Hood River Farnell�OOD RIVER
NAVI GAB I LI TY
STt�DTES
by
James E. Farne�l, Ph,n�.
Research Analyst
DIVISION �F STATE LANDS
Salem, Ozeqon
�7uly, 198�?
zr�T�anuc�aox
[3nder the Equal Footing cZause of the Oreqon Admissions Act, the [3nited
States Government transfexred ownershi.p of the beds of all n�viqable water-
ways to the State of Oregon in 1859. A.t the time of this re}�ort, the fu�l
extent af Oregon's ownership is unknown. The present deveiopment trends
along our wate r�rays make ft apparent that the location af the State/private
boundaries is of extreme importance. The 1973 Legislature recognized this
and passed ORS 274.029-d34. This law directs �he i3ivision of State Lands
to make a study of all Oregon's watexvrays and to make pu�Zic �heir findfags,
This report zs the Division's study of the Sandy and Hooc3 �tivers.
Viewed fram the Columbia River into which both of these rivers empty, they
symmetrically drain the glacial heiqhts af �iount Kood, one �a the west and
one to the east. �'he former received its name fram the sandbars which Lewis
and CZark faund at the river's mouth when they passed i.t in 1905. The latter
was called Dog Riv�r k�y an early pioneer but the wi,fe of a later settler
changec3 it to the mare pleasing name of ttee mauntain which w�s its sou;rce.�'
The researcher would iike �o thank Dorothy 5hrum and Melvin H$neberg of the
Sandy Pianeer Associatf.on and Sharon Nesbit of the Gresha�n Outlook far their
heip in obtaining in€armation about the Sandy River as well as s�affs of the
following institutions:
Clackamas Caunty Couzthause
Hood River Countp Courthou5e
Wasco County Courthouse
The Nature Conservancy
Hood River Cpunty Library
Troutda�e Museum
!�aunt Hood Cammunity College Library
sinivPrsity of C�regon L�brary
Oregon Historical Society
Sandy PubZic Lfbrary
Oreqon State Library
nepartment of Water Resources
cJregon S�ate Highway �ivision
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Because of �he voluminous c�uantity, illegib].e microfilm copy, an� difficulty
of access to �he mechanics lien and circuit court records of MuZtnomah County,
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these documents were not used for the San�y Fiver. Thxs does not detract
from the conclusions of the stiudy, however, hecause the main Qrobiem in
determzninq naviqa�ility on the Gandy caas the upper Zi�its of navigation,
and for timber products this lay in Clackamas County. Use of the lawer
river was adequately documented in other sources,
Cover: Mt. Hood frarn Lost Lake; based on Highway Department photpgraph.
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coricLUSZO�
A commercial fishery usinq motorized vessels has operated an the lower
3 Miles of the Sanciy Diver durina most of this c�ntuzy, From 1895 to 1926
the Sandy was used for ].oa and railway tie drives from BriQhtwooci �'I.a�s at
Rivex Mile 39. Therefore the fitate would have a cZaim on the �asis of these
two types of ccmmercial use �o �he bed o�E the Sandy frcpn River "�ile 39 to the
mouth exce�t for parcels alienated �efore �859 and adjusting for the chan�e .in
the mouth of the river.
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FIOQD RIVEP. BPS�N
With the exceptian ot some str��ms flo�ainq directly into tt�e Colurnbi�
and others f�awinq east tn tY�e Deschutes, the basin of Hoad Piver comprises
the area of Oreqon's smallest county which is named after the rivEr. T!:�
basin is of triangular shape with a 30 mi�e base stretchina from the towr�
of Hood River sauth to the headwaters of the river`s East Fork (Fia. i6),
The apex of the �riang�e i.s at Los� Lake, Alonq the so�thern si.de af the
triang�e the main sources of the river system arise from the eastern Q?.aciers
o� DSount Eiood: Glisan, Ladd, Cae, I?Iiot, Newton Clark and 5tee1 Cliff. As
witn the Sandy these headwaters arzse a litt�e over hal� way up the r�ountain
near or belav the 5200 fant line,SO
Foilowinq the East Fork, �n�hich has the qreatest Zer.crth and flow amona
tha river's tributaries, I;ood River is ao�roximately 44 miles in �.enc�th. '^his
is cansiderably less than th�t af the Sandy, and as both rivers arise at
approximately the same altitud�; the qradient of F?o«3 River is conseauentl,
grea�er over its total length. E�iot f.?ranch which dascen�s tnrough its
breathtaking chasm at an averaqe crradient aE 53� fee� per mi3e a.s twice as
steep a, the u�per Uandy ;�ut t;e avera�e c�rad�.ent of �25 zeet per mile of the
East Fork in the 25 miles abaye its r�outh is almost identical with that o� the
upger 20 miles o£ 13u11 Run Rzver and less than that of the Salmon. The r.:a�or
difference in the gradients of the two rivers is founc� in the lower sections
wherein the main ster� of Iiood R.iver main�ains a steep average aradient of
55 fee� per mile zn the �4.5 r�iles to th� ziver's mo�th rather than th�
Sandy's more qentle `3 fee� per r�ile.
