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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

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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.

This house was the home of the Junker family for many years. It remains virtually unchanged and is occupied by the Sandy Country Florist today. Casper Junker came to Sandy in 1888 for a short time, went to Portland to train in the hotel business and came back to Sandy with a wife in 1897. At that time he bought the Sandy Hotel from Von Scholley’s widow. Casper was very involved in Sandy’s history as a hotel owner, saloon owner, restaurateur, land developer and he constructed commercial and rental buildings as well.

This photo of Ludwig and Augusta Hoffmann with their 12 children was taken on the 4th of July, 1912. Aside from the removal of the awning the building remains unchanged.

This Lutheran church, built in 1902 on land donated by Caspar Junker, was the second church built in Sandy. The first church, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, was built in 1894. The

Lutheran congregation also built a parsonage in between the church and the Lutheran school. This church provided a place of worship in an otherwise tough town. In 1959 the Lutheran congregation built a new church and this one became the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. This building is one of Sandy’s most recognizable landmarks and is still in use today, but for non-sectarian purposes. Photo taken 2008.

This building was originally built as the Sandy Lutheran School in 1904. This picture was taken in 1915 and includes 36 students. The building is still in use today and currently houses Schoolhouse Natural Medicine. At one time the Sandy area had 18 grade schools! The Sandy Historical Society has photos of all of them.