Stations West— Book. Culp
Sept. “Rosewood Piano”— Roma Sitton
Dec. “Wheatland” — Albright
1974
Jan. “Dayton Sheridan Narrow Gauge-Serious Railroad Disaster”
Feb. Lafayette— 1883- Abigail Scott Dunaway ?
Fire — Albright
Cash Register— Hamlin & Wheeler
Nov. “McMinnville Grist Mill”— Ruth Stoller
Dec. “B.B. Branson” — Pioneer 1848- Ruth Stoller
1975
Jan. “Dayton Evaporating Company”
Mar. “Yamhill County’s First Grist Mill”
Feb. “Dolph”- Albright
Mar. “McMinnville 100 years ago”— Ruth Stoller
May “More on Dolph”-Luther Huffman
Nov. (same article as Feb. 1974)
Dec. “Kay & Todd Clothiers and Taylors”— Ruth Stoller
Crawford — Albright
1976
Jan. “Yamhill County in 1916” — Ruth Stoller
Feb. “Star Flowering Mill”— Ruth Stoller
Sept. Yamhill Pioneer Association— Ruth Stoller
Oct. “Oregon Territorial Post Office— Mt. Hood”— Ruth Stoller
Nov. “Founding of McMinnville”— Sebastian C. Adams
Dec. “Founding of McMinnville” (Cont.)— Sebastian C. Adams
1977
Jan. “Recollections of a Pioneer— Founding of McMinnville”— S.C. Adams
Feb. “Early Yamhill County Place Names” — Ruth Stoller
Mar. “Early Yamhill County Place Names (cont) Bean’s Hole”
April “Early Yamhill County Place Names — Salt Spring Valley”
May. “Public School Beginnings in Yamhill County”— Ruth Stoller
Nov. “Garrison Families Beginning in Yamhill County”— Ruth Stoller
Dec. “Oldest Record of Christmas Trees” –Roma Sitton
“School meeting of District 40 1874”— Yamhill Reporter
1978
Feb. “Lien placed on District #14 Yamhill County”
Mar. “First Saw Mill in Oregon— Chehalem Creek Yamhill County”—Ruth Stoller
Apr. “Harvey Scott”— Ruth Stoller
May. “Beehive School #58— Weekly Visitor”— Ruth Stoller
Sept. “Reunion— Students and Teachers— Willamina area”— Ruth Stoller
Oct. “Bellevue— School records” — Ruth Stoller
Nov. “District #7 Bridwell School”— Ruth Stoller
“Charter members and officers”
“Old Poling Memorial Church”— Elaine Rohse
Dec. “Christmas Yamhill County 1851”— Lafayette Correspondent
1979
Jan. “Early History of Grand Island”
Mar. “Bellevue The Muddy Post Office and District #24”— Ruth Stoller
Apr. “Notebooks of school children in Yamhill County: 1905 LC Fair”— Robert Durst
May “Districts in Grand Ronde area”
Sept. “Essay Old Yamhill—Weekly Visitor Lafayette— last edition”
Nov. “School District #86”
Dec. “Fairview Academy N. Yamhill 1871”— Ruth Stoller
1980
Jan. “Last remaining Survivors of Wagon train of 1843”
Feb. “Lillian Bewley— Sheridan”
Mar. “Consolidation of Amity School District”
Apr. “Mountain House— Carlton’
Sept. “Oldest remaining original building within limits of Oregon survey”
Oct. “Old pictures, Care of Traveling Photographer”
Nov. “Old pictures, Care of Traveling Photographer”
1981
Jan. “An interview with Ann Malone Savage”
Feb. “Road Reviewers Report: Smiths Bridge to Rocky Fort- 1864”
Mar. “Mrs William Murry Spencer”
Apr. “Location of Post Office— Thomas Baily— Yamhill”
May “Old Newspapers”
Oct. “First Grist Mill in Newberg Dundee area”
Nov. “Comparative Cost of Living — 1870—1913”
Dec. “Diary of Melissa Ellen Payne”
1982
Jan. “Diary of Melissa Ellen Payne” (cont)
Feb. Willamette Past Flood