StxeamfZow data on Ilood River has '�een kent at two points, near '�ee at
RivEr '�iZe 0. 4 of. the West Fork and near th� tc7wn of Hoo�i ?.iver (T��� G.1) . The
average discharge for 4'7 years at 1]ee hzs heen 5Fi2 feet per second Sa��Il
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a max�.r.�um of 15,00� c�s anc? r�ininur^ of 93 cfs. �'ear the mouth of. Haoc? niver,
at Tucker Bxidqe, �he averaae discharQe intermittent��� r��asurer� since 189�_ ,as
�een 1,125 cubic f�et ner secon� 4�ith �� hzah of 22,3(7� and low of 13� cfs -
the latter artiFicially c�used �y r3ar� s�ar�qe at Dee (Fiq. 26). .�Ithouah
Iiood ?�_iv�r is alacier-fed, the rlaximur� �lows occur, as 4.=i*_n western �rec?on
zivers, durinq the months o� []ovemher �hrough January, oeakinq in �?ece��;er.
Flow fiqures inciicate the second major contrast �n�lth the Sandy, because
the west�xn river, while snowina equallv marked contrasts hetaeen hzqh, averaQ
and low flows, has a flow ecuavalent to that of the final Ienath of Hooc! P,iveY
at a point only hal�4fay Prom its s�urce. ".'hereforE besides havinq a grar�ient
seven times as qreat as tne Sandy in its lower partion, thP eastern river has
a much smailer flow. Ve��less to say these c�ifferen� characteristics of Hodd
River made themselves felt w�en it earrEe to usinq the river for transport.
The spectacUlarly scenic basin, �aminatec? hy r'ount Hnod, was oriainall�i
heavily titnbered (Fiq. 25) anu� lur.tbezing rer^azns the second most a.mpo.rtant
industry in Fdoac3 River Countv. l�*ith the removal of t�e primeva� cover�n�7,
however, the land has been use� far orchards of pear, apple and cherry iah�c'�
are the hal�mark cf the cou:��y. ?�i�c` of this arc�tard iand is izriqa�er; Trom
Hooc3 �iver and its tiributa.ries. This divers�on began in the pioneer period,
received a tna�or boast with the formation of Frank 17avengort's ��alley II'1FlZOVP-
ment Conspany in 1897, and now accounts for a considerahle portion of the
stream`s annual yield {Fiq. 17).
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Fiqun !7. Ar�rvQ� annual yleid va eon�umpfiv� rlqht�, Hood Rlvsr� 1985.
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During the later 19th c�ntury ther.e was considerable vessel navir,ation
near the �outh of Hood River, tih�uqh it largely degended on t}ie annual ear�y
summer rzse of the Co3umbia, an� ther�fore is technically �art of inean hi�h
water navzgation of the Colwnbia Riv�r. Ft that time th ere was an islan� at
the �outh of the river �akinq two channel beds {Fiq. �8}, nurinQ the 1880's
Aackus operated a ferry across Hood Piver where the Iater Cnlum.�za F.iver
Highway bridge was constructed (RM 1}. Duzinq low water on the Calur.�ia,
however, he operated between sand hanks close ta the mauth, The �ailey
Gataert and other steaml�oats o� the n. 5. & N. Co, alsa ascended into Hood
Rivez during high water �etween 1BS4 and 19�7. They used a moveabie wharf
during that season {Figs. 19 � 2�). �la_asure Iaunches also operated in that
Zower section ati the turn of the �entury (F'iq. 21), and to the nresent time
fishermen use the Yower mile of Hood River, especially durinq the Columbia
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�'he fi:rst sawr.iill in Haod River ���liev was huilt in *1ay l�if2 by Nardin
Corum for Peter Nea� (Neil} on thc creek c,�hich now bears the latte�'s name
but which was then called 1?ack or r�fzll c'reek. � The sawr±ill was sold �y
the sheriff on August 8, 1862 for a judgement aqaznst P7ea1 anc3 Thomas Gorc3on.
Whether the creek was used to f�oat Iocxs ta the mill is not stateci.
