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.

Lester, You might enjoy putting your land names in this mapping site. USGS*******MAPPING FOR ANYTHING, CHURCHES, CREEKS, BRIDGES, CEMETERIES. BE SURE TO PUT ALL YOUR SURNAMES IN THIS MAP SITE….GREAT FUN. http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html Look up your land donation claims on this site. BLM LAND RECORDS http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Archives has everything, you can order death records online. BEST RESEARCH SITE IN OREGON, OREGON STATE ARCHIVES IN SALEM, THEY ALSO HAVE A ONLINE DATABASE. http://159.121.115.13/databases/aboutlocator.html Lists of names that came to Oregon. SEARCH FOR YOUR SURNAMES ON OREGON TRAIL LISTS http://www.teleport.com/~sflora/ortrail.htm Enjoy Laura -----Original Message----- From: Lester M Powers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 11:33 PM To: [email protected] 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.

My last response to this was rather short....but I checked with my husband who checked the map. The Sandy River flows from the Cascade mountains near Mt. Hood, and empties into the Columbia River near Gresham (between The Dalles and Portland). Kathy ----- 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. >