It does seem to be the same time and same area. Well mom said it was an awful small house and cold back there. She was also only 16-18 y.o. and did not want to be there, as her dad had taken her out of HS from Brooklyn NY and he drove clear across country to go to work there. He took her too and got her a job there as well. She being only 98 lbs was well needed in the small pipe areas of building the ships as many 'ship fitters' had to do. Thanks again for bringing this to my attention. It always adds interest to family history if you can find data on an area they were in... Mom hated it and when 18, she said i am going back to Brooklyn, and she did. Happy Trails, Joan > It is the same flood, it was Vanport, not Vancouver City. They didn't live in > shanties, but in defense houses which were prefabs. My mother-in-law bought one > that survived or was in a different site, broke it down, moved it to the coast > and it still stands as a beach cabin 45 years later. > Jean Rotter > > crystalwoman wrote: > > > Well it was a shipyard shanty town near Portland in the early mid-40's for > > sure, built by Kaiser. They built many a ship for the Navy for WW11. > > Mom said they lived in small houses all together and there was a P.O. and it > > was called Vancouver City and ALL gone with a flood sometime after she was > > there. She only stayed and worked there from 16-18 y.o. and then left. She > > said she remembers the flood then later wiped all trace of the town away, > > and they never rebuilt it. I just wondered it it was the same year as the > > flood you talked of... > > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "cchouk" <cchouk@cox.net> > > To: "crystalwoman" <crystalwoman@montana.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:19 AM > > Subject: Re: May 30, 1948 Vanport Flood Remembered > > > > > Joan: > > > > > > I never heard of Vancouver City, OR, and it doesn't show up in the USGS > > > maps. BTW I lived in Portland 1957-1961. > > > > > > Cecil > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "crystalwoman" <crystalwoman@montana.com> > > > To: "cchouk" <cchouk@cox.net> > > > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:51 AM > > > Subject: Re: May 30, 1948 Vanport Flood Remembered > > > > > > > > > > Had you ever heard of Vancouver City, OR? My mother (16 y.o.) early mid > > > > 1940's worked in a ship yard built there by Kaiser with her father and > > > they > > > > lived in project homes while doing that. She hated it but her father > > made > > > > her go with him. She welded in pipes and small areas on the ships being > > > > built. > > > > > > > > She said the city was flooded away at one time after she had left > > > > there......was that same time as the flood of Vanport City? > > > > > > > > Thanks, Joan in rural MT > > > >