----- Original Message ----- From: Lester M Powers <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 11:32 PM Subject: What is the "mouth of [the] Sandy"? > My great-great granduncle's memoir of the Oregon > Trail says this about proceeding west from The Dalles, > Oregon in 1852: > > "We moved along the best we could on the Short fuel > untill we go to the Dales it was the to late to get over > the mountains So my Father made arrangements to go down > the river in one of the Hudsonbay Co Barges and my > Brothers drove the Stock down the Old Pack trail It was > just 6 months to a day from the time we crost the Misouri > River untill we landed at the mouth of Sandy on the > Columbia River > "From the mouth of Sandy We went up the valey to > the forks of the Willamette My Father and 4 oldest > Brothers located Donation claims there a little North and > East of where the Town of Springfield Now Stands. This > was long before Springfield was located" > > What is "the mouth of [the] Sandy"? I gather that > the family arrived at The Dalles, Oregon, in September > or October, 1852 and decided to ride a barge west down > the Columbia River. Somehow they then got to Lane > County, Oregon, in the Willamette Valley, from the > Columbia River. I imagine that they simply traveled > south along the Willamette River from the Columbia > River. Would "Sandy" be the place where the > Willamette River joins the Columbia River? > > Lester Powers > [email protected] > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >