History Placque 2

<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>Click the arrows to navigate through the photos . . .</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Small Town Oregon     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Small Town Oregon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16">     <A HREF="id760.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History Placque 1"><U><IMG SRC="04610100.png" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>     <A HREF="id762.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History Placque 4"><U><IMG SRC="04710100.png" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>     <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brownsville"><U><IMG SRC="048100e0.png" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> </div> <div> History Placque 2</div> <div> <IMG SRC="e193dae0.jpg" border=0 width="573" height="430" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> "The town was first called Kirk"s Ferry when Alexander Kirk established a ferry across the Calapooia River </div> <div> around 1846-47.  It was operated by his wiife, Sarah, on the frequent occasions that Alexander Kirk </div> <div> had to be away.  A bridge was built just upriver from the ferry around 1856."  Goodbye, ferry!</div> </td> </tr></table></body>