2019 Programs & Special Events

Troutdale Historical Society Programs

Programs are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 23: Friends and Family Night at McMenamins Edgefield Power Station Restaurant. 50% of proceeds benefit the Troutdale Historical Society.
Sunday, April 28: Troutdale Historical Society Annual Meeting, 2pm. Loggers and their Dogs presented by Chuck Rollins. Glenn Otto Community Park - Sam Cox Building, 1102 E Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, OR 97060
Friday, July 5: First Friday Barnyard Concerts at the Barn Exhibit Hall lawn 6-8pm. 732 E Historic Columbia River Hwy, Troutdale, Oregon.
Friday, August 2: First Friday Barnyard Concerts at the Barn Exhibit Hall lawn 6-8pm. 732 E Historic Columbia River Hwy, Troutdale, Oregon.
Friday, September 6: First Friday Barnyard Concerts at the Barn Exhibit Hall lawn 6-8pm. 732 E Historic Columbia River Hwy, Troutdale, Oregon.
Sunday, October 20: Topic: Rise Above-The Heppner Flood of 1903. Presented by Peg Willis. Glenn Otto Community Park - Sam Cox Building, 1102 E Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, OR 97060

Troutdale Historical Society Guided History Tours

Saturday in May 18: Cemetery Tour to Wilhelm Portland Memorial and Lone Fir Cemetery with our tour Guide: Stan Clarke, Cemetery Historian. Touring Wilhelm Portland Memorial and Lone Fir Cemetery in a luxury tour bus with on-board restroom and air conditioning.
  • Wilhelm Portland Memorial - Established in 1910, it is the first crematorium in the Pacific Northwest. One of the largest mausoleums in the country. This facility is filled with artwork and stained glass. 
  • Lone Fir Cemetery - Mount Crawford was renamed Lone Fir in 1866, for the once solitary tree in its northwest corner. (It’s still standing.) Lone Fir is one of Portland’s oldest continuously used cemeteries and is now a de facto arboretum, with more than 700 trees representing 67 species. Twenty-five thousand people are buried here. 
 Reserve your seat today by calling LeAnn at 503-661-2164. Reservations required. 
  • Fee: THS Member $25; Non-Member $35
Picture
Tiffany Stained Glass Window, 1927
Picture
Mausoleum
Saturday, September 14: Geology Tour - Silver Falls State Park with our tour guide Daina Hardisty, Instructor of Geology at Mt. Hood Community College. Touring Silver Falls State Park and the surrounding area in a luxury tour bus with on-board restroom and air conditioning. You can take short hikes to view geological sites, experience the site of the earthquakes of the Scott's Mills vicinity, and visit a “discovery” by our tour guide Daina Hardisty – the site of a health resort associated with naturally carbonated mineral springs. This was one of the first bottled waters for sale in Oregon. This location alone is well worth the trip! Reserve your seat today by calling LeAnn at 503-661-2164. Reservations required. 
  • ​Fee: THS Member $35; Non-Member $45
Picture
Silver Falls State Park

McMenamins presents Edgefield History Night
​ sponsored by Troutdale Historical Society

2019 History Night @ McMenamins Edgefield Blackberry Hall
2126 SW Halsey Street - Troutdale

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

  • ​​March 26 - Mount Hood's Steiner Cabins presented by Steve Graeper and Lloyd Musser.
  • 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 - Shipwrecks, Legends, & Lost Treasures-Historical Archaeology and on the OR Coast (including Beeswax Wreck project) presented by Scott Williams. (Note date change)
  • July 30 - Celilo Falls: Parallel Lives Along N'Chewana presented by Ed Edmo and Lani Roberts.(Note date change)
  • August 27 - Crash Course: The Portland Air Disaster that made History and Change History presented by Julie Whipple. 
  • September 24 - Thomas Jefferson: The Man and His Legacy presented by Lynn McKee.
  • October 29 - Rebuilding History presented by Pacific Crest Construction
  • November 26 - Pinball Wars presented by Finn John
  • No History Night in December