As �or Haod niver proper, ear�y iur.ibertn�n a}�parently despaired of vsinc?
zt for transporting their lags, as �.his story from the January 1881 [�:est Share
inc3icates: "Little of the prir�eval for�st has l�een distuzhed [in Haod Rzver
Valley], as Ium�ermen, who so o�ten vzsit it, invaxfably return declarinq that
Hood River is so rapid, rough and tortvous fi.hat no loq could be �3riven down
��, In the same year, however, Georqe P. Crawel.� huzlt a sawmill on �raod
River near ?'ucker Fridge (Fzq. 22}. It was later sold to Cot, B. 'I�cker and
was known as Tucker's mi11. In 1883 a shzngle miZl at the tpwn af Hooc3 F.iver
received shingle �o3.ts run down Hood River which were storecl at a boam near the
place where �he CoLumbia River f?zghway bridqe later crossed the stream.�
It was not until the Iast decade r�f the century, however, that larqe scale
ing drives on Hood River were prajected. As with the inauguration o£ drives
dn the Sandy anC the deve3opr�ent af Troutdale, this effort zn �he burgeoning town
of Hood River was spurr�c3 by construction af the railroad fn 1882-83.
On June 8, 1889 the first issue o� the Hoa3 River Glacier reported tf?at
Fran3c Button, tir.+berman trom LaCrqsse, 4?isconszn had qone to Lost Lake with
A. .T n,und t., z„r L_
- • � ����c at �l�C �imber c.nere. �ao weeks later an art�c3.e in the
newspaper proclaimed WE W�LL HAVE MILLS, "The river is a natural route fnr
[�:�e vast quantity ot timber adjacent] ta find its way to the mil].s. Hood
rivex is an easy stream to drzv�, the only c3itficulty beinq holdinq the loQs
as thP current is so swx�� that no boom will hold them....189� will see f�ume
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faith rested in part on the belief tha� a da3n wou�d be huilt on the river
capa�le o� holdin� the loqs. Pacific Coast Wood &�ron got word ot the Nood
River oroject and in January I890 announced the r��. Bu�tam planned to drive
Eiood River and use a splas� dam at Lost Lake. It would be eight yeaxs,
however, be�ore such daring schem�s were put in operation.
r�eantime 4a�11ia� 5aund�rs and four to five others cut 5�0 cords of woocl
at Sandy Bottom and 2000 cozds on the East Fork durz�g �ecember 189� which
they planned to send down the river during the following spring. In Ap.ril
1893 �tark Cameron and '�'alter Henricks were cuttina logs for Tucker "4i11 which
may have been sent there on the rivez, 'rhe G�acier was sti13. hoping that �n
the �ear furure f?ood River would be made to cazry timber frosn th e hPadwaters t�
the town. �u� tihe largest sawm�ll in the area, Davenport Bros., ignored the
river and established its sawmill up Phelps Creek near the timber and ��oated
the �umher to town over an eiqht r.�iZe fiume.
Then an Jaunuary 1896 the S�1�nans Brothers executed a coup. �n rapid
success.ion they fazr�ed a company to improve Hood Rzver in orc3er to drive saw
logs, rai3road tiies and fence �es*s, ar.� cn January 16, iAGF, obta.ined a dec�ar-
atzon from the 4?asca County CoUrt �hat uoai �2iver was a pubZic highway for floae�
�r:g logs and timber. In the cour�'s rump session, they secu�ed a five {�r fzft�)
year lease of the river for that purpose w�.th the riaht to callect to11s and
boamage fees. The county c�eclared the Wes�, '•1iddle and East Forks o� Hood River
and Green Point Cree3c to be pu�lic highways for fZotating and txansportation of
logs, timlaer and �.umber; hut only leased the 4�,�st Fork to River '�z].e 9{pzq: 23),
the T?iddle T'ork �o River Mile 4.7 and L'ast L'ork to River *�}.le 1.1 wi�h no mention
of Green Pain� Creek. Tolls were only set on the first I2 mizes of Hood River
from below the �orks to the mouth. 3'olls were not �o be co�lected �ar drivinq
until the company had comple�.ed its improvements,
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The Glacier, which had been in the forefzont of support for use af fiood
Rzver, iminedzately led the nuk�lic ou�cry aaainst this monopolization ot the
stream.�� pn February 14, 1896 it pzinted at lenqth th� Ietter of C. L. �?orse,
a�est Fork homesteader who had been injured by the action of the Wasco County
Couzt. t�orse's lands were two miles abave thc river section leased by the
Winans, Ee stated that in 1888-8g he had driven 50,000 fence posts down to
