As a native Oregonian, in fact my grandmother was born here, I am still laughing at your questions about our weather. It DOESN'T rain here all the time. Not even in Portland. The past year we set records for dryness, which wasn't at all good for some crops. Of course, we sometime perpetuate these rumors to keep Oregon from being overrun with people from other places. It is NOT wet and dreary her nor in the state of Washington. I don't know the rates for suicide, but I know it's not high. And certainly probably 0% giving the weather as a reason. Thanks for the laughs. Jean Rotter Marianne wrote: > Dear listers, > Just out of curiosity, I wonder what the year around weather in the central > farming areas of Washington County are like. My ancestors grew up there and > I am wondering if it rains all the time like they say it does in Portland > which is right near by, how does one plow in all the mud and harvest under > such conditions? Is the suicide rate in the wet areas of OR (like Portland > for example) high like in Washington where it is known to be so wet and > dreary all the time? > > Marianne S. Monagle > monagle@cncdsl.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marianne [mailto:monagle@cncdsl.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:44 AM > To: ORWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WASHINGTON] Greenville, Centerville and town of Roy/Wash. CO. > /Harrison Cemetery > > Dear listers: > I am wondering if the town of Greenville is now about where Banks is and if > Roy is where Centerville used to be? Also does anyone know if Harrison Cem > is indexed? > > I do not know the answer to this question but I posed a similar question to > the Mult co lib and thought I'd share this info in case anyone else is also > interested in their answer. Please add to this and any info on Roy and > Greenville would be appreciated if any of you are familiar with the history > or such of this area. > > My previous question posed to the library: > I am trying to find out where Centerville, Oregon is? It should be near > Forest Grove in Washington County.(I am afraid it is no longer in existence) > My ancestor ran a Grist mill there, c. 1860-1872 and I'd like to learn more > about this "Centerville Mill". > > Answers/Sources & Comments: > The listing of current geographical names for Oregon does not list > Centerville. The following information comes from Oregon Geographic Names p. > 162. " Centerville. Washington (county) Centerville was the name of a small > community on Dairy Creek at the road crossing about 2 miles north of > Cornelius. The principal activity of the place revolved around the > Trullinger mills, but today there is little to show for it. The locality was > probably named because it was about the center of the Tualatin Plains, > although it may have been named because it was supposed to be near the > center of the county. Centreville post office was established October 11, > 1866 with Edward Jackson first postmaster. This office was closed Mar. 30, > 1874. Ingles post office was established at the same place or nearby on Sept > 28, 1881, with William S. Ingles, postmaster. The name of this office was > changed to Centerville on Sept 2, 1889, and the office was closed Sept 30, > 1904. These three offices may not have all been in exactly the same place, > but they were in the same general locality." > > Marianne S. Monagle > monagle@cncdsl.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: ORWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ORWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com] > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:03 AM > To: ORWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: ORWASHIN-D Digest V01 #60 > > ==== ORWASHIN Mailing List ==== > ******************** > Visit the Oregon GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/