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Columbia River looking downstream, from Hammond Boat Basin, Hammond, Oregon.
Image taken September 27, 2009.
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Hammond ...
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Hammond, Oregon, is located on the Columbia River between Tansy Point to the east and Point Adams to the west. Hammond was once the home of one of Oregon's largest lumber mills.
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Point Adams Life Saving Station ...
The Point Adams Life Saving Station, also known as Life Saving Station #311 and later Coast Guard Station #326, was located at the east end of Hammond, Oregon. The station was established in 1888, built in 1889, and was placed in active service in December 1889. The station began with a crew of eight and by 1900 increased to nine during the summer months. The station was discontinued in 1967, with its search and rescue duties taken over by the Cape Disappointment station.
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Early Hammond ...
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Hammond, Oregon, was named after Andrew B. Hammond, an early railroad pioneer and lumberman who, by 1898, owned the Oregon Pacific Railroad and the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad. These railroads provided access to the rich timber and logging opportunities of Oregon's Coast Range and Cascade Mountains. In 1900 Hammond formed the Hammond Lumber Company, and via various timber purchases ended up being one of the largest private owners of timber in Oregon. In 1901 Hammond partnered with Captain Hugh Robertson and established the Oregon Rafting Company, a company which towed massive cigar rafts of logs from the Columbia River to San Francisco, California. Also in the early 1900s Hammond purchased mills along the North Santiam River, and in 1908 he purchased the Hume lumber Mill in Astoria.
In November 1991 the community of Hammond voted to disincorporate, and, on December 5, 1991, they merged into the city of Warrenton.
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"The Golden Age of Postcards" ...
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The early 1900s was the "Golden Age of Postcards", with the "Penny Postcard" being a popular way to send greetings to family and friends. Today the Penny Postcard has become a snapshot of history.
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Penny Postcard: Hammond Lumber Mills, Astoria, Oregon, ca.1910.
Penny Postcard, ca.1910, "Hammond Lumber Mills, showing millions of feet of floating lumber, Astoria, Oregon." Published by Pacific Novelty Co., San Francisco, California. Card #3313. In the private collection of Lyn Topinka.
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Penny Postcard: Log Raft on the Columbia River, at Stella (Coal Creek Slough), Washington, ca.1915
Penny Postcard, "Sea-going log raft, 8,000,000 feet of timber, Oregon, ca.1915.".
Published by Lipschuetz & Katz, Portland, Oregon.
Divided back.
Card #269.
In the private collection of Lyn Topinka.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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