Mar. “Diary of Melissa Ellen Payne”(cont)
Apr. “Diary of Melissa Ellen Payne”(cont)
May “Diary of Melissa Ellen Payne”(cont)
Sept. “Hospital for County”
Oct. “McMinnville Community Hospital”
Nov. “McMinnville Community Hospital (cont)”
Dec. “Bigfoot”
1983
Feb. “Helen Webb‘s correction and additions to School Pictures, Schools of Old Yamhill”
Mar. “Cattle starving in Yamhill County—Barns fall down—1916”
Apr. “Letter Adeline Smith to sister”— Original OHS
May “John Brown Diaries — Rex Hill OHS 1859—1865”
Oct. “Corrections and additions to Schools of Old Yamhill” Orville Whitman
Nov. “The raising of Peaches in Yamhill County”
1984
Feb. “Winter of 1844-45 in Oregon” — James Clyman
Mar. “The Richard Williams family”
Apr. “The Richard Williams family (cont)”
May “The Richard Williams family (cont)”
Sept. “Excerpts from Reminiscences of James Sharp: Crossed Plains in 1852”–Ruth Stoller
Oct. “James Sharp (cont)”
Nov. “W.H. Hembree”
Dec. “W.H. Hembree (cont)”
1985
Jan. “Blue Bucket Mine” — W.H. Hembree
Feb. “A.R. Burbank Diaries”— Ruth Stoller
Mar. “A.R. Burbank Diaries”— Ruth Stoller (cont)
Apr. “Pioneer Days of W.L. Toney”
May “ Pioneer Days of W.L. Toney (cont)”
Sept. “The First Soldiers in Ore.” Toney’s little notebook
Oct. “The First Soldiers in Ore. (cont)”
Nov. “The First Soldiers in Ore. (cont)”
1986
Jan. “Speech by Ellen Chamberlin at Yamhill County Pioneer Meeting 1914”
Feb. “Chamberlin Speech 1914 (cont)”
Mar. “Chamberlin Speech 1914 (cont)”
Apr. “Chamberlin Speech 1914 (cont)”
May “Chamberlin Speech 1914 (cont)”
Sept. “John Brisbane”
Oct. “Dayton Fire”
Nov. “Disastrous fire— North Yamhill”
Dec. “Daily Newspapers in McMinnville”
1987
Jan. “Early History of McMinnville”
Feb. “Early History of McMinnville (cont)”
Mar. “Letter to J.A. Richardson Re: Plans to travel from Nebraska to Oregon”
Apr. “Letter to J.A. Richardson (cont)”
May “Taking up of Old Narrow Gauge — Portland—Dayton”
Oct. “Arthur Layman— Lafayette
Nov. “1865 Census” Charles Handley
Dec. “A trip to Tillamook”
1988
Feb. “A trip to Tillamook (cont)”
Mar. “Yamhill county Post Offices”
Apr. “Roy Hanville and his mail route east of Newberg”
May “Roy Hanville mail route (cont)”
Sept. “On the Road Again”
Oct. “On the Road Again (cont)”
Nov. “On the Road Again (cont)”
Dec. “Forest Fires”
1989
Jan. “Americans All”— Daniel Poling— Lafayette Ruth Stoller
Feb. ”Reminiscence of Fred Trullinger” (post office) contributed-Robert Kuykendall
Mar. ”Reminiscence cont.
Apr. “Reminiscence concluded
May “In the Stagecoach Packhorse Mail Days of 1897-Yamhill Route To Tillamook” – Helen Moe
Sept. “In the Stagecoach Packhorse Mail Days— Cont.
Oct. “In the Stagecoach Packhorse Mail Days— Conclusion
Nov. ”Trip to the Beach— Banks Family” date unknown Salmon River Cutoff.
Dec. “Trip to the Beach- Banks Family” Cont.
1990
Jan. ”Greetings from your President” Maxine Williams
Feb. “A Trip to the Beach— Dolph and Hebo” — Harry Cronise
“McMinnville Grist Mill”— Ruth Stoller
Mar. “Early Oregon Sawmills”— Wm. M. Perry
Apr. “Notes by the Way”— Trip to Dayton, Lafayette, McMinnville—Rev. Starr 1865.
