The Hillsboro Argus Project
From 1894 to 2015, The Hillsboro Argus had a historic run as the biggest and most successful community newspaper of its kind. Thousands of stories, photographs, and other information that one could imagine were chronicled in those legendary pages.
The Hillsboro Argus ended its run after being bought by Advance Media, which merged it into The Oregonian. When that happened, the people of Hillsboro, Oregon, and the surrounding towns and farm communities lost the source of their news and much more. Our collective History is trapped in those stories and volumes. And it's time for us to win it back!
The Hillsboro Historical Society has made it its Mission to digitize the thousands of issues of the Hillsboro Argus for the University of Oregon's online archives.
WE DID IT- We raised enough Money from 2022 to 2025 to get the Argus Digitized from 1894 to 1949
The Hillsboro Historical Society members have paid for this through donations and small grants. Well over $15,000 has been raised.
The dozens of employees and writers for the Hillsboro Argus covered every community around Hillsboro, including Banks, North Plains, Forest Grove, Gaston, Dilley, Cherry Grove, Cornelius, Laurel, Scholls, Beaverton, Aloha, Bethany, Helvetia, Germantown, West Union, Cedar Mill, Garden Home, and more!! HELP US TELL THEIR STORIES - MANY OF THEM YOUR STORIES OR YOUR FAMILIES!