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Discarded possessions a fact of travel
strength oi oxen and a
small crew of men who had
been toughened by the
harsh and rainy winters of
the Oregon country, work
on the road began at back-
brea >ing speed in the spr
ing By 184? Barlow and
Koster, who had persisted
w ith th e ir d re a m of
building the first major
road in Western Oregon, of
f ic ia lly
opened
the
thoroughfare.
As stated in their petition
b e fo re
the
O regon
Legislature of 1845, the
wagon road extended from
the dalls Mission to valev
of Clackamus ”
Weary and tired by the
Class o f 977
reunion set
The SUHS class of 1977
w ill be holding its five-year
reunion Aug 14 at McIver
Park Contact the high
school, at 668 8011, for
more information
drudgery of ten or more
months of travel from such
points as St Louis and St
Joseph. Mo , the journey
over the new road was
harder than most expected
C ro ssin g p re c ip ito u s
creeks and gla cie r-fe d
rivers, the going became
tougher and increasingly
dangerous as the wagon
trains traversed canyons
and descended dangerous
ly steep hills, such as the
Little Laurel mear White
R iver > and Laurel H ill
• w est of G o v e rn m e n t
Campl.
When the grades became
too steep, or when the
wagons sank into the mud
of the creeks and swamps,
the load had to be lightened
of anything the travelers
felt they could do without
So, everything from pots
and pans, old trunks, pump
organs, tables, chairs,
washboards and small fru it
tre e
s e e d lin g s w e re
discarded along the road
Today, a number of these
a r t if a c ts
have
been
discovered along sections
of the old road and placed
in both public and private
c o lle c tio n s
H ere the
memories of those who
dared to venture westward,
in what historians call the
“ Great Migration,** are
preserved
ZIG ZAG E XH IBIT
For the past month the
Zig Zag Ranger Station has
featured the artifacts of
these
B a rlo w
Road
pioneers in a unique exhibit
located in the information
office With little publicity,
the exhibit has had such an
enthusiastic response that
it w ill run through the
month of August
Leslie Eagle, an inform a
tion receptionist employed
by the Zig Zag D istrict, is
the person responsible for
p u ttin g
the
e x h ib it
together.
Eagle, who w ill end her
two-and-a-half year stint
with the Forest Service this
week, w ill be moving to
New York with her hus
band, David, who has ac
cepted a new job He was
form erly a counselor at
Cedar Ridge School in San
dy
The Barlow Road display
put together by Eagle is
unique because it utilizes
artifacts from various col
lections, which include
those from other ranger
districts and the Sandy
Pioneer Association, as
w e ll as fro m p riv a te
citizens
When the exhibit opened
last month. Eagle said peo
ple who were interested in
Oregon's heritage crowded
kCaine M utiny’ to
begin August 14
The Mountain Players
w ill present “ The Caine
Mutiny Court M a rtia l.” a
play by Herman Woulf,
Aug 14. 21 and 28
Aug 14 and 28 are
cabaret nights, with the
show beginning at 8 p m
Admission is $3
On Aug 21 dinner w ill
be served at 6 p m with
the play beginning at 8
Admission w ill be $9 All
performances w ill be held
a t the L io n 's C lub
pavilion
M ilt Fox w ill direct the
play, which is based on
the P u litz e r P r iz e
winning novel by Wouk,
"The Caine M utiny.”
Captain Queeg w ill be
played by Lowell Njust
R ic k M a tte r is the
defense counselor. Joe
Chambers is the tria l
judge advocate and Lt
Maryck, who is on trial, is
played by Dan Brown
(ru in P ag e 6
into the lobby of the infor
mation office and spent a
good deal of time studying
the collection of artifacts
Some of these people
returned and loaned a r
tifacts from their own per
sonal collection Quickly,
more and more items were
added to the exhibit.
The exhibit now includes
a variety of artifacts that
depict the conquest of the
P lease tu rn (u P ag e 8.
Move made
by county
The Clackamas County
extension office in Oregon
C ity has m oved tw o
buildings to the west.
The extension office is
now at 200 Warner Milne
The office was at 256
Warner Milne.
The office hours remain
the same. They’re open
from 8 a m to 4:30 p m.
Call 655-8634 for more in fo r
mation.
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