May ”Notes by the Way” cont “Lafayette Hosts New Oak Tree”
Sept. “Locks Completed”
Oct. ”The Hanna Family — Memories of Oregon— 1873” Jennie Crawford Heft
Nov. ” The Hanna Family”—(cont)
Dec. “The Hanna Family” (conclusion)
1991
Jan. “Diary of a Young College Student” — Ruth Stoller
Feb. “Jennie Crawford Hefty’s Memories” — Ruth Stoller
Mar. “Pacific Coast Business Directory of 1867”
Apr. ”Pacific Coast Business Directory” Cont.
May “Pacific Coast Business Directory” Conclusion
Sept. “60 years ago — Yamhill County Newspaper — 1883”.
Oct. “Cove Orchard’s Mysterious Sinkhole”.
Nov. “Lafayette Journals — by A.R. Burbank”
Dec. “Building of First Market Road — #1— Telephone Register
1992
Jan. “Building of Market Road #1” Conclusion
Feb. “Cove Orchard Sink Hole”— George Williams
Mar. “Yamhill County Locks” — Evert Wise
Apr. “The Sheridan Flume” – Mrs. Larry Rick
May ”The Sheridan Flume” — Cont.
Sept. “The Sheridan Flume” — Conclusion
Oct. “Letter from John Ward in Lafayette in 1850 to his Family in the
Nov. “Letter From John Ward— Cont.
Dec. “Another Letter East from John Ward”
1993
Jan. “Another Letter from John Ward”
Feb. “Another Letter from John Ward.”
Mar. “The 1861—62 Day Book from Sawmill in Pike Area.” Helen Webb—Greg Robins
Apr. “Packing for Oregon— from Journal of Keturah Belnap— 1848”
May “McMinnville and Yamhill County about 1910″
Sep. “Football— 1904— Diary of Genie Smelling.”
Oct.“Black Walnut Trees in Oregon”. George Williams
Nov.“McMinnville and Yamhill County About 1910”.
Dec. “Early Day McMinnville” Julie Lee Johnson Ramsey
1994
Jan. “Early Day McMinnville”. — Julie Lee Johnson Ramsey
Feb. “Henry Billick’s Dundee”.
Mar. “Henry Billik’s Dundee — Cont.
Apr. “Charter Members of Yamhill County — in Order of Registration”
May “More Billick History”.
Sum. “Ruth Stoller”.
Oct. “A Cruise on the Willamette— 1856” Dr. Rodney Glisan
Nov. “Jas. F. Bewly Shot.” “Fatal Enforcement of a Quarantine”—West 5
Dec. “Light and Water for Dayton”
1995
Jan. “1871 Yamhill County as seen by an Ambitious Editor”—Editor Wes
Feb. “1871 Yamhill County — Part 2”
Mar. “Committee Members.”
Apr. “Items from Front Page of Dayton Herald —1895—96—97—98”.
May “McMinnville Villainized” — John White as from 1896 paper
Sum. “Underdrainage Called For” and “A Live Merchant” — Editorials from McMinnville Daily Reporter
Oct. ”Fairdale and R.F.D.Mail” North Yamhill Record 1902
Nov. “Musings About Mina Redmond”
Dec.“Secret Life of a Dundee Farmer”. John White
Newsletter Name Changed to “West Side” — Editor John White
1996
Jan. ”What’s in a Name?” Post Office Site Quiz
Feb. “Answers to Post Office Quiz.”
Mar. “The Scent of Reform — Solomon Berry— 1870”.
Apr. “News of the County— April 1896”.
May “The Great McMinnville Jail Break”.
Aug. “Newberg’s First Annual Berry Festival “
Sept. “Milestone for Roma Sitton”.
Oct. “The Ghost of Alec’s Butte”.
Nov. “Squaring Up the Ballot Box”.
Dec. “For Whom the Bells Toll—Summary of Tours—Historic Homes”
1997
Jan. “The Red Electric — Ahead of its Time”.
Feb. “Enforcing McMinnville’s Temperance Ordinance”.’
