Boones Ferry
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Boones Ferry was a cable ferry which crossed the Willamette River at present-day Wilsonville, Oregon, United States, from 1847 to 1954. It was part of a major land-based thoroughfare in pioneer times
Boones Ferry in 1954, two days before decommissioning
View in the mid-1950s of Boone's Ferry landing
Alphonso Boone
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Alphonso Boone was an American pioneer in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Kentucky, he was the grandson of Daniel Boone, and lived much of his life in Missouri. After immigrating to the O
Boones Ferry
…government at Champoeg, and later Salem. It was eventually made obsolete by the Boone Bridge on Interstate 5. The ferry was built by the family of Alphonso Boone (grandson of Daniel Boone) who, in 1846, claimed 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) on and around present day Charbonneau which was on the main road between Oregon…
Alphonso Boone