2019 Programs & Special Events

Troutdale Historical Society Programs
Glenn Otto Community Park - Sam Cox Building
1102 E Historic Columbia River Highway
Troutdale, OR 97060

Programs are free and open to the public.

Sunday, January 20: THS Presentation, The Wire Trail. 2pm @ Glenn Otto Community Park - Sam Cox Building, 1102 E Historic Columbia River Hwy, Troutdale, Oregon. Presented by Dave Wand and Larry McGinnis. 
Sunday, April 28: Troutdale Historical Society Annual Meeting, 2pm
Sunday, October 20: TBD

Troutdale Historical Society Guided History Tours

Saturday in May: Cemetery Tour. Tour Guide: Stan Clarke, Cemetery Historian. Fee information and details to be determined. 
Saturday, September 14: Geology Tour - Silver Falls. Tour Guide: Daina Hardisty, Instructor of Geology at Mt. Hood Community College. Fee information and details to be determined.

McMenamins presents Edgefield History Night
​ sponsored by Troutdale Historical Society

2019 History Night @ McMenamin Edgefield's Blackberry Hall
2126 SW Halsey Street - Troutdale

​6:30 p.m. (doors at 5:30 p.m.)
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Last Tuesday of every month, except December

  • January 29 - The Dynamic Terror of the Willamette Valley: The relationship between geology, soil, climate, and wine. Presented by Scott Burns, Professor of Geology, Portland State University.
  • February 26 - Vista House: For the Love of the Journey presented by Miranda Mendoza.
  • March 26 - History of Steiner Cabins presented by Steve Graeper
  • April 30 - History of the Martha Washington Inn presented by Dana Plautz
  • May 28 - The Road We Traveled; Oregon Trail & Tabitha Moffat Brown presented by Jane Kirkpatrick
  • June 25 - Celilo Falls: Parallel Lives Along N'Chewana presented by Ed Edmo and Lani Roberts
  • July 30 - Shipwrecks, Legends, & Lost Treasures-Historical Archaeology and on the OR Coast (including Beeswax Wreck project) presented by Scott Williams
  • August 27 - TBD
  • September 24 - Thomas Jefferson: The Man and His Legacy presented by Lynn McKee
  • October 29 - TBD
  • November 26 - TBD
  • No History Night in December