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Sandy is a small city on US-26 (The Mt. Hood Highway) about
25 mi. east of Portland, the mid-point
between downtown Portland and Mt. Hood.
Sandy is one of the gateways to the Mt. Hood
recreation area. It has a population
of around 6,500.
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Sandy’s history belongs to the lumber industry. It was a center for logging and saw mills
in the area. Today light-industry
and service makes up a major portion of of the economy. It is only 25 miles from downtown Portland but Sandy
has the feel of a small community.
A page of historic Sandy photos
Visit
this private page.
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Jonsrud Viewpoint
To get a good view of the
area visit the Jonsrud Viewpoint. It
is an Oregon Trail Interpretive Site with a view of Mt.
Hood and the Sandy River
Valley.
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The Barlow Road was constructed in 1845
by Samuel K. Barlow, to allow those coming down the Columbia
on the Oregon Trail easy passage to the Willamette
Valley and Oregon City.
In 1853 the Francis
Revenue family built a trading post where Sandy
is today, to serve the many travelers traversing the Oregon Trail on their
way to the Willamette
Valley.
The City is named for the
nearby Sandy River, which Lewis & Clark named
the Quicksand” River. Sandy Oregon’s
post office was established in 1873 and in 1913 the City of Sandy was
incorporated.
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You can view where the
pioneers came down Barlow pass, at the east end of Mt.
Hood, and crossed the Sandy River
as they traveled toward the Willamette
Valley
Mt. Hood Scenic Byway site
The US
Department of Transportation has a web site.
Visit
the web site.
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Photo public domain from the Barlow Pass
web site courtesy of the US Forest Service
Sahallie Falls
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Photo public domain from the Barlow Pass
web site courtesy of the US Forest Service
Grave of a Pioneer Woman
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Barlow Pass
The photo is of a woman’s
gravesite on the Barlow
Pass wagon
trail. The site commemorates all
those who died on their trek west along the Oregon
Trail.
See the America’s
Byways page.
Click here
for more information.
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Barlow Road Tollgates and
Pioneer Woman’s Grave
Government Camp, Welches
Take a drive along the old Barlow Road,
the last leg of the Oregon Trail,
It was built to avoid the treacherous rapids of the Columbia River.
Mt. Hood
National Forest
Sandy is on the western edge of the
National Forest. This large forest
has many recreation opportunities.
Visit the Forest service web page.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/
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Photo public domain courtesy of the US
Forest Service
Mt. Hood
& the Hood
River Valley
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Sandy Pioneer
Museum
39260 Pioneer Blvd
Sandy, OR 97
Phone: 503-668-4006
This museum shows what was a
stop in the historic Barlow
Road and its progression to becoming the city
it is today.
Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm
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The Oregon Candy Farm
48620 SE Highway 26
Sandy, OR 97055-8494
Phone: 503-668-5066
Don’t ask us where they are,
we can’t find them!!!
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The City of Sandy has a web page.
http://www.ci.sandy.or.us/
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Sandy Chamber
of Commerce
http://www.sandyoregonchamber.org/
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