Digital Exhibits

Washington County, cleaning up after the Columbus Day Storm

Black and white image of two women with rakes, cleaning up leaves and debris. Behind the women a number of small trees have been blown down. Many local orchards were entirely destroyed by the storm. The remains of Typhoon Freda, the Columbus Day Storm cut a swath of destruction through the Pacific Northwest, with the bulk of the damage occurring in Oregon's Willamette Valley and along the Oregon coast. Thousands of homes were 'severely damaged' in Oregon, according to a Red Cross survey after the storm, and almost 500,000 families were without power or telephone service, many of them for weeks as local utilities struggled to rebuild a power grid that had been virtually destroyed.

McMullen, H. E., Hillsboro, Oregon, photographer

1962-10

Weather

Windstorms

Cyclone damage

Storms--Northwest Pacific

Economic History

Scientific History

Western United States History

Washington County, Oregon

photographic prints

English

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Still Image