CCC HPR Digital Archive The digital archive of Clatsop Community College’s Historic Preservation & Restoration program houses out of print books and publications including historic house plans, building details, and catalogs. Click here to see the collection If you are into old homes in Clatsop County here is a collection of several old magazines and publications showing many of the homes you find in the county. Great resource if you love old buildings. The Clatsop County Historical Society maintains an Archive and Research Library in the Heritage Museum which offers researchers a unique resource documenting the evolution of Clatsop County History. T

Published in the May 10, 1959 Sunday Orgonian, this article explains why and how Barney Lucas ended up converting an 80 acre purchase into the large area that Surf Pines now occupies.

While visiting, Astoria history is amazing. Below is a hand out that lists several online sites covering our rich past. With your phone or tablet, you can scan each QR code, just like you do at many restaurants, to link to our fun past. Just download and print both sides and you have a comprehensive list of the best history of the Astoria and surrounding area. Please forward to your friends and guests who will be visiting this year so they can be prepared for their visit to our fair county. Also we really need more Cruise Host volunteers. Before covid we had well over 100 members and now we are down…

We attended the orientation meeting for the Astoria Cruise hosts this afternoon and the first ships start coming in in April. This is the first for over 2 years and the once huge crew of well over 100 volunteers has diminished to about half that number. We have been doing this for several years and everyone has a ball. Take a look at what we are all about and if interested or would like to know more e-mail them at ClatsopCruiseHosts@gmail.com.

Many of you remember Joe and Gwynn who lived in Surf Pines from the late 80s till 2019 when they transferred their home to their daughter and son in law in 2019. Both were extremely active volunteers in Surf Pines and long time Astoria Country Club members. In November Joe and Gwynn passed away within 7 days of each other. Below are their obituaries. We will miss these long term members.

Articles and Books from our own Jim Aalberg Click here to view on the Surf Pines Historical Page on our web Jim Aalberg is the 3rd great-grand son of Captain John West the founder of Westport. Jim has been a long term resident of Surf Pines and recently volunteered to join the Surf Pines Board as Treasurer. Aalberg had an extensive career as an accountant and risk manger including retiring as the Treasurer of Fred Meyers. His passion has always been history and as a result he has published several articles in the “CUMTUX”. This is a quarterly publication of Clatsop County history articles produced by residents of the county and is produced for members…

Greetings Surf Pines community, My name is Marlie Haggren.  My husband Matti and I live on Ocean Drive with our two young boys Oskar and Hank, and our beloved Dachshund, Nancy. My boys attend Anchor Christian Academy, a local school in Hammond, where I serve on the PTA.  Because we’re a private school and don’t receive any federal funds, we do a lot of fundraising to support the small school.  One of the ways we fundraise is by collecting and recycling people’s unwanted cans and bottles.  All of the proceeds go directly to the Anchor Christian Academy PTA which uses the money to fund extracurricular activities, new equipment, and general maintenance around the school…

https://www.dailyastorian.com/obituaries/obituary-ace-barry-gilbertson/article_3c4382be-ed00-11eb-a4de-57a97e9d61af.html?save_asset=3c4382be-ed00-11eb-a4de-57a97e9d61af#tncms-source=login April 11, 1947 — June 3, 2021 16 hrs ago On June 3, 2021, Ace Barry Gilbertson, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed peacefully with his wife and children at his side. He was 74 years old. Ace was born on April 11, 1947, in Luverne, Minnesota, to Earle Steven and Esther Irene Gilbertson. His family of six children later moved to Lebanon. There, Ace attended elementary, middle and high school, and graduated from Lebanon Union High School in 1965. He joined the U.S. Army in 1966, and served as a pre-surgical medic in a mobile hospital in Vietnam until his honorable discharge in 1968. During his service, Ace was wounded…

A newly formed group—the Flavel House Garden Society—is seeking help in an ongoing revitalization project to bring the Flavel House Museum gardens back to the ambiance of a mid-1800 Victorian garden.All volunteers are welcome; mentors will assist with plant and weed identification and the best ways to remove weeds.The garden revitalization will be in stages: the first is weeding and mulching the beds. We can then move into moving plants to more viable locations and winter pruning of shrubs. If there is time before winter, new plants could be added. Spring will bring compost and more decisions on plant placement.Our first work session is Monday evening, July 19, from 5:00 – 7:00…