Arlington-Roosevelt Ferry
Route 2 / US 30 / Washington SR 14
Columbia River Images: Arlington, Oregon - Arlington-Roosevelt Ferry
A ferry once connected Arlington, Oregon, with Roosevelt, Washington.
Joseph Smith Buys Ferry Oregon.
"Custom-House officials have been apprised that the Arlington-Klickitat Ferry Company has sold its ferry, documented as the steamer Oregon, to Joseph Smith. The craft plies between Arlington and the north bank of the Columbia. Mr. Smith plans to continue the service."
Source: "Morning Oregonian", September 24, 1910, courtesy Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, Univeristy of Oregon Libraries, 2016.
A passage from the 1940 publication "Oregon, End of the Trail", by the Works Projects Administration (WPA) of the State of Oregon:
"... The Arlington Ferry (cars, $1 ; round trip, $1.50) makes connections with Roosevelt, Wash. ..."
From the 1942 U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor Coast and Geodetic Survey's "United State Coast Pilot, Pacific Coast", Serial No.649:
"Four ferries cross the Columbia River above The Dalles as follows: Biggs-Merryhill, 16 statute miles; Arlington-Roosevelt, 50 statute miles; Boulder-Alderdale, 65 statute miles; and Irrigon-Coolidge, 88 statute miles."
http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/arlington.html (Accessed: June 6, 2022)
"Roosevelt Park, once the location of the Arlington-Roosevelt Ferry, as seen from downstream Arlington, Oregon. The Washington side of the Arlington-Roosevelt Ferry across the Columbia River was located at Roosevelt Park. Image taken September 26, 2004."
http://columbiariverimages.com/Images04/columbia_river_looking_towards_roosevelt_park_2004.jpg
Forgotten Oregon
Tim Stewart Sr., November 13, 2016
I used the ferry at Roosevelt-Arlington many times especially when I was working construction when they were putting in the John Day Dam and we were putting up signal wires along the cliffs for the trains from Wishram to Roosevelt. There were 30 wires up the poles and 20 across the overhead. If rocks broke a wire it would send a signal down the track! I started as a Grunt and then went to climbing! $54.00 a day back in '67 and '68 was pretty good money!
I might add, Rattlesnakes were thick along those cliffs, I had a Cigar box half full of Rattles when I finished that job, had to be careful!
Walter Haight, November 14, 2016
Does anyone know of any photos of the Arlington Ferry? Old maps show ferries connecting to Roosevelt and Paterson on the Washington side. Also near Umatilla.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ForgottenOregon/posts/1798529763748287 (Accessed: June 6, 2022)