the town a� Hood P,iver despite the stream's laa� flc7w that year, In Z894 he
had been able �o send 40,Q00 fence posts the 1$ miles to town without driving
them because of that season's heavier rvnoff, ,^torse said the FJinans` lease
would make i� un�conomical to cut and m.arket the tzees on hzs Iand, that �he
Winans had no real int�ntion of amproving the river but only to force a
seriaus sawmill developer to buy out their nrivilege, an� in �he meantime
wished ta enforce boom charqes at tneir facility which was next to Hood River
tavn . � 1
The existence o� the boom and the �act that during the high water of
*lovertbez ].896, �ogs threatened to damage the intake of an irrigation f�,ume
would indicate tihat there was some log �ran.spqrt on the river at that date.�
t�torse `s cont�ntion that the Winarss ` nurpase � n c�*ain�;;q t;;e iza5e of the
river was anZy to profit from someone else`s entrepreneurship was borne out zn
the event. The seriaus deve�oper was Capt. P, S. pavidsan. With his san P. 5�
Jr. and F. H. Button he arganized the Lost Lake Lumber Company in 1898. They
alsa £ormed tkte Hood River Transporta�ion a.nd Baan Company to handle the drivinQ
on Iiood Ri.ver. The Iatter company was subscr�ber? by ].50 resirlents of Hoad River
who wanted the river improved foz drivinq by Winans' c�pe�itors. Announcinq
that he would build a sawmill in the to�an of H�od Piver as soon as thP ci�izens
alZawed hiirs to drive logs in �he river, T7avidson obtained a reversal of the
t•?asco County lease on Dgcembez� 1898, the countiy buyinq ou� the t�inans �rivzleqe
�or $2,U40. �'he viewer who reco�nended the amount of the award found that tha
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Nooci River Lumber Campany had ma�e no �mpravements to the riv�r in the two
years they held the lease.��
A year af ter the county revoked the l��se, an� whzle the ravex was at
hooming stage, Los� Lake Lumber Company sent men up Hood River to drive the
million feet af locrs they had previously put in the river. The , 3rraval o�
the pavidsons seems ta have spurred the winans into activity, �or on Qecernber
8, 1899 they were using a donkey engine �o draw logs £rom the bluffs znto
Hood River. As the Tzmkzerman corunented, "Haod river is nroving a better
driving stream than was qenera3ly sunposed."�� Nex� month the journal re�orte
tiha� th� Winans' aperation was 14 miles above the moutl� of Hood Fiver and that
the Lost Lake Lur,�ber Company drive had formed a�am bu� that a new �reshet hac
broken it and the logs had come do�,,�n to the site of their mi�l whzch wouZ�
begin operation "�!arch 1.�g
�uring the su.mmer of 19�n, three miZlion fee� of loas were put into Hooc�
River and were expected to come out with t?�e first freshe (Fias. 2� 5 25j,
Heavy rains did no� send Hood F.�ver roaring vnCil mid 1�301 when the
logs came down, 500,000 feet beina cauq�t in th� Lost L.ake Lumber Cor�pany's
boom.�`� By t�is t�me the Lost Lake I,umber Company was plannina to build
splash dams so �hat they could have a r�ore regular and d�penc�able sup��.y of
logs frotn their titnber hoZdinqs, pobert Leasure, a sma�l millawner in the
+�iount Hood town azea, and J. R. Bird £ound a site on the East Fork of uood
F2iver �hat they calcula�ed wouid hold enauqh water ta send down two splashes a
day whach couid fxoat loas d aanstream at a rate of 60,0�� feet per day.
Bird had a camp on the East Fork where he cut logs for the Los� Lake L�rrber
Campany in May 190�. He expectec� to put in s$x to eigh� hundred thousand £eet
per month. At the same time 1�avidson was preparinr� ta receive 3 drive from
his own camps on Hood River. Heavy rains brought down a million feet for
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them during the week o£ *]ov�m�er 29, 1901. The freshet cleare� the rivex
so that when more rains sent the river boominq a week later� no Ioqs came down
�ecause none were in the river. But zn �he �ol�owinq �pril the Lost Lake
Lumber Campany received a drive of 2 million feet.
The trustees of the Davenport famiiy sold the Lost I.,ak� Lumber Company
to bavid Eccles and Thomas Dee of the Oregon Lumber Company which was incorp-
orated in Utah and cofltinued the Hoc� River enterprise as the �tount Hoo�?
