Clatsop-Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Hager, F. L. November 10, 1856 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 795 - 796
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     F. L. HAGER, a public official who has been active in Gearhart since the 
establishment of the town, was born in New York state, November 10, 1856, and 
in his infancy was taken to Germany by his parents, pursuing his education in 
the schools of that country. When a youth of nineteen he returned to the 
United States, making his way to California, where he followed gold mining in 
Inyo county, there remaining until 1885, when he went to Portland. There he 
worked on the survey crew of the Northern Pacific Railroad as rodman, aiding 
in surveying the route between Chehalis and Port Townsend, Washington. He 
afterward worked in platting town sites and in 1887 he came to Gearhart, 
Clatsop county, at which time there were only five houses in the town, and 
during the first five winters of his residence here Mr. Hager was the only 
person to remain through the winter at Gearhart. Today this summer resort 
contains five hundred houses, with all-year-round population. Mr. Hager's 
first position here was that of watchman at Gearhart Park, owned at that time 
by Marshall J. Kinney, now of Portland, and comprising eleven hundred acres. 
Mr. Kinney afterward sold his interest to Theodore Kruse, who in turn sold to 
the Gearhart Park Company, of which William Taylor is now manager. When 
Gearhart was incorporated in 1917, Mr. Hager was elected city auditor and he 
has also served as justice of the peace for the past twelve years, while for 
nineteen years he has filled the office of school clerk, being still the 
incumbent in that position. He speaks German, French and English fluently and 
is well qualified to take an active and helpful interest in educational 
affairs.

     Mr. Hager found deer and bears in Gearhart and vicinity at the time of 
his arrival, while wild ducks and geese were here in almost incredible 
numbers. He owns about three acres of land at Gearhart, which he has cleared 
from the jungle and transformed into a bower of beauty. He has set out various 
kinds of shrubs and trees and has a most beautiful flower garden containing 
one hundred and twenty-seven different varieties of dahlias, which he has 
raised from the seed and which are justly the envy of all visitors.

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