Programs & Special Events

Sunday, October 21: Where were you in 1968? THS celebrating 50 Years!
A group of 63 Troutdale folks founded the Troutdale Historical Society while other things were going on in the country: Growing public anger over the Vietnam War; Martin Luther King was assassinated; Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated; First 747 “Jumbo Jet” was introduced; 3 astronauts circled the moon; Big Mac was introduced; Movie tickets cost an average of $1.31; Gallon of gas cost $.34 AND the Troutdale Historical Society was founded.
What were you doing? That is what we will be asking and celebrating at our last membership meeting of the year at 2:00 on Sunday, October 21, at Glenn Otto Park. What were you wearing then? Come dressed as you were then? Bring a picture? We will continue to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Hope you can join us.

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Saturday, December 1: Christmas at the Harlow House

McMenamins presents Edgefield History Night
​ sponsored by Troutdale Historical Society

2018 History Night @ McMenamin Edgefield's Blackberry Hall
2126 SW Halsey Street - Troutdale

​6:30 p.m. (doors at 5:30 p.m.)

  • October 30 - History of the Hood River Crag Rats: America's oldest Search and Rescue organization. Presented by Don Pattison & Bill Pattison 
  • November 27 - The Ice Age Oregon Trail  Presented by Rick Thompson, President of the Lower Columbia Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute.
​          The rich soil of the Willamette Valley is from eastern Washington,                        brought here by the ice age Lake Missoula Floods.  It was this soil that                attracted Oregon Trail pioneers to become part of one of the largest non-              forced migrations in all of history.  But did you know that, from                          Pendleton to the  Dalles, some of the trails the pioneers used were                        actually channels of those very floods?  Celebrate the 175th Anniversary            of the Oregon Trail by joining us for Thompson’s visual journey with                  photos, LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) images and maps along              the canyons, through the water gaps and next to the giant gravel bars the              pioneers saw as they traveled the flood channels carved long before they              arrived.
  • No History Night in December

100th Anniversary Poster

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The 100th Anniversary posters by artist, Mike Rangner, are now available at a pre-sale price (pre-sale ends June 7th).
  • Limited edition signed posters 18" x 24" $80- only 100 available
  • 11" x 17" signed posters $35
  • 11" x 17" posters $25.00
  • ​9" x 12" posters $9.99
​Order you poster today by calling the Troutdale Historical Society #503-661-2164. Domestic shipping is available for an additional fee of $6.99. 
Museums in Summer:
King of Roads: Exhibit, now with videos, on the Historic Columbia River Highway in the Barn Exhibit Hall.
​                           Open 9am - 4pm Monday thru Saturday & 1 - 4pm Sunday.
Harlow House Museum: Open every Sunday afternoon, 1 - 4pm, with videos to view from our oral history interviews.
Depot Rail Museum: Join Kelly Broomall on Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to see our railroad museum and 1975 Caboose.

Current Museum Exhibits

  • The Barn Exhibit Hall is open and features our new exhibit "King of Roads". 
  • ​At the Harlow House - Men's suits, quilt made from wool suits, and quilt made from men's ties are on display for a limited time.
  • A wonderful collection of railroad memorabilia, tools, and 1975 Union Pacific Caboose are on display in the Depot Rail Museum.