Historic ferries in Oregon

These ferries allowed people to cross bodies of water, mainly rivers such as the Willamette in the Willamette Valley, and the Columbia, in order to transport goods, move people, and further communications until permanent bridges were built to allow faster crossing of the water.

[citation needed] Discontinued ferries in Polk and Marion County include the Claggett at Independence, which ran until 1950.

It was established in the 1840s by Andrew Jackson Doak, and sold in 1860 to Jesse Walling, who platted Lincoln, Oregon.

[7] The widow White eventually sold out to Matheny, who later formed a partnership that included James N. Glover, the founder of Spokane, Washington.

& L. Coryell's ferry near the confluence of the Middle and Coast forks of the Willamette operated as early as 1847.

The final ferry, the John F. Caples, was discontinued in 1925 when the Sellwood Bridge opened.

[1] The Astoria–Megler Ferry operated at the mouth of the Columbia, between Megler, Washington and Astoria, Oregon, until the Astoria-Megler Bridge was built in the 1960s.

[1] The Oregon Coast had many ferries along its length, until the 1930s, when bridges were built across the bays for U.S. Route 101.

To the east, Brownlee's Ferry began operating across the Snake River between Oregon and Idaho in 1862.

[11] Scholl settled in the area in 1848, and began operating the ferry in 1850, along what was then the main route between Portland and the upper portions of the Willamette Valley.

[12] In the late 1850s, Scholl built a covered toll bridge across the river, but it was washed away in a flood.

[13] "Indian Mary" operated a ferry across the Rogue River in Southern Oregon in the late 19th century.