When pumping gas meant they really PUMPED the gas.

Oral History of: Michael Hannegan and Sandra Hannegan Stearns

Interviewer: Sandra Lafky Carlson

Video: by Mike Loftin at DigaPix

Date: March 15, 2023

Early pioneers in Tualatin business, the Hannegan family has been in Tualatin for almost a hundred years. Hear Mike and Sandra Hanegan Stearns discuss when grandpa, crippled by a work accident, moved to the area for the better weather from Montana. Starting with a chicken farm in the Tonkin area south of town, and in much of Western Oregon, this family left many legacies--especially the former Gas Station on Boones Ferry. Listen to our Historian Sandra Lafky Carlson as she "fuels up" on Hannegan history.

“He was sure he was gonna get drafted so he wanted to get rid of the station and move back up to the Tualatin area.”

“What are you doing having this girl working here?”

CLICK HERE to see what we found in the Hannegan Attic!

Photos of family, floods, the gas station, the train wreck, Crawfish Festival, newspaper articles and more!

Key Words

Canada Montana Chicken Ranch Frank Hannegan Anna Ost Toquin Elmer Vic golf gas station 1931 Jean Richards Standard Oil Crater Lake Klamath Falls Minnesota Tiller 1940 1941 Murnice Tiller Sherwood shipyards Mobil station BP 76th berry picking Dr. Rosenblatt Vera Francis Mrs. King Fowler Junior Jr. High Robin Hood Festival Crawfish Shake Shop Hawxhurst Market Gerretts Store Bonks Gas Station George Andrews Rick Hannegan 1931-2006 TV repair Avery Street Selectron Select Sales 1967 Train Wreck 1937 & 1996 Floods steamer ship Sasaki Berry Farms