Lumber Company. T?�ey planned ta reopen the logging camn on the East Fork
abou� three miles above �inans and intended to make i.mnrovements in the
�hannel of the river �o faci�itate dr�vinq, mhzs work incl�ded constructzon
a£ several more splash dams. 84 The Hood River Lumber Comgany was also reported
in June 1903 tn be investinq in Noad River; "this is a very rapad stream, �ut
dqubt�ess can be imnroved so as to render it possible to drive loc�s at a
moderate expense.��
At the beginning of D�cember 1903, Charles Early, superintendent of tl�e
Mount Hood Lumber Cotnpany operations, invited the editor of the Glacier to
visiti their loggznq camps and view the results of the S15,pQp in zmprovements
they had made in Food River:
Hundreds of big bou�dexs have been bZasted frc� the river, and
at points aiong the stream where the water had a tendency to .
seek two or thres channe3s, "cribs".have been built, forcinq
�he water into one channel and preventing the logs from piling
hzgh and dry upon the bank. Tf�ese cribs, put in foz an exper-
,iment, have proven a qreat success, and more are to be made
n�xt year. There were many doubts as to th� practicabili�y o�
floatinq saw locts down Haod riv�r, but aIl these have been dispel-
}.ed, and the big boom �n th� Calumbia river has been co�lectinq
laqs evPry day since the freshet P�rt� �„ �,T��,e,��.,,..
--- -. _.. ..... �...,�� .
The campany was �urrently logqinq hetween the East and West forks an Dee F1ats
about I5 miles southwest af the town of Hooc� pa.ver.
Solash dams have been bu�Zt, one in each fork a� the river at
�his point. 'I'hese c3ams are open�d ance a day and starC a flood
sutficient to carry what logs that have been placec� in either
str�am down to the main river, where th ere is force enaugh �o
take the Iogs on d4wn to the mouth af the river. Both horses
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and donkey enaines ar� empioyed in haulinq t�e locs to
the edg� of the hluff, wh�re thay are rolled into a chute
and started on a liqhtninq �rip to the water. �n the East
fark there is a chute 1,5�0 feet in leng�h, the low�r �a�f
being almost level, and lacrs wezghina hal£ a ton slide
do�an this dry �lume in Iess than five seconc3s.
A sight well worth th� day's trip cvas a log dam zn the
narrows ahave the falls o� the kTest fork (Devzl's
Punch}�owl]. When the heavy rains came the fore �.�rt o�
�ast month, more 1o�s had beEn turne�i in�o the riv�x than
a suc�den rise could take care of, and a jam was the result.
�-4r. Early said that the first day after the jam formed
there were 1,QfJ0,D0(� feet of logs in the qorge. Logs A�
feet in length �iere standinq upriqht. It was a solia mass
of 3oqs for a quarter o� a mi�e, and was a F,onr�erful siqht.
But to ?�5s�. Early it 4�ould have been a more welcome scene
had the la s been collec�.ec3 in the boom at the mouth o£
�he river.�
The Zogs were freec�, but not be�ore two horses were dragged tn their deaths
aver the cliff when �he �1QC3c and tack�e lines they were p3zllinq suddenly
broke the jam. But the comnany's draves, often subcantracte� to.men like
Williain Andross, Charles He1�ez, and Roy ��enson, continued into the �a]_1 of
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1904. In April I�09, hou�ev�r, "Owinq to a sudden rise zn the aater, a dar.,
belonging to the N'ount tlood Lumber Company, of Hao� �iver, locate� on a
tri.butary, gave wap and �llo�ad � quantity of Iogs *o be cazried into the main
river. Pazt of the logs were recovere�i in the ColtunUia."�
Further downxzver, L. A. Hermann sold his timber to t�e '�ount i?ood Lumber
Gompany and it was logged T�y the Fashion Livery Company. 5etween P.uaust and
october 1903 the Iivery company hauled ahout 700 pine sawlogs of 1� and 24
faot �.engths from �Iermann's lands to the banks oE Hood Piver abnut 3x_ miles
south of the Iumb�r company's mill in fiood Ri�er.
Durina January 1905 the Mount Hood locrginc� camps closea dawn inc3efinitely
to await the arrival of rail Izne�s with which to continue lo�qinq. pespite
the investmen� of the P�;ount Hood Lumbex Coinpany, drivinq �oqs on f F.iver
was deemed tn be too hazardous and impract3cal.
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When the OR 6 P] Company's �ines arrived, the �umber compa.ny had revert-'
to its original name, the Oregon Lumber Company, and had built a large saw°
mill at Dee wi�h a 32 foo� high dam £or Iog storage {F�q. 26). A splash dam
higher on the East For1c brnvght some lags but rail lines were mainly relied
an to bring �ogs to tha pool formed by the dam.
CONCLUSION
Was Haod Riv�r naviqable for log drives? There was int�rmittertt flatation
af �ogs, £ence pnsts and shingle bolts on �he river between ].883 and 2896 from
as high as River Mile 3i of the westi Forlc and River !�ile 1 0£ the East Fork.