Mar. “Dayton’s Gold Nuggets “.
Apr. “Some Hot Times in Old Sheridan “.
May “The Shape We Are in and How We Got This Way ”.
Sum. ”Moving the Mail—1851″
Sept. “A Brief History of Yamhill County Courthouse “.
Oct. “Courthouse Moved to McMinnville” — Dan Linscheid
Nov. ”John R. McBride — The Damned Yamhill Republican”‘
Dec. “Harvest Festival”
1998
Jan. ”The Yamhill Coal Mine”— John White
Feb. “The Controversial Evangelist — L.T. Nichols” — John White
Mar. ”Levi T. Davis— The Man and His Machine” — John White
Apr. ”The ‘Yam—Hill’ Settler Writes to New York”—John White Part One
May ”The ‘Yam—Hill’ Settler Writes to New York”-John White Part two
Sum. ”Royal Accommodations”—John White
Sept. “A Failed Bank Robbery at Newberg” by John White
Oct. “Residents Needed a Map in 1928 McMinnville” By John White
Nov. “Harvest Festival”
Dec. “A Place Called Ekins” By John White
1999
Jan. “Random Clippings From the Past” Compiled by John White
Feb. “The Peoples Protective Transportation Co.” by John White
Mar. “The Yamhill Campus of Bishop Scott Academy” by John White
Apr. “The Murder Trial of Joseph Coxon” By John White
May “More Clippings From the Past” Compiled by John White
Sum. “U.S. National Bank of McMinnville “National Currency” by John White
Sept. “McMinnville Copes with Smallpox in 1888” By John White
Oct. “A Famous Tent Show Visits Yamhill County in 1912” by John White
Nov. “Harvest Festival”
Dec. “The Oregon Pioneers Christmas” – by Jim Lockett
2000
Jan. “The Historical Geology of Yamhill County” By Jim Lockett
Feb. “Samuel (Uncle Sam) Cozine (1820-1897)”
Mar. “The Role of Minorities in settling the Land of Promise” by Jim Lockett
Apr. “The Dayton, Sheridan & Grand Ronde Railroad Co.” by Jim Lockett
May “Mary Louise Kaiser Hess” Jim Lockett
Sum. “Colonel Jacob C. Cooper” by Jim Lockett
Sept. “George Gay and His Brick House” By Jim Lockett
Oct. “Joel Perkins, Founder of Lafayette” By Jim Lockett
Nov. “Aviation Pioneers of Yamhill County” By Jim Lockett
Dec. “A Christmas with the Sager Children” By Jim Lockett
2001
Jan. “Early River Transportation Part I” By Jim Lockett
Feb. “Early River Transportation Part II” By Jim Lockett
Mar. “The Great Cattle Drive” By Jim Lockett
Apr. “Yamhill County’s First Official Explorer—Lt Charles Wilkes” By Jim Lockett
May “The Joseph Watt Saga” By Jim Lockett
Sum. “Early Bridges of Yamhill County” By Dan Linscheid
Sept. No title for article
Oct. “Absalom Hembree, Indian War Hero” By Jim Locket
Nov. “Joel Palmer—Emigrant and Indian Agent” By Jim Lockett
Dec. “A Thanksgiving Thought” By Jim Lockett and others
2002
Jan. “Judge Matthew Deady Shaped Oregon Law” By Jim Lockett
Feb. “Oregon’s Pathfinder for Women” By Jim Lockett
Mar. “The Amazing Louis La Bonte” By Jim Lockett
Apr. “Early Yamhill County Transportation” By Jim Lockett
Sum. “Emigrant Woman Survives Terrible Trip” By Jim Lockett
Sept. “Joel Hembree Goes West” by Jim Lockett
Oct “William Lysander Adams” by Jim Lockett
Nov. “Nathan Koonts (Doc) Sitton” by Jim Lockett
Dec. “Origins of the Yamhill County Historical Society” By Dorothy Gunness
2003
Jan. “Jesse Edwards of Newberg” By Dan Linscheid
Feb. “The Indian Situation” By Jim Lockett
