Warrenton-Hammond
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Susan L. Glen
Susan L. Glen has had relatives in the area since the 1800s. In November 1847, one relative by marriage had the original donation land claim that became the town of Hammond. Glen came to Warrenton in 1976. She is a former schoolteacher and a member of the Warrenton-Hammond Historical Society, Clatsop County Historical Society, Seaside Historical Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, and many other historical and genealogical societies.
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Warrenton-Hammond - Susan L. Glen
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INTRODUCTION
The towns of Flavel, Skipanon, Lexington, and Hammond were once viable communities along the Columbia and Skipanon Rivers. Yellow Bank, Sellington, and Fairhaven were also within the area now known as Warrenton. Fairhaven was platted on June 7, 1914, and later vacated on May 14, 1917. The exact location of Yellow Bank has not been determined and Sellington was platted on July 14, 1913, but never vacated. Today they are all part of the 16.7 square miles of land for the town of Warrenton, Oregon, platted in 1889, laid out on a tract of 52 acres in 1891, and incorporated in February 1899. Warrenton, named for D. K. Warren, had the first female mayor west of the Mississippi. The home of Daniel Knight Warren still stands in the town. Daniel K. Warren sent to Illinois for 1,000 sapling trees to be planted in the town. Many of the streets were named for these trees. Some names remain while others have changed over time. The trees that were planted down the main street of town are gone, but a few of the others can be seen throughout the city. A few streets were paved with cement in 1915, others followed sporadically.
Flavel was one of four ports for the Great Northern Steamship line and the site of the Flavel Hotel. Passengers came to stay at the hotel while waiting to board steamships bound for San Francisco.
The ships were also used for troop transports during World War I, and following the war, Flavel faded away. The railroad passed through Flavel, where the tracks divided, providing sidings for the movement of vast quantities of goods both in and out of the port at Flavel. In the area of Tansy Point, three canneries were located: Del Mar Cannery, Hovden Cannery, and Point Adams Packing Company. Only Point Adams Packing Company remains in the area. Del Mar Cannery processed fish livers into vitamins, and Hovden Cannery produced fishmeal for fertilizer. Bioproducts, now Bio-Oregon, located between Warrenton and Hammond is also still in operation. The company conducted whaling from 1961 to 1965, but now recycles fish residuals into feed and fertilizer.
Several railroad companies operated in the area, and their tracks ran from Portland to Astoria and out to Hammond and Fort Stevens through Flavel as well as through Warrenton and south to Gearhart and Seaside. Among them were Astoria and Columbia River Railroad, Astoria and South Coast Railroad and Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railroad.
Skipanon was located to the south of present-day Warrenton, and Lexington was an eight-block area just north of Skipanon. Both of these towns were located in the general area of the present Warrenton High School. Lexington was the original county seat for Clatsop County until it was vacated on July 6, 1888, and the county seat was moved briefly to Warrenton. The county seat was later moved to Astoria, where it now remains. Lexington became Skipanon until 1913 when it was annexed by Warrenton. Solomon Smith was the first white settler in Lexington. He opened a mercantile store in Lexington. Augustus Leassar Wirt opened the Clatsop House Inn and a grocery in the same area.
Hammond is located near the mouth of the Columbia River. In 1980, the area was listed as Oregon’s most northwesterly city. In June 1873, Bartholomew Kindred received the original donation land grant of 620 acres signed by Pres. U. S. Grant. He and his wife, Rachel, had 12 children. The town was platted and recorded in 1890.
The original name of the town was New Astoria. Andrew B. Hammond was going to build a mill in the area. In 1915, the small town got a post office that was named Hammond Post Office, to honor Mr. Hammond, so the people of New Astoria changed the name of their town to Hammond. The post office is still in operation, but the mill was never built.
Fort Stevens Military Reservation, now Fort Stevens, the second largest state park in Oregon, is next to Bartholomew Kindred’s donation land grant at Hammond. The navy dredged a mooring basin in Hammond and the U.S. Coast Guard maintained a lifeboat station there for many years. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the