Editing Troutdale, Oregon (section)

==History==
The community was once known as Sandy, after the nearby [[Sandy River (Oregon)|Sandy River]]; the post office in Sandy was established in 1854 and closed in 1868.<ref name=OGN>{{Cite OGN|7th|pages=846, 970}}</ref> In 1873, the current city of [[Sandy, Oregon|Sandy]] in [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]], which was formerly named "Revenue", established a different Sandy post office that is still in operation.<ref name=OGN/> Troutdale was named by pioneer John Harlow for the [[trout]] pond in a dale near his house.<ref name=OGN/> Troutdale post office was founded in 1880.<ref name=OGN/> In 1925, a company, the [[Bissinger Wool Pullery]], was moved from Sellwood, Oregon, and opened for business on Macadam Road along the west bank of the Sandy River.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://archives.pdx.edu/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=130&q|title=Oregon Jewish Businesses, 1840-2012 |last=Howard |first=Dorothy |website= PSU Library special Collections and University Archives 
|publisher=Portland State University |access-date=September 17, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sparling |first=Zane |date=July 22, 2017 |title=Troutdale Waterfront Redevelopment Project Collapses |url= https://www.opb.org/news/article/troutdale-sandy-river-waterfront-development-eastwinds-fail/ |work=OPB TV |access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> An iconic water tower stands nearby. The company was featured in a [[Ripley's Believe it or Not!]] column because a cat was reportedly found in a stack of animal hides that the company was going to use for its products. The cat was taken care of and became the company's mascot, and was said to have lived a long and healthy life.<ref name="Sparling">{{cite news |last=Sparling |first=Zane |date=October 17, 2016 |title=Pullery Spurred Economic Engine of Troutdale |url= https://pamplinmedia.com/go/42-news/376510-262244-pullery-spurred-economic-engine-of-troutdale?wallit_nosession=1#_=_|work=The Outlook |access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> The water tower is now known as the "Old Historic Water Tower".{{citation needed|reason= sources I located call it the Bissinger Water Tower, but I found none calling it Old Historic Water Tower|date=October 2019}}

[[Reynolds Aluminum]] was once the area's biggest employer.<ref name=Aluminum>{{cite news |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2012/04/gresham_focus_aluminum_plant_i.html |title= Aluminum Plant Gone, but Memories Remain |last= Mayer |first= James |date= April 19, 2012 |newspaper= [[The Oregonian]] |access-date= June 10, 2014}}</ref> The Reynolds plant in Troutdale was established in 1941 to provide aluminum for the [[World War II|war effort]].<ref name=Aluminum/> The plant closed in 2000.<ref name=Aluminum/> The nearby city of [[Wood Village, Oregon|Wood Village]] was a [[company town]] founded to house workers from the Reynolds plant.<ref name=Aluminum/>