Thank you for helping me use the correct historical data for my own personal history notes. I am glad someone brought this flood up. Also, your talking of trains and the Golden Spike. We live about 9 mi East of where the Golden Spike is here in rural MT.(it is right beside the Burlington Northern tracks of today) Happy Trails, Joan *_~ Also, visit my 4 personal home pages on spirituality and genealogy: http://www.geocities.com/crystalwoman_2000/roots.html crystalwoman@montana.com > There never was a Vancouver City, OR. She is using that name to > describe Vanport. This can be explained by the naming of Vanport > instead of Vancouver-Portland City. > > It was Kaiser's son's project, was Oregon's second l;argest city, and > it washed away in one Sunday morning. > > jim