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History of Sandy, Oregon
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In 1845, Samuel K. Barlow, a pioneer
emigrant from Kentucky, blazed a road
(known as The Barlow Road) from The Dalles,
Oregon around the south side of Mt. Hood
to
Eagle Creek (a settlement just east of
Oregon City) thus completing the last leg
of the famous Oregon Trail that began in
Independence, Missouri.
Sandy's first settlers, the Francis Revenue
family, arrived in 1853 and soon opened a
trading post here on the Barlow Road and
served many of the thousands of pioneers
who traveled through on their way to the
Willamette Valley.
Sandy's first Post Office was established
in 1873 and the village became an
incorporated city in 1913.
Sandy was named for the nearby Sandy River
which was originally identified as the
"Quicksand River" by Lewis and Clark;
however, the name "Quicksand" gradually
evolved into "Sandy".
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