Then for five years, from December 1$99 to the autumn of I904 there was very
large sca�e dr�vinq over the East and 4�i�st forks, thouch the head o£ lrx�
navigation did not much excead that of the smallez� earlier river drzves, r�TUCh
improvement of the rocky bed of the river pzeceded these drives anc3 at Ieas
c3urin� the last twa years splash dams a�lowed drivina to occur at o�her times
than the recurring times af winter high warer. That t�e river was an essentia�
arte:y �or co�erce �n this �erzod i5 barne out ny zhis usacre, the declaration
of Wasco Cnunty Court under tez�ms af the State's ].889 Iegislation. and the
protest of the Haod River citizenry over monopo�ization of that commercia],
route. That railroads proved a superior means a£ transport does nat detract
from the importance of the earlier use of the river. �"tterefoxe on the basis
af actual cammercial log c�rivinq the 5tate wauZd have a claim to the river
bed from River Mile lJ. oF the W�st.FOrk and River Mi1e 1.1 of the East Fork
to the mouth of xood River.
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F�Jt?Tt�C�TE,�
�_ L�4T15 A. ��1cArthur, OrEc�on Geoqraphic rl�mes, dth ed. {portland: !7re�on
F:istoz-ical Snci��Y, I974), �n. 64b, 365-6.
2. State t�,atcr ,�esources �oard, Lower 5�'illamette River �asin (Sale�n, l�r`,S} ,
np, I, 3.
3. (Or�qon] Parks and �?ecreatian Section, Scenic Waterwa Study: Sandy
River, Prelirninar Perort (1972), p, �3; Water �.esources "tap 2.5,
4�7illamette Drainaae Basin.
4. Lower Wzl�amette Basin, pp. 3-4.
5. U. S. Gealoqical Survey, �later Pesources Data for Oreaon, j-;a�er Yea�
�978, 4later Data P,eport OR-78-1 (Portland, 1979), �, 22Q,
6. Edward E. Brocicman, "Smelt ancl the Sandy River" (Portland, 194�) ; 1935
and I940 survey rrtaps of the cnaUth of �he Sandy, U. S. Army Corps af
Enqineers, �'artland, �7R.
7. Sc�nic waterwa� Study: Sandv, pp. x3, Z7-zg,
8. Highway Co�*.mzisszon Scenic �1 Hearing, January 23 , 1973 ,�. 15 .
9. Informa�.ion £rom Sharon ?�es�it, Gresham �utlook re�orter anc� �irector
of the Troutidale Museum, January 23, i98�,
10. Ibid.,; Gresham Qutlook, 15 April 1924; ancl see Brnckman, "S�ne.1t".
I1. Information from Surnie Bohn and Ji.m C,albrai�h, �epar�nen�. of Fish and
4�Ti3dlife, Columbia Riv�r Fisheries� C�.ackamas, *tarch 24, ].980.
12. NEultnomah County Cixcui� Court Case �10. 24�-�A8 ( State of nreqon
Highway Commissian v. Mart'in), �xcerpts fram Testimany, pra. 18-22.
13. Advisory Corrmittee ta the State �and Board, Secand Biennial Re�aort
f197z} , p. I28. �.
i4. Troutdale Champion, 2g Oct Zggl; pacif ic Coast *�Yood & Yran 23_2 tFPh 7Rca{7
p. 5$. •
15. Testimony in �cheu�ele v. *lewman (I87 c1R 263) , pp. 307-310, PRSS 78A23,
Case No. 15378, State Archfves, Salem.
16. Pacific Cnast �+?ood and �ron 24:6 (Dec 18953. Q. 2�9.
17. Columbia P.�ver and Oreqon Timbe�r.an, 1:3 (Jan 19�0} , n. J.1; 2:1 (Tlov 1900} ,
p. 7; and Paci�ic Cuast wood anc3 Iron, 34:3 (Sep 190�), p. �z,
18. �re on v. *tartin, Excerpts from Testimony, op. 2, 4, 6, 8.
19, Columbia River and Ore on Timbezman, 2:2 {Dec 1900}, n, 7 and 2:4
(Feb 1901) , p. 6; and see Pacific Caast �•?ooc3 and Iron, 37 : i (Jan
190I) P• lb.
20. Columbia River and Oreqon Timbernan, 1.:6 (Apr 190�), pp, 11, 22 and
1:8 (June 190fl), p. 7; see also Clackamas County Circuit Caurt C�se
Cdo. 7033, State Archives, 5alem.
