After being gone from Newberg for 26 years and just returning to retire here, its encouraging to see that there are passionate people still working to improve the livability of my home town! Thank you for putting this video together.
I have a lot of family history in Rex and Newberg. My great grandparents settled in Oregon in 1876, having come across on the 6 year old Grand Continental Railroad that year from New York to San Francisco then took a ship to Oregon entering at the Columbia river and docking in Portland on the Williamette River. In 1879 they settled on Rex Hill where the previous land claimer sold the place cheaply. It was called stumpy ridge because of all the timber on the land cut down. The Road up the hill was named for my Great Grandfather, William Watt Garland. My grandpa was born on the property and mom was raised in a house next to her grandparents. My mom's other grandparents came to Rex in 1904. We used to have many reunions and family gatherings through the years up until recently. The first 3 generations are almost all gone. I am the 4th generation and have traced all the descendants of this family across the United States and Canada. Haugen road was named for my cousin and her husband. They lived in a house on Haugen Road, bought it from my Uncle Ray Garland who lived there for a few years before. My mom's cousin owned and operated the little store and depot stop next to the train station for a short time. My Great Aunt's husband had TB so they had difficulty running it and keeping one of their daughter's from playing on the tracks. 4th and 5th generation cousins lived in and around Newberg. I am deeply aware of our history in the area whenever I drive through Sherwood, Rex and Newberg. Many of our family are buried at Gibbs, but some family at the Friends Cemetery. My 2nd Great Grandmother Harriett McMillen Hendrixson Walker and some cousins to my mom.
