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| Corvallis, Oregon looking northwest, circa 1950. |
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| Flood on the east bank of the Willamette River with the Oregon Electric depot on the left, circa 1920. |
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| Football fans detrain at the O.E. Corvallis depot circa 1920. |
Some more very interesting photographs from the Oregon State University Digital Archive:
The top view has the confluence of Marys River and the Willamette at bottom left. The mill is Marys River Lumber, which is long gone. SP's Corvallis Yard is seen center left. The right of way of the Uptown Lead is visible above the mill as it curves off its street running and makes its way downtown between First and Second Streets. This line lasted into the early Seventies, serving the Copeland Lumber Yard.
The two bottom views are the real prize as they show the Oregon Electric Corvallis station, also known as Grays. This facility was on the east bank of the Willamette in Linn County. The football fans may have come from Portland, but more probably, are from Eugene. Note that no one felt compelled in those days to wear duck hats, or paint their faces green and yellow. What the people on the roof of the depot are up to is anybody's guess.
Yes, Corvallis has quite a railroad history. Before trains arrived, the steamboats hauled the freight, up and down the river, mainly wheat down to Portland. Even then, the ball fans got a little goofy at game time, I see. Not as bad as today, though, when Corvallis and Eugene go crazy with their rivalry and temp. weird.
ReplyDeleteCorvallis was the head of navigation on the Willamette most of the year, but the sternwheelers could make it up far as Eugene when the river was high enough in the spring.
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