21. Columbia F.iver an� t�re�on Timberman, 1_7 (Ma,y 1g00) , p. 12.
22. Fish Warden's Diary, 190�-1908, pp. 15-17, C�regon State Archives, Salem.
23. Information from Sharon ?3esbit, December ZE�, 197g,
24. Co�urribia Rzver and Orec�on Tir�berman, 2: 10 (AUq 19�}Z) , p, 7.
25. Ibid. , 3: �0 {11ug I902) , p. 6; 3:5 (�iar 1902) , p. 8; 5:1 (No� �9�3} ,�, Zq,
25. Tbid., 6:4 (Feb 1905}, p, 32.
27. Ibid. , 6:9 {,�ul 1905) , P. 32.
28. Ihid., S:B (.3une I904}, p, n3,
29. Ibid., 6:9 {3u1 1905), p. 32.
30. Scheufel� v. New�nan, Testimany, p. 31D,
31. Gresham Seaver SLate Hezald 25 Jan 1907.
32. Ibid. , 10 '�lay 1907.
33. Tbid , 27 !�?arch I90F3.
�4. C'.OZLlli^�72d R1V�r' d7]Cj nTPCfOfI Ti�n1 l!1_'] ��aai� l r�' 3j.
35. Ibid „ 2:5 (��tar 1901), p, 6; and see Clackarias County Circuz� Couxt Case
PIO. 8572, re: a�907 flu�,e an Y?alker Creek (nxeqon State Archives, Saler�) ,
36. Gresham Beaver �tate Hezald, 24 A�r, 22, Z9 ^say 19�R,
37. Col�mbia Piver and r;re:�on '^ir. a:4 (Feb 190R) ,�. 4z.
38. Gresham Eeaver 5tate Herald, 6, I3 May, 10 ,7une I9i�.
39. Ibid , 9 June l�tll .
4d. Ibid. , 23 "tay I.912; The �''imt�erman, I3:1� (nuq 1912) , p. 80R,
41. Dorothy �I[elson] Shrum, "Loaqinc� - mh� r,reen C;alr3 Eaarvest" in L'�.izabeth
E3artman and !�arie Schwartz, eds., Sandy Pioneers (Sanc�y �973}, pr. 14,
213-214; ",7ahn E. ?•?cNauqht D.emem��ers., . ' ^4ountain �Saq�zine (�c� IQ70) ,
�p. 30-31; end see Scheufele v, hlewman, Transczipt of T�stimony, �n. 3�n-
31J..
42. Information r.eceive� by Dornthy Schrum fram John Sanclazr, Sandy, 7�
1980.
43. Information receiv�d hy 7oro�hy Schrum from �on Fndiey, aqe� �2 of
Sandy, one of her father's e�ploy�es a� Sandy Lumber Company aft�r
Z920-21.
44. Information fro� Dorothy Schrum, Sandy, 2 July 1980.
45. Ibid
46. Clackamas County ?�ec?�ani.cs Lien Record Book 5, pp, I.02, lOq, c-lackamas
County Courthouse, nregon City,
47. J'. P.. V7oodward, e�,, Oxen, F,xes and. China Teacups (Gresham: ?-zt, I;oad
Community Colleqe, I975), pp. 60-63.
48. See Grande Ronde NaviQability Report, p. 6.
49. *7ancy woocl, "Human LTS� of the Sandy River Gorge" {1g79) ;,�ohn Garren
Orecron River Tours (Port�and: Benford &"ort, 1974), pp, 91_gs,
50. U. S. GeologzcaZ Survey, nuadranqle 7.5 ^tinut� Series, Cathedra}� Ridve
f1962) and :',t, Hood S�uth (1962); [Oreqon) �'ater 3?esources De�artment,
F?oad Drainag� i�asin, "t,�p G.6 {1975) ,
51. Ihid.; jOreqon� State t.ater Resources Hoard, Hood Basin (Salem, 1465),
p. 3.
52. T,i. S. Geological Survey,� 4Tater ??esources Data �or (�reaon, 5?a�er YP 197g
taater Data Repart �R-7$-� (portland, 1979), pp, 202-203.
53, Fiaad River �4echanics Lien ".ecorc� I., p. 14, Hadd �iv�x County Couzthouse,
Hooc� River .
�4. uaod Basin, p�• ].3-19, 35.
55. Earle K. Lartmew, Hood River tn Langille, 24 ,7uly (19]54, ulillzam A. x�nqille
MSS, i3nzversity of Oreqon Lxbrary, Eugene.
