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Barlow Ridge Park is located off Tupper Road just west of Highway 211. It consists of a ¾ acre developed park including a basketball court and play structure. There is also a paver path connecting the neighborhood to undeveloped open space set aside between Dubarko Rd. & and Tickle Creek

Oregon law requires an annual audit by an independent auditor. The City has contracted with Talbot, Korvola & Warwick LLP to conduct these required audits. Types of financial documents that are created through the audit process include the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Urban Renewal Financial Statements, and the Single Audit. Additional information on each of these types of reports can be found by clicking the links below.

If you’ve been following the tour you have just brushed past two of the women of Sandy, Alice Scales (Site 7) and Blanche Shelley (Sites 6 & 7).

Phil Jonsrud - Sandy Historian. His books were the source of information.
Sandy historical photos are from the Sandy Historical Society’s archives.
Design and production by Don Howard; donwhowardgraphics.com
Edited by Kathryn H. Suter-Warner

Sponsored by The City of Sandy www.cityofsandy.com

Funded by a grant from Clackamas County Tourism & Cultural Affairs www.mthoodterritory.com

Sandy had three major fires within a ten year period -– 1913,1918 and 1923. Although the destroyed buildings were replaced immediately, the combined effect of these fires destroyed the original hub of the city. As early as 1912 Sandy had organized fire fighters that pulled chemical fire fighting trucks. In the 1930s the city purchased a used Model T fire truck and the Sandy (Volunteer) Fire Department was formed. In these later days whoever happened to be around would take the motorized equipment and fight the fire.

This photo is in the original Meinig Park on the 4th of July, 1891. The Meinigs opened the park in the early 1890s for community use and the big social event each year was the 4th of July picnic. The original park was approximately a quarter mile east of the “New” Meinig Park, where the Assembly of God Church and the Sandy Post Office are now located.

The “New” Meinig Park is behind city hall and a beautiful place to stop after the tour. This park was a portion of the first piece of property owned by Friedrich Meinig. It was sold to the city by the Meinig heirs in 1963.

In 1910 R.S. “Bob” Smith started in small building at this location as a blacksmith with his brother, Melvin. They mostly did horseshoeing and repair of wagons and buggies. Next door was the Sandy Hotel’s barn and livery stable, and then the Mt. Hood Saloon and the Star Saloon and Sandy Café. They were all lost in the 1913 fire. They mostly did horseshoeing and repair of wagons and buggies. In 1915 R.S. bought out his brother and the property next door and built a garage to sell and repair automobiles. He also sold Standard gasoline.

Caspar Junker had this “fireproof” concrete building constructed after the fire of 1913 destroyed the Mt. Hood Saloon, Sandy Livery Stable, the Sandy Café and the Star Saloon. This photo was taken about 1918. That is Caspar Junker in front of the ice cream parlor and café on the left. The Fosberg Harness Shop is at the far right with the false front. The Junker building is in use today and remains pretty much the same as the day it was built.