Authorities are pulling submerged vehicles from the Columbia River, including a car thought to have belonged to a Portland ...

After two days of false starts and dashed hopes, divers recovered a portion of the station wagon they believe carried the Martin family of Portland on their ill-fated journey through the Columbia ...

Ken Martin and his wife Barbara tell family members and their Northeast Portland neighbors the family was going to spend the afternoon in the Columbia River Gorge collecting Christmas greenery.

FILE - The Christmas photo of the Ken Martin family, from left, Barbara, 7; Ken, Barbara, Sue, 4; Donald, 21; and Virginia, 6; in Portland, Ore., in December 1952 ...

By Simon J. Levien On Dec. 7, 1958, Ken and Barbara Martin of Portland, Ore., took their three daughters on a family trip through the mountains en route to collect Christmas greenery. They stopped ...

The 1992 Christmas photo of the Ken Martin family from left are, Barbara, 7, Ken, Barbara, Sue, 4 1/2, Donald, 21 and Virginia, 6 in Portland, Or., December 1952.

FILE - The Christmas photo of the Ken Martin family, from left, Barbara, 7; Ken, Barbara, Sue, 4; Donald, 21; and Virginia, 6; in Portland, Ore., in December 1952 ...

As recently as 2019, a Portland writer published a book about ... them and pushed their car into the river near The Dalles. Kenneth Martin’s family was, by all accounts, quintessentially all ...

On December 7, it became something else entirely. Ken Martin and his wife Barbara told family members and their Northeast Portland neighbors the family was going to spend Sunday afternoon in the ...

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