Goble

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="040c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" ><B>A train ferry here connected Portland to Seattle before the first highway bridge crossed the Columbia.</B></FONT></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Small Town Oregon</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Small Town Oregon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clatskanie"><U>Clatskanie</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Columbia City"><U>Columbia City</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deer Island"><U>Deer Island</U></A>   |   <B>Goble</B>   |   <A HREF="id263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Knappa"><U>Knappa</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id201.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prescott"><U>Prescott</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id202.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rainier"><U>Rainier</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id212.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scappose"><U>Scappose</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id237.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vernonia"><U>Vernonia</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id275.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Westport"><U>Westport</U></A></div> <div> Goble</div> <div>   Although my pictures make one think of logging and fishing as key to Goble's history the real story is about railroads.  I could not, however, find a single railroad artifact for a picture.  Daniel Goble settled the area in 1853 shortly before statehood and some think that Lewis and Clark camped here.  A train ferry connected Portland to Seattle before the first highway bridge crossed the Columbia making Goble  a boomtown in the late 1800's.  Now the lone sign of life is the <A HREF="http://www.gobletavern.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gobletavern.com"><U>Goble Tavern</U></A> and those folks certainly seem to have a good time with their business.   They have additonal pictures on their web site so check them out!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/2-b2EiHvPKZMkn" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mapquest.com/mq/2-b2EiHvPKZMk"><U>Area Map</U></A>  Zoom for street level map.</div> <bR> <div> Pictures of Goble</div> <div> <IMG SRC="8f880e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Some time has passed since last she rode the waves but remnants of her sails still droop from the mast. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8f980e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Gypo loggers used this type of rig when I was a kid.  The trick was to keep both engines in operable condition.  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8fa80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I suppose Noah's ark was larger, but it did not boast a power pole for a main mast!</div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> .</div> </td> </tr></table></body>