The image above was taken on February 15, 2009 at the Tualatin Heritage Center where a story theatre production titled "The Road to Statehood Ran Through Tualatin" was held in celebration of Oregon's 150 birthday. Photo is courtesy of THS member and volunteer Jon Hartman of Willamette Valley Media Group.

The Tualatin Historical Society is a member based non-profit 501 c (3) organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and interpreting the rich and colorful history of Tualatin. We offer a number of educational programs and services to fulfill this mission.

Did you know that...

At the close of the last ice age, a mastodon, perhaps injured or in poor health, died in the area that is now Tualatin?

The Atfalati tribe of the Kalapuya Indians settled in the region, rich with game, fish and natural foods and that many of their artifacts were found by the first homesteaders and later farmers?

Coming by covered wagons over the Oregon Trail, pioneers began arriving in 1850. By 1853, 26 families settled donation land claims and the hamlet was known as Galbreath for the local ferry by that name? Or that Taylor's Ferry was upriver and Brown's Ferry, downriver?

We invite and encourage you to make connections to the past by learning about Tualatin and joining us in our mission.