Editing Boardman, Oregon (section)

==History==
Boardman was [[homestead principle|homesteaded]] in 1903 by Samuel H. Boardman,<ref name="OGN">{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. | author-link = Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur | title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]] | orig-year = 1928 | edition = 7th | year = 2003 | publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press | location = Portland, Oregon| isbn = 0-87595-277-1 | pages = 94&ndash;95}}</ref>  the first superintendent of the [[Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department|Oregon State Parks System]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|year=2013|url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=56|access-date=July 21, 2013}}</ref>  Boardman and his wife worked for 13 years to develop irrigation for their land; during those years his wife taught school, and Boardman at times worked on railroad construction projects. The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] passed through Boardman, where it had a station. The community was [[plat]]ted in 1916 at about the same time Samuel Boardman went to work for the [[Oregon Department of Transportation|Oregon State Highway Department]] and became involved in the development of roadside parks.<ref name="OGN"/>

The Boardman post office opened in 1916.<ref name="OGN"/> The city was [[incorporation (municipal government)|incorporated]] in 1921.<ref name="Blue Book">{{cite web|title=Incorporated Cities: Boardman|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/boardman.aspx|work=Oregon Blue Book|year=2013|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=July 21, 2013}}</ref> South of Boardman, the [[U.S. Army Air Force]] established a training range in 1941. The [[U.S. Air Force|Air Force]] transferred ownership of the range in 1960 to the [[U.S. Navy]] and it is now known as the [[Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman]]. The range is largely used by [[Naval Air Station Whidbey Island|NAS Whidbey Island]] and the [[Oregon National Guard]].<ref name=GS>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/boardman.htm |title=Boardman Range |access-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>

During construction of the [[John Day Dam]] on the Columbia River in the 1960s, the city had to be moved south, further from the waters of the planned [[Lake Umatilla]].<ref name="OGN"/> Boardman's tourist-oriented businesses were relocated first to serve [[Interstate 84 in Oregon|Interstate 80N]] (now I-84), which had recently opened, on land that was released by the federal government.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hunt |first=Phil |date=May 13, 1965 |title=Bright New City To Arise As Lake Covers Boardman |at=sec. 3, p. 7 |work=[[The Oregon Journal]]}}</ref> The filling of Lake Umatilla began in April 1968 and was completed later that year, completely inundating the old town. The new townsite cost $1.5{{nbsp}}million to construct.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 14, 1968 |title=John Day Dam Reservoir to Start Filling Tuesday |page=25 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]]}}</ref>