Cazadero is an
unincorporated historic locale in
Clackamas County, Oregon
Clackamas County ( ) is one of the List of counties in Oregon, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 421,401, making it Oregon's third-most populous county. Its county sea ...
, United States.
Cazadero was a station on the
Estacada interurban railway line of the
Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
The Portland Railway, Light and Power Company (PRL&P) was a railway company and electric power utility in Portland, Oregon, United States, from 1906 until 1924.Thompson, Richard M. (2006). ''Portland's Streetcars'', pp. 57 and 99. Arcadia Publish ...
(PRL&P) and later
Portland Electric Power Company
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
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*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...
(PEPCO), near where the power plant of the PEPCO-owned
Cazadero Dam was located on the
Clackamas River
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.
The station was named by the original promoters of the line, likely after
Cazadero, California
Cazadero (Spanish for "hunting ground") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Sonoma County, California, United States with a population of 298 in 2020. The downtown of Cazadero consists of two churches, a ...
.
[ ''Cazadero'' is a ]Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
word meaning "a place for the pursuit of game".[ Cazadero post office operated from 1904–1918;][ it was located southeast of Cazadero station, near what is now ]Oregon Route 224
Oregon Route 224 is a state highway which runs through some of Portland's southeastern suburbs and ends in the Cascades.
Route description
The northwestern terminus is an interchange with OR 99E in Milwaukie, a suburb of Portland. It conti ...
at .
Railway history
Service to Cazadero was routed via Lents
The Lents neighborhood in the Southeast section of Portland, Oregon is bordered by SE Powell Blvd. on the north, the Clackamas County line or City of Portland line on the south (whichever is farther south), SE 82nd Ave. to the west, and roughly ...
and Gresham, along the Springwater Corridor
The Springwater Corridor Trail is a bicycle and pedestrian rail trail in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States. It follows a former railway line from Boring, Oregon, Boring through Gresham, Oregon, Gresham to Portland, Oregon, P ...
, and the Gresham– Boring–Cazadero section was built in 1903–04, with electric interurban
The interurban (or radial railway in Canada) is a type of electric railway, with tram-like electric self-propelled railcars which run within and between cities or towns. The term "interurban" is usually used in North America, with other terms u ...
service reaching Boring in 1903[Thompson, Richard (2008). ''Willamette Valley Railways'', pp. 9, 11. ]Arcadia Publishing
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. . The line was built and operated by the Oregon Water Power and Railway Company (OWP), but by 1906 OWP had been taken over the PRL&P,[Labbe (1980), pp. 121–123.] which in turn was reorganized as PEPCO in 1924.[Labbe (1980), p. 141.]
Cazadero station was located three stations beyond Estacada on the interurban line[ and was the end of the line for many years, until PEPCO eventually developed the line farther up the river.][ The interurban service was abandoned in 1933,]railfan
A railfan, train fan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast, railway buff, anorak (British English), gunzel (Australian English), trainspotter (British English) or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally in ...
s in an old interurban car covered the line in 1953.["Railway Fans On Last Ride; Old No. 1101 In Final Battle" (June 23, 1953). ''The Oregonian'', Section 3, p. 5.]
References
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Unincorporated communities in Clackamas County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
Railway towns in Oregon