[or-roots] Vanport and Vanport Flood

[dgoodma02 at comcast.net]

I was in the Oregon Ntl Grd abt 1946 to 1948.  We didn't do much.  I moved to Corvallis just aftr the Flood, but remember driving past Janzen Beach and looking over at he Flooded area.

--
Bob Goodman 
USAF Retired 
University Place, Washington

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> OKay folks step right up here and help Babe out, I am sure somebody has some 
> stuff her cousin would be interested in; 
> 
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Jantzen Beach 
> 
> Bob, how long were you stationed there? About 1944-46 I worked in the bean 
> fields where the airport is now. The P-38's, when taking off would be so 
> low 
> we could see the faces of the pilots. They waved at us girls working in the 
> beans and of course we waved back. 
> 
> Carroll 
> 
> Carroll: I was there when the VanPort Flood happened! I was in the oregon 
> Air national Guard. 
> 
> -- 
> Bob Goodman 
> USAF Retired 
> University Place, Washington 
> 
> cjpjoppe at yahoo.com 
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 7:29 PM 
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Jantzen Beach 
> 
> If anyone is interested I can scan and send some 
> Vanport photos - my dad took some snapshots (both he 
> and my mother lived at vanport but didn't know each 
> other at the time). I have some of his snapshots taken 
> from up on the dike and lower/water level. 
> 
> --- DGOODMA02 at comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> > 
> > I was there 1945-46-47. I left the Guard to go of 
> > to College (OSU or Course) 
> > -- 
> > Bob Goodman 
> 
> From: George Ross [ross1948 at bendcable.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 9:47 PM 
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Jantzen Beach 
> 
> If anyone is interested I have the map of Vanport with all the streets laid 
> out as well as the nursery, fire hall, and other items in the city. I also 
> have several newspaper articles. I visited Terri the manager what is now 
> Delta Park Raceway. She was featured in several papers about three years 
> ago as she has been recovering items from the flood that have worked their 
> way up through the mud. It was interesting to see the bottles, rings, 
> vases, lipstick containers, a jar of jam (still sealed with wax) and various 
> other items. I believe several of the original items that she found were 
> cast in some way and used in the light rail stations. Although my parents 
> did not live there was born in Vanport in 1948 and have only found one other 
> person that was also born there, however she was born in 1946. 
> 
> From: Glen A. Jones [glenjoneskc7mbm at msn.com] 
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:51 AM 
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] un thing - unspeakable Vanport 
> 
> I lived in the Walnut Grove area northeast of Vancouver, My parents bought 
> one of the Vanport homes after the flood and tore it down, used the lumber 
> to build a home next to ours for my grandmother and Chicken coops, I 
> remember them taking me over a few times while they tore the home down. 
> Glen Portland 
> 
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> Notice how carefully everyone made sure their subject line reflected the 
> substance of what they posted, also anyone who complains about how dead this 
> list is has just volunteered to edit my compiled postings for the March 2005 
> to date, it is only 3194 pages, I am sure with editing it can be whittled 
> down to a mere 2500 or so. 
> 
> Les C 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of 
> bfain at thegrid.net 
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 4:32 PM 
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
> Cc: Treva Rigby 
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Snow, Floods, Etc VanPort) 
> 
> 
> I have a cousin who survivied the Vanport flood and lost everything. She 
> would like to get in contact with anyone who has information or pictures. 
> 
> Babe Fain 
> 
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