Scappoose Historical Society Watts House

10/03/2026

Thinking ahead to December. We have opened up registration for the holiday light fight. To register, just email your name and address to
[email protected]

🎄✨ LIGHT UP SCAPPOOSE! ✨🎄

THE 4TH ANNUAL

SCAPPOOSE HOLIDAY LIGHT FIGHT

🏠 Think your house has the BEST holiday lights in town?

Show us what you’ve got!

Scappoose is lighting up for the holidays, and your home could be one of our six Best of Show winners!

🏆 THIS YEAR’S PRIZES

🥇 1ST PLACE

TWO WINNERS — $500 EACH

🥈 2ND PLACE

TWO WINNERS — $300 EACH

🥉 3RD PLACE

TWO WINNERS — $100 EACH

💰 $1,800 IN TOTAL PRIZE MONEY!

No categories this year — everyone is competing for BEST OF SHOW!

✨ HOW TO ENTER

📅 REGISTRATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15

All entries must be registered by November 15.

Register you name and address @gmail.com
Add LIGHT FIGHT in subject line.

This allows our Holiday Light Fight team time to prepare the official voting map and get participating homes ready for the December competition.

🎄 Have your holiday display up and shining by Sunday, November 29 — our Holiday Light Fight Grand Opening.

💡 Keep your display illuminated throughout December and through December 31.

👀 Your display must be visible from the street so everyone can enjoy it.

🎅 Keep it merry and family-friendly! We want everyone in Scappoose to enjoy the holiday spirit.

📍 Participating homes will receive an official Holiday Light Fight yard sign during the last week of November.

🗳️ VOTING RULES

VOTE FAIR

Voting will take place throughout the month of December.

✨ One vote per person

✨ Please do not submit multiple votes or attempt to artificially increase votes for any participant.

✨ Organizers reserve the right to review voting activity and remove duplicate, fraudulent, manipulated, or otherwise invalid votes.

✨ The final vote count will be determined by the Holiday Light Fight organizers.

❤️ LET’S KEEP IT FUN, FRIENDLY & FAIR!

The Holiday Light Fight is about celebrating our neighbors, creativity and the holiday spirit throughout Scappoose.

🏆 WINNERS

Votes will be tallied at the end of December.

The six Best of Show winners will be announced after the final vote count.

💰 Prize checks will be presented during the first week of January.

🌟 GO BIG. GO BRIGHT. GO FESTIVE!

Make Scappoose sparkle this Christmas!

09/29/2026

*** TONIGHT’s the night***

The Scappoose Historical Society is presenting another talk in our History Connections Series on Sept 29 @ 7pm. We will meet at the Historic Red Barn @ 53760 West Lane Rd. As always the talks are free and the public is welcome to attend.

For thousands of years the Columbia River has been a highway for travel and commerce. First, indigenous people in canoes and then Europeans in canoes and small boats. As time passed the vessels grew larger, requiring much more skill and knowledge to navigate both the river entrance, the Columbia River Bar, and the river. The first to assist were local Chinook tribal members in war canoes and early Hudson's Bay Company fur traders acting as the unofficial first guides for incoming ships prior to 1846. The first formal organized pilotage began in 1846-47. From this humble beginning both the Columbia River Bar Pilots and the Columbia River Pilots have grown into one of the mainstays of support for multiple industries for over half of our nation. Their story and how they have grown and changed over the years is the subject of a presentation by John L Glen, CDR USCG Ret.

09/25/2026

The Scappoose Historical Society is presenting another talk in our History Connections Series on Sept 29 @ 7pm. We will meet at the Historic Red Barn @ 53760 West Lane Rd. As always the talks are free and the public is welcome to attend.

For thousands of years the Columbia River has been a highway for travel and commerce. First, indigenous people in canoes and then Europeans in canoes and small boats. As time passed the vessels grew larger, requiring much more skill and knowledge to navigate both the river entrance, the Columbia River Bar, and the river. The first to assist were local Chinook tribal members in war canoes and early Hudson's Bay Company fur traders acting as the unofficial first guides for incoming ships prior to 1846. The first formal organized pilotage began in 1846-47. From this humble beginning both the Columbia River Bar Pilots and the Columbia River Pilots have grown into one of the mainstays of support for multiple industries for over half of our nation. Their story and how they have grown and changed over the years is the subject of a presentation by John L Glen, CDR USCG Ret.

09/20/2026

Bring on the Pumpkin spice 🎃
Watts house is ready for fall
Thank you Means Nursery and Judy Bright for pumpkins and corn stalks
🌽🎃🌽

09/17/2026

Thank you for the comments and support regarding the food pantry. We are happy to continue operating it and have no intention of closing it unless it becomes unsafe.

We do, however, have a few ongoing challenges. There are days when the pantry is completely stocked, only to have everything disappear in a very short amount of time because someone takes it all. We have a sign asking everyone to be respectful and leave something for others, but unfortunately, not everyone follows that request.

Open and improperly packaged food is another concern. Half-open boxes of cereal, beans, rice, and food placed in unmarked bags must be disposed of for safety reasons.

We also occasionally find toiletries and clothing in the food pantry. While these items are useful and appreciated, the library can accept donations of toothpaste, soap, and lotions. Our pantry is small, with barely enough room for food, so we ask that nonfood items be directed elsewhere.

Thank you to everyone who donates!
We truly appreciate your generosity and do our best to keep the pantry stocked, clean, and available to those who need it.

Janet Williams
Scappoose Historical Society

09/16/2026

****Watts House Food Pantry Reminders***

No opened partially used food items
No non-food items.

Today a canister of cocoa 1/3 full had to be tossed out along with lots of loose tea bags not sealed - some tore so loose tea a big mess to clean up.

We will have to remove the pantry box if this continues. The above rules are for safety and health reasons. Please respect this resource for the community.
Thank you very much to those who faithfully stock up the box with food staples.

09/12/2026

09/12/2026

We have lots of lavender here at the Watts house up the sidewalk that needs to be pruned. Come and pick yourself ok bring your own pruners!

09/11/2026

Come see us at the Watts House tomorrow at the Harvest Festival in
Heritage Park.