Sheridan

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The town was platted in the 1860's and so was appropriately named for General Philip Henry Sheridan of Civil war fame.  They did not, however, just pick some far off general as a namesake.  Sheridan was actually posted at nearby at <A HREF="id262.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fort Hill"><U>Fort Yamhill</U></A> in the 1850's.  The town has had its ups and downs:  the ups when the river came up in 1964 with devastating results and the downs when fire swept the central district in 1913 and burned it down. </div> <div>   The town has traditionally had a farming and timber economy, but now benefits from the presence of a rather large federal minimum security prison.  The summer event here is the Phil Sheridan days celebration when the locals have a chance to mix with each other and the locally produced wine vintages and micro-brews.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Sheridan&state=OR#a/maps/m::7:45.099137:-123.393194:0:::::/e" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Sherid"><U><B>Area Map</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Sheridan&state=OR#a/maps/m::12:45.099143:-123.393182:0:::::/e" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Sherid"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Sheridan&state=OR#a/maps/m::12:45.099143:-123.393182:0:::::/e" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Sherid"><U><B>Street Map</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/8-9YF8tD*eDLBoT5IE" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/8-9YF8tD*eDLB"><U><B>Aerial Photo</B></U></A></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Click below to start the Sheridan slide show</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id802.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Train Station"><U>The Train Station</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id803.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City Hall Sign"><U>City Hall Sign</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id804.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sheridan Hills"><U>Sheridan Hills</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id805.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sheridan Country Inn"><U>Sheridan Country Inn</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id806.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lodging Sign"><U>Lodging Sign</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id807.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Main Street"><U>Main Street</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id808.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Log Truck Mural"><U>Log Truck Mural</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id809.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Log Transportation"><U>Log Transportation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id810.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City Park"><U>City Park</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06880e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  About half way between Lafayette and Sheridan is an interesting geological feature.  During the ice ages when the great Missoula floods occurred about every 5000 years the Willamette valley flooded with water from the Montana area carrying huge chunks of ice.  Resting on this ice were sometimes large rocks.  When the water resided and the ice melted these rocks, called glacial erratics, were left on top of the ground.  At this site, made of sandstone and totally unrelated to local rocks, are the largest known erratics.   The famous West Linn Meteorite also arrived in the valley this way.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="cf376e00.jpg" border=0 width="118" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>