Editing Sandy, Oregon (section)

==History==
===18th–19th centuries===
[[File:Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The [[Sandy River (Oregon)|Sandy River]], which runs through the city boundary and from which it takes its name, was originally named the Baring River after [[Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet]].]]
Sandy was founded after pioneer [[Sam Barlow (pioneer)|Sam Barlow]] passed through the area in 1845 and formed [[Barlow Road]], the most widely-used final portion of the [[Oregon Trail]].<ref name=tour>{{cite web|work=Clackamas County Tourism & Cultural Affairs|editor=Suter-Warner, Kathryn H.|title=Historic Sandy Downtown Tour|url=https://evogov.s3.amazonaws.com/media/88/media/20511.PDF|access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref>{{sfn|McArthur|2003|pages=52–53}} The first people to settle the area were Francis and Lydia Revenue, {{circa}} 1853.<ref name=tour/> The abundance of natural resources in the area, ranging from fish, deer, elk, berries and roots, attracted them to build a homestead and [[trading post]].<ref name=tour/> Around 1873, the Revenues built the city's first hotel.<ref name=tour/>

Initially known as Revenue (after the Revenue family), in the late 19th century the settlement took its namesake of Sandy from the nearby [[Sandy River (Oregon)|Sandy River]], which itself had taken its name from [[Meriwether Lewis]] and [[William Clark]] during their [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|1805 expedition]], who at that time named it the "Quicksand River" due to the abundance of sand on its banks.<ref name=river>{{cite book|title=Oregon Historical Quarterly|year=1927|publisher=[[Oregon Historical Society]]|volume=28|location=Portland, Oregon|page=92}}</ref> The river had priorly been named the Barings River after [[Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet]], an English merchant banker, by Lieutenant W.R. Broughton of the [[Fort Vancouver]] expedition on October 30, 1792.<ref name=river/>

A second hotel was erected in Sandy in 1890 by Baron Otto Von Scholley, an [[Austria]]n immigrant who also served as the city's second postmaster and first [[notary]].<ref name=tour/> In 1894, the city completed its first church, St. Michael's [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]], established by [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] monks, which had its first service on December 18 that year.{{sfn|Bosserman|2015|p=51}} Though the original building was destroyed in a fire two decades later, it was relocated and reopened.{{sfn|Bosserman|2015|p=51}}

===20th century===
[[File:Sandy, Oregon main street, 1917.png|thumb|right|upright=1|Main street of Sandy, 1917]]
In 1902, a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] church was established in Sandy.{{sfn|Bosserman|2015|p=62}} On August 11, 1911, the city of was formally [[Municipal corporation#United States|incorporated]],<ref name=tour/> and on November 14, 1913, city voters approved its charter.<ref name=tour/> Friedrich Meinig, a German immigrant and businessman, came to Sandy in 1876;<ref name=tour/>{{sfn|Bosserman|2015|p=40}} his son, Paul Meinig, served as the city's second [[Mayoralty in the United States|mayor]] from 1912 to 1918.<ref name=tour/> A significant part of Sandy's economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was [[logging]] and sawmill operations which utilized the abundance of forests surrounding the city.<ref name=tour/>

In October 1913, the city experienced a major fire which destroyed numerous buildings and businesses, including a restaurant, livery stable, and saloon, all located on the south side of the Main Street (contemporarily Proctor Boulevard).{{sfn|Bosserman|2015|p=59}} A concrete replacement of the restaurant and saloon was subsequently erected, marking the first concrete building in the city.{{sfn|Bosserman|2015|p=59}} The Clackamas County Bank was established in Sandy in 1916.<ref name=tour/> {{As of|2018}}, the bank remains the oldest [[community bank]] in the state of Oregon.<ref name=tour/>

In 1919, a year prior to the 19th [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Amendment]], the city elected two women to its government: Blanche Shelley was elected mayor, along with Edna Esson to city council.<ref name=tour/> Both women were also active business leaders in the city.<ref name=tour/> In 1923, the city completed construction of the Pioneer Building, a brick structure that served as [[Sandy High School|Sandy Union High School]], for $30,000.{{Sfn|Bosserman|2015|p=64}} Prior to this, a small two-story schoolhouse served as the city's main school for all grades, before a separate high school was established in 1917.<ref>{{cite web|work=Portland Tribune|url=https://portlandtribune.com/sp/68-news/366744-248145-new-cedar-ridge-middle-school-renovations-are-well-underway|title=New Cedar Ridge Middle School renovations are well underway|author=Allen, Brittany|date=July 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404201009/https://portlandtribune.com/sp/68-news/366744-248145-new-cedar-ridge-middle-school-renovations-are-well-underway|archive-date=April 4, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===21st century===
As of the 21st century, Sandy's population has increased significantly with the growth of the [[Portland metropolitan area]].<ref name=driving>{{cite web|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/sp/68-news/404048-301189-driving-toward-the-future-pwoff|work=[[The Sandy Post]]|publisher=[[Pamplin Media Group]]|location=Sandy, Oregon|title=Driving toward the future|date=August 22, 2018|last=Allen|first=Brittany|access-date=October 31, 2018}} {{closed access}}</ref> Per a 2018 study completed by [[Portland State University]] and Clackamas County, it is the second-fastest-growing city in the state, and is estimated to reach a population of 18,980 by the year 2034.<ref name=driving/>