Santiam Wagon Road

The Santiam Wagon Road was a freight route in the U.S. state of Oregon between the Willamette Valley and Central Oregon regions from 1865 to the 1930s. It is considered one of the most important historical routes in the state. [cite news
title=Disappearing trails - Many segments of the Santiam Wagon Road, which once stretched from Albany to Ontario, have become impassable or outright obliterated
work=The Bend Bulletin
date=March 11, 2006
author=Erin Foote Marlowe
url=http://0-docs.newsbank.com.catalog.multcolib.org/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:BULB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1104AFD8AA38DE50&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D10F2CADB4B24C0] Officially known as the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road, the Santiam Wagon Road was built between 1861 and 1868 and operated as a toll road until 1915. In 1925, the toll road was turned over to the State of Oregon for use as a highway. U.S. Route 20 closely follows the original route of the wagon road.cite web
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title = Trails for off-highway vehicles will be marked
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publisher = "Statesman Journal"
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accessdate = 2006-10-07 ]

See also

* Barlow Road
* Hogg Rock
* Santiam Pass
* Oregon Route 58

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