56. Captions on photagraphs in Hooti R.iver Rtuseum, Hooc3 Rzver.
57. I�f������$� g� p,� �,ichem, Depaxtment of. F'ish & k��1c3lz�e, The DalZes,
1
58. Hood F2iver Mechanics Lien Record I, pp. �2p-21.
� a �.,r, a
��. rrrn F3:iszor.ical Pecoxds Survey, Hood P.iver County, Faider VI B, C7reqon
SLate Libxary, Salem; see al�so I�aod ]2iver h<ews (11 Maz 1938) , p. ],�,
60. The Sdest Shora (.7an 1981) , p. 3r�,
61. I949 interview with Eph Sti�inans in iionc� t?ivPr tlews {9 Dec Z955} , Sec. C,
p. 4; picture oF the bridqe and mi�l in �dell Bicentennial, "C��r Tawn
o£ Odell° (1976), p. 4; and see S�a�ewic�e Inven�ory of His toric Sitps
and Suildin�s, Hood River County (1975}, —
62. FIaod River tiews (22 ,7ui�l I938} , np. 1, 13.
63. �bid
h4. Hood River G].acier, I:1 (8 Jnne 1989), 1:3 (22 3une 1889), and see 20
�uly and 31 71uq 18A9.
6S. Pacific Coast S•:pod and Iron, 13:1 (.7an �89�) , p, IS,
66. Hood Fiver GZacier (12 Dec 389Z},
67. Ibid (I5 Apr 1893).
bB. Ibid. (17 �'an 1896) ; see also t��asco County Circuit Court Cases C�f},
L1�3, Mc67, 4�Tasco Count� Courthouse, The Dal�es.
69. Haor3 River County Cornr,lissinners Journal A, �p. lOQ-103, F-[aori ?�.iver
Courthouse, Eiood Fi��er, transcribed from Wasco County Commissioners
�7ournal �, p�. 317-18,
70. Haod River Glaczer (17, 24, 31 ,3an 1896).
7Z. Ibid (14 Feh 189�i} ,
72. Ibid {13 �Vov 189�i) .
73. Hoo� �ta.ver County Record o� rt�corDOrations I, 155 a�inted in Histarical
Recards Survey, Flood piver County, VI B.
74. Hoad River GZacier {16, 23 nec 1R9R} ; C.oliambia River and nrecon Timr.P•-n,2n
l:il (Se� 1500), p. 10. --
75. Hood River Glacier (2, �❑ec 18aR}; Fiac�1 piver County C.ommissioners
Jouxna3� A, pP. Z37, 139-145 transczih�c3 from ATasco C:ntinCy Cor,unissioners
JoUxndl C;, r. 625 apr9 H, r ,�, �7--3�,
76. Eload �.iver Glacier (l, 8 �ec it�9�?} .
77. Columbia P,iver anr� c�reqon Timherman, 1:2 (Dec 1899) , n. I7.
78. Ibid. , 1:3 (,7an 19(}Q) , p. 9; and see 1:S ("�ar 1900} , n, 7; (�4ay lg��) ,
p. 12.
79. Ibid , 2:I (Nov 1900) , o. 10; Ftoo� P.iver. �Zacier (18 Jan 1�01) ,
80. C'olulnhia Rlv�r anr� rlrarrnn 'T'in},arman 1•F In,,,- i onni �i _�_� r-,.... , �,,;,�,
__ _ ' _ _ � •I .�.- . ��:�.i i. �iV/ / ��. Ll� G_L �JCI. 1`�
p. 6; 2:7 (^�ay 1907.), 25..
81. Ibid. ,�. 3.5; 2:12. (Oct I9�1) , �a�. 7, �.
82. Hood River Glacier (29 Nov J.9�1).
83. Ibid. (6 l7ec 1901) ; Columbia River and nreqan Ti[nberman, 3;F (Ar?r 19�2} , z-
84. I?ooci River Glacier {2� *1a.r,. 2, 23 Apr. 19b3) ; ro�um.'�i� piver an� �reaan
Timberman, 4:6 (APr 39�3), p. 10.
�35. zbiu'., 4:8 (.7une 1903) .
86. Flood niver, Glacier (3 i�ec 19c?3) , g. 5.
�7. Ibid ".Mt, Hood ?�Tates".
a8 . Ib a.c� .( 24 �ec 1903 ; 17 !�ar , IO *Tov I904 ); Co�ufibi a River anc� c?�errdn
Timberr.�an, 5:10 (Aug 19D4) , p, 25,
89. Ibid. , 5:6 (11pr I904} , p. 22.
J0. Hood River N?echanics Lien Recard i, pp, 41-Aa,
91. Hood River Glacier (2 Mar 1905).
92. Iba.d.(7 Dec 19DS}; Columbia River and nreqon�Tirtberman, 11:1 (*TOV 190�),
p. 32P.; Hood P,iver "•Techani.cs Lien P.ecord A, p. 292; faz a picture of
the mill pond at Dee, see Hoaci �iver Coznmercial C�ub, Hooci Rivex (�9I0),
p. 32.
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