[or-roots] Old Street between 82nd and 92nd

[Verdena Veelle]

I am 60 years old and I remember getting on the trolley at Jennings Lodge, if my memory is correct.  My mother and I rode into Portland.  I had an uncle who lived in Jennings Lodge.

You could have taken a trolley to go towards Estacada but if you went up the Clackamas River I don't think you would have gone to Jennings Lodge.  Oaks Park is north of Jennings Lodge and Jennings Lodge is north of Oregon City and that would be closer to the Willamette River which runs north and south.  The Clackamas River runs more east and west and it flows into the Willamette at Oregon City.  There is a park there under the newer Oregon City bridge that is known as Clackamette Park.  If you go to Estacada now and go east up the Clackamas River there is National Forest land and many campsites.  I think it is part of the Mt. Hood National Forest.  You can keep going and eventually come out on the Mt. Hood highway.  This is as good as my memory gets anyway.
Regards,
Verdena Veelle
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: William P. Russell 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us ; cckrob at gultel.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Old Street between 82nd and 92nd


  Thanks for those links.

  There is a map of Clackamas County at http://www.gis.state.or.us/data/ormap/clackamastr.htm that shows the relationship of all the towns mentioned in this conversation.

  In the Teens and early Twenties my parents used to take the Estacada trolley from near Oregon City up the Clackamas River to a camp ground where Dad loved to fish.  I think it was called Jennings Lodge, but I'm not sure.  Even in the 50's when I was a kid in Portland, there was an "InterUrban Trolley" from the East end of the Hawthorne Bridge to Oregon City.  I only rode it to the Oaks Amusement Park, but believe that there was a transfer point to the Estacada Trolley in Milwaukee.

  The Estacada Chamber has a nice site at http://www.estacadachamber.org

  Hope this helps

  William P. [Bill] Russell
  P.O. Box 2029
  Bandon, OR 97411
  Bill-R at SEA-edu.org 
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