BEAVERTON ENTERPRISE
Friday, August 13, 1948
Trail From ScappooseOne
Of Tualatin's Chief Roads
TRADER’ S DIARY RECOUNTS CONDITIONS OF
TRAVEL, COM MBA T O UMPQUA RIV ERS *.H
wet and their baggage, too, ab
sorbed quite a soaking. “ Very un
(Continued from last week)
pleasant” was the necessity to
The rich productivity of the Tu make camp in wet grass, fighting
alatin valley, in pioneer times, “plenty of mosquitoes" and with
added real incentive
for road “very little wood to make a fire.”
builders. Competing freight con
The party remained at this be
cerns established three main lines
draggled campsite for a day while
of entry into the present Wash
part of the men were sent off to
ington county, vying with each
the Tualatin Plains to round up
other for the abundance of agri
horses which Tom McKay had
cultural products and furs in the
sent there for grazing. They re
beginning of a flourishing traffic.
turned from their errand in the
The Columbia river, and its near
evening, soaking wet.
by tributary, the Willamette, were
The second day out. the traders
avenues of trade for other parts
proceeded
across the mountain to
of the new West as well as the
Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and "the beaver ground at Tualatin
other markets. Without the riverN Plains.” At the present site of
sparsely dotted with other settle North Plains, some four or five
ments, much of the need for ar miles north and east of the pres
ticles of trade would not have been ent county seat, they camped.
Horses not needed as pack ani
so demanding.
The closest artery to the Colum mals were started back to Mc
bia river, nearest the Pacific Kay’s grazing herd.
As Work relates in his journal,
ocean, brought a traveler out to
the present site of Scappoose and “We were three and a half hours
by 1848, the road was well marked. crossing the mountains,” a dis
Well-marked It was, too, four tance of eight to ten miles in a
teen years previous, as related in southwesterly direction. The road
the diary of a party headed by in many places was steep and
John Work, extensive traveler and rugged, particularly on the north
trader for the Hudson ,Bay com side of the hill.
The wet gloomy weather and
pany. He set out May 22, 1834. on
a trading expedition from Fort numerous trees fallen across the
Vancouver across the Tualatin road made travel slow.
As the trader related, the coun
Plains and the Yamhill basin into
try was not thickly wooded but
the Umpqua river country.
Work and parly, leaving the hoavlly overgrown with under
upper end of Sauvies Island, by brush. Trees were principally pine
passed Tom McKay’s farm at and cedar, many of them of good
Scappoose and went directly by size. There were also medium sized
scow to the “traverse” or moun oak trees fringing the edge of the
tain trail leading toward Scap woods near North Plains, and
poose in one direction and into some ash and other trees as well.
the Tualatin Plains by the other
Describing the looks of present
direction.
Washington county some century
This traverse was on Willamette ago, Work wrote, "It la a continu
slough, described by Work as a ation of plains which commence
little channel a mile or two north here and continue on to the south
west of the present site of Hol ward, separated by narrow strips
brook and about five miles south of timber.” The soil was a rich
of McKay’s Scappooso farm.
mold covered with grass and other
Landing in a driving rainstorm, plants; many strawberry plants
the travelers were shortly dripping then bearing fruit and scarcely a
By lUrvry S. Robinaon
HOBBY SHOW
route that was to become an im
portant avenue of trade became
more and more widely known. And
Tom McKay’s settlement at the
Scappoose end of the trail played
an increasingly notable part in the
traffic development.
(continued next week)
shrub or a stone to interfere with
the plow.
“Though termed a plain,” he
continued, “ from being clear of
wood, the country is not a dead
flat but composed of level land
with gently rising ground. Por
tions of the flat lands are springy.
The vegetation is not rank, yet
yields a great deal of pasture."
It was the sixth day out that
the group continued the journey.
McKay creek was easily forded.
At Dairy creek, it was necessary
to swim the horses and transfer
baggage over an improvised bridge,
made by falling a tree from bank
to bank. Galea creek was the
fourth and last fork of the Tuala
tin river that they forded.
Banks of all these forks were
steep and of heavy, slippery clay.
From this point on, the traders
continued into the trading area.
By the time they returned, some
two months later, they had a bea
ver skin and eight otter pci’ s,
p’us detailed intoimation on a
new territory.
From the act jmplisnmcn’ o.
each Journey fi as the Columbia
river into the Tualatin Plains, the
McKay - Whitford
OUT
OF
TO W N
Out of town guests at the home
of the Glen W. Sweet were her
mother, Mrs. Mary McElrea of
Long Beach, Calif., and her sister
and family Mr .and Mrs. Lawrence
Miller of Seattle and Alfred and
Robert McElrea of Iowa,
her
nephews. Mr. and Mrs. A1 John
son of Rockaway Beach also at
tended.
BEACH WEEKEND
Mrs. J. K. Macdonald and two
children spent the weekend at
Gearhart.
AT BAY OCEAN
Mrs. John Matchek and two
children
on
Bertha-Beaverton
highway are visiting at the Lau-
torette home at Bay Ocean. They
will stay there for one month.
DOUBLE DATE
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chadwick
and family are at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Richly at
Longview. The occasion was the
Chadwick’s wedding anniversary
plus Mr. Chadwick’s birthday.
W h o le sa le r's
SACRIFICE
695
VISITORS WELCOME
Visitors are welcome at the
Emanuel hospital to see Russell
Chadwick, of Scholls Ferry road,
who suffered a broken leg early
this week in a tangle of his bike
with a car, on Taylor's Ferry road.
He had just returned Saturday
from a month’s vacation in South
ern Nevada. Now he is in south-
pltal and expects to be there for
about three weeks.
All friends who would like to
make his long days in bed seem
a little shorter are asked to drop
in for a visit at the regular call
ing hours.
m a kes th ese
p r ic e s
p o s s ib l e
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25 SH O R T Y CO A TS {
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Royal
BACK AFTER TWO WEEKS
After a two-week stayy with her
mother, Mrs. Frank Tone, at Tilla
mook, Mrs. Kathleen Schlaht and
children Jackie and Patricia have
returned to their home on Scholls
Ferry road.
Bldg,
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Elberta Peaches
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Fillet of Cod
Lamb Shoulder Roast
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13. 1948
ST. A N TH O N Y'S SCHOOL
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Fillet of Sole
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lb. 10c
lb. 13c
lb. 10c
lb. 12c
lb. 15c
lb A'/jc
lb. 15c
Avocados
Pre-ripened, Calavos
lb 32c
Carrots
lb 7c
Seedless Grapes
Crispy, Fresh
lb. 25c
Eggplant
Bread and Fry!
lb. 15c
Honeydcw Melons Sweet, Ripe
Golden Corn
Grown Locally
Cucumbers
Garden Fresh
Danish Squash
Uniform Sizes
Ripe Tomatoes Firm, Flavorful
New potatoes
Easy Peelers
Fresh Green Beans
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