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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1982)
1 <W "S»» ■ SANO* (Or« , POST Thwrs r * v *r*w w w «h^ « ^..<.1 ■ * * w w w Aug 5 19«2 ($«< |) Local people contribute to exhibit by M IC H A E L P. JO NES Post ( ocrespondenl furniture and keepsakes from their home towns, When the Barlow Koad pioneers traveled the rugg ed and narrow trail into the Willamette Valley little did they realize the possession* they were forced to aban don along the way would become part of an exhibit depicting their journey over a 100 years later to find a new life in an un tamed land Hundreds did not complete the journey They are buried in unmark ed graves along the trad, which stretched some 2,000 miles traveled the Oregon T ra il h i Beginning in 1445 im m ig ra n ts in co ve re d wagons, loaded down with 4 '! U L’Ï * a * / ? ï ’i • S Upon reaching a crude settlement on the hanks of th e C o lu m b ia R iv e r , located at a place the In dians called “ Wascopam" (now The D a lle s ), the fatigued and sometimes broken spirited travelers learned the worst was yet to come had ever dared to cross Mt Hood Instead, the im m ig ra n ts took th e ir chances with the swift and equally unpredictable Col umbia River Once the pioneers had a r rived at The Dalles, they busied themselves con structing rafts to carry their families, stock and what few possessions they had left Or, if they had money to spare, they paid steep prices to river men, who would ferry them to Port Vancouver In the summer of 1845 Captain Samuel K Barlow arrived at The Dalles with a wagon train he had led from Missouri. Not wishing to risk the lives of his party to the sw ift Columbia R iv e r, whose d iffic u lt navigability had cast hun dreds into a cold and watery grave, he looked to the mountain. “ God never made a mountain without making a way for man to go over it," historians claim Barlow boasted Rising up 11,245 feet, and standing like a giant in the Cascade Range, was the majestic peak of Mt Hood. Their journey would not be over until they had safely picked their way around this treacherous peak Most, however, chose not to risk a journey over the unpredictable m ountain terrain No known wagon 3 sisters to display art Three sisters bom in the 1890s in the C o rb e tt- Spnngdale area are plann ing an art show Aug 14-15 in the Corbett area The sisters are Weltha Wilson. 89. Gladys Woodle. 87, and Clara Salzman, 85 Wilson and Woodle live in Corbett. Salzm an lives near Aloha Several years ago Wilson and Woodle decided to take up oil painting They en joyed it and Wilson per suaded Salzman to give it a try In 1980 the three sisters staged their first “ Three Sisters Art Show,” and on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14 and 15, they will stage the third annual show. The hours are from 9 a m to 5 p m both days To find the "Old Bulb House G allery" take U S Highway 30 Scenic and turn south at the grade school onto Evans Road Go to Pounder Road, turn left, and go about a quarter of a mile Turn left again and a sign will show the way So on Sept 24 he set out with with seven wagons, his wife and six children and 12 others to find a dry lan d ro u te to the Willamette Valley, Following a narrow In dian trail, they successful ly picked their way through the thick stands of timber that span the southern perimeter of the mountain A year later Barlow return ed and cut blazes along this crude dirt trail and began carvin g his M t. Hood Wagon Road out of the wilderness The Mt Hood Wagon Road, better known as Barlow Road, was con structed out of an Indian trail, which reportedly had been used since prehistoric times The construction of the wagon road took place from 1846 to 1847 by Barlow and his partner, Philip Foster of "Jack Knife" (now known as Eagle Creek). Harnessing the untiring ft P R O F E S S IO N A L SOLUBLE PLANT FOOD 3 General Purpose 20-20-20 A tavonte for general use with all house and garden plants Made to professional stan dards to give you professional results at nome $089 • Weekly outdoor plant specials! FRIDAY SPECIALS • Mixed flower bouquets........... ‘2.50 C o m p lete local florist shop O utd o or p lant & garden center ‘P fw r (garden. 39075 Proctor • Sandy 668-9767 OPEN 10 6 Tue$ Sat Please turn to Page 7. Lowest prices in town on meat. Í * *1 /? s» $ 4r APPLE JUICE SENECA 18 OZ. 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