Yamhill County Historic Photo Gallery

Click on the links below to see the photos. Click on the back arrow of your browser to return here. All photos courtesy of the Yamhill County Historical Society, Lafayette, OR. Reproduction of the digital imagery on this page by permission only. All digital images © 2000, Y.C.H.S.

Baker Cr. Falls	Baker Cr. Sawmill - 1881	Bear Hunt - 1921
Big Headrig & Log	Steamboat Down! 2-1-1903	Blockhouse at Grand Ronde
Blockhouse at Grand Ronde 2	Cornucopia Mill	Falling Timber
Fred Sitton's Tractor	George Gay House	George Gay House # 2
Grand Ronde RR Depot	Hopewell Store	Hopewell Berry Pickers
Hotel Whiteson	Jones Sawmill	Locks 1
Locks 2	Locks 3	Locks Const. 1
Locks Const. 2	Locks Const. 3	Locks Empty
Locks Excursion Boat	Locks Upstream	New Grand Ronde - 1923
Maud Williamson	Steamboat at Locks	Sawmill
Steamer Bonita in Locks	Summit House	Threshing # 1
Threshing # 2	W.E. Yarnes Harvest	Cove Orchard
Whiteson RR Depot	Hopewell Store & owner Dick Kidd	Fairchilds House - Fairdale area
Fairdale Boarding House	Fairdale Covered Bridge	Fairdale Mineral Springs
County Fairgrounds -late 1960's	John Sanders Home near Amity	Petch House (near present Flying M)
Old Louis LaBonte Home	Phil Sheridan home, Grand Ronde 1966 #1	Phil Sheridan Home, Grand Ronde 1966 #2
Pike Area - 1900	Rex Original School 1910	Rex Train Station
Rex area - Schaad family -about 1908	Rex Store about 1925	Rex Train wreck - 1913
Stage at Grand Ronde Post Office	Summit House in snow	Tillamook Stage - 1906
Toll House at Fairdale	Trask House (in Tillamook County)	Unionvale Cannery
RR Survey Crew 1890	Springbrook Cannery Workers	Springbrook Cannery - 1920s
Springbrook P.O. and Store	Steamer Modoc	St. Joe Hotel -1914
P.K. Nissen's Dry Goods - Whiteson	Elmore down at Pikepole Bend 2-1-1903

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Notes:

Bear Hunt - 1921: Gopher Valley N. of Sheridan
Big Headrig & Log: this photo was taken in California, but is typical for NW Oregon also
Blockhouse at Grand Ronde 2: Jail on the left, Blacksmith shop on the right
Cornucopia Mill: Happey Valley west of McMinnville
George Gay Ho.: built in 1841, the first brick house built in Oregon Territory
Jones Sawmill: on top of mountain above old Meadow Lake.
Maud Williamson: thats her in the dress - Wallace Road, date unknown.
P.K. Nissen's Dry Goods store - L to R - Clarence Watts, Elizabeth Watts, Mary Nissen, Christine Nissen, Mrs. P.K. Nissen & William Nissen - taken June,1915
Rex Train Station - awaiting arrival of the first electric train.
Rex area - Schaad family: Clarence Schaad was born in 1905, and he is estimated at 2 to 3 years old in this photo.
Springbrook P.O. and Store - C.E. Newhouse & wife, proprietors.
Steamboat Down & Steamboat Down # 2: same boat, different view. At Pikepole Bend, between Dayton and Willamette R.
Steamer Modoc - approaching Pikepole Bend
Summit House: this was a stopping point on the Tillamook - Yamhill Toll Road, a stage route active between the 1870's to 1911, when a railroad was constructed between Hillsboro and Tillamook.
RR Survey Crew - this photo was actually taken in the Nehalem Mountains, but it is certainly typical of survey crews and environs in Yamhill County also.
Threshing # 1: McPhillips & Detering
Threshing # 2: Elisha Wrights crew
W.E. Yarnes Harvest: near Amity; left 'x' is Melvin Rea, middle 'x' is Henry Richter, rt 'x' is Wm. Yarnes

last update 3/31/2006 del