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March 23, 2020

Just a placeholder for now (and a copy of the Claremont page!). US 30 Bypass content is not a priority for me until I finish rebuilding the site and fleshing out some more research on the original CRH. Throwing it up today, though, to stash some links as I look for information about Claremont, the other side of the ferry across the Willamette before the bridge.

"...a free ferry at Claremont took cars across the river to the City of St. Johns."

"In 1841, James John set out across the plains to California with General John Bidwell. John came to Oregon in 1843 and settled at Linnton. Several years later, he moved to the site of the town that bears his name. He began operating a ferry there in 1852."

All that is old is new again...

The ferry idea calls for a roughly 100- to 149-person vessel that would transport passengers from Vancouver to downtown Portland. That trip would take roughly 38 minutes, with a shorter commute on the way back to Washington, given that the Willamette River flows north. Bladholm envisions a “scalable” approach that would potentially add up to 9 stations along the route, with stops in St. Johns, Sellwood, and potentially suburban points to the south like Milwaukie, Lake Oswego and Oregon City.

A ferry from Cathedral Park in St. Johns to downtown would take 16 minutes.

St. Johns Theater and Pub

"St. Johns Theatre and Pub, a building which was the National Cash Register Company's Exhibit Hall at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition," in St. Johns, of course.

"In December 1905 the former auditorium was barged down the Willamette River from the fairgrounds to its new home in St. Johns. The Congregational Church toned-down the building, installed large, arched windows (two of which were stained glass), and replaced the female statue with a bell. Inside a pulpit was constructed and a level floor was built overtop the original sloping auditorium floor.

"During the next 80 plus years the building acquired many owners and went through many transformations. In 1932 it became the home of the St. Johns Lutheran Church, and in 1951 it became the home of the American Legion Post #98. In 1989, the building became Duffy's Irish Pub, later to be re-named McMenamins St. Johns Pub.

"As an interesting co-incidence, the former Lewis and Clark Exposition building was re-located just 4 blocks from St. John's Cathedral Park and the St. Johns Bridge, the furthest location upstream on the Willamette River that Captain Clark explored in April 1806."

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