Mar. “Dr. E.E. Goucher” By Dan Linscheid
Apr. “Albert Alderman” by Jim Lockett
May “Wilson Carl Inadvertently Starts Town of Carlton” by Jim Lockett
Sept. “The Origins of Highway” 18 By Dan Linscheid
Oct. “David Ramsey” by Jim and Reita Lockett
Nov. “Wheat Harvest, Oregon Pioneer Style” by Jim and Reita Lockett
Dec. “Garrisons Bring Love of Preaching to Oregon”
2004
Jan. “Henry H. Hewitt” by Jim and Reita Lockett
Feb. “The Yamhill County Turkey Story ” by Barbara Doyle
Mar. “The Yamhill County Turkey Story” by Barbara Doyle
Apr. “Ewing Young” By Jim Lockett
May “New Facility Planning”
Sept. “News from the Past (Telephone-Register 1894)”
Oct. “Sheridan—A Family Affair” By Jim Lockett
Nov. “Trouble on the Yamhill River” by Jim Lockett
Dec. “Uncle John Baker Shaped Oregon Government, Justice And Education” by Jim Lockett
2005
Jan. “Another Mountain Man-William Doughty ” Dan Linscheid
Feb. “The Founding of Dayton” By Dan Linscheid
Mar. “Levi Lindsay Rowland Pioneer Oregon Preacher and Educator” By Jim Lockett
Apr. “Glen Owen Burnett, Pioneer Preacher And School Builder” By Jim Lockett
May “The Prehistoric Willamette Valley” By Jim Lockett
Sum. “Father Crockett’s Places of Worship” By Father Martinus
Sept. “Jacob Hawn, Millwright” by Jim Lockett
Oct. “Henry W. Lever-Early Linfield Coach” Tim Marsh
Nov. “The Old Kinney Mill Stone” By Lila Jackson
Dec. “Jacob Hawn, Millwright” by Jim Lockett
2006
Jan. “Yamhill County Necktie Parties” By Dan Linscheid
Feb. “Yamhill County Gets A Railroad” by Jim Lockett
Mar. “Carlton, Oregon- The Logging Center of the State” -By Jim Lockett
Apr. “Downtowns of Old Burned Often” By Jim Lockett
May “Harvey W. Scott” By Jim Lockett
Sum. “Yamhill County Parks ” By Jim Lockett
Sept. “Water and electricity come to McMinnville” By Dan Linscheid
Oct. “The Railroad comes to Yamhill County” By Jim Lockett
Nov. “Thomas Crawford McBride” By Jim Lockett
Dec. “Tragic Events at Fort Yamhill” By Dan Linscheid
2007
Jan. “50 Years of Preserving our Treasured Past and A Look to the Future” By Katherine Huit
Feb. “Gopher Valley” By Dan Linscheid
Mar. “Welcome to the Hotel Oregon” By Katherine Huit
Apr. “Directors Log” By Katherine Huit
May “Directors Log” By Katherine Huit
Sum. “History of Moores Valley” By Nancy Thornton
Sept. “General Phillip Henry Sheridan” By Sue Sherman
Oct. “General Phillip Henry Sheridan, Part 2” By Sue Sherman
Nov. “Newberg Church Uncovers Link to Its Past” By Patricia J. Ridenour
Dec. “Directors Log” By Katherine Huit
2008
Jan. “General Phillip Henry Sheridan, Part III: The Pre-Civil War Years” By Sue Sherman
Feb. “General Phillip Henry Sheridan, Part IV: The Civil War” By Sue Sherman
Mar. “Pioneers of Lower Panther Creek” By Nancy Thornton
Apr. “Sheridan – The Years After the War” By Sue Sherman
May “Yamhill County: My Destination” By Captain Colin Armstrong
Sum. “Meadow Lake” By Nancy Thornton
2009
Jan. “The Community of Pike” By Nancy Thornton
Feb. “The Community of Rex Oregon” By Nancy Thornton
Mar. “The Wortman Family”
Apr. “YCHS’s Sesquicentennial Event”
May “William C. Goodrich” By Nancy Thornton
Nov. “Remembering WWII” By Lester Herring
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