Editing Biggs Junction, Oregon (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:SamHillMemorialBridge.jpg|thumb|center|700px|Biggs Junction (right) at the approach to the [[Sam Hill Memorial Bridge]] over the [[Columbia River]]]]

The community's major business is that of a rest and refueling stop for traffic along the two major highways.<ref name=Agri>{{cite web |url= http://www.sherman-county.com/agri_business_biggs.asp |title= Agri-Business: Biggs, Oregon |publisher= Sherman County, Oregon |access-date= 2011-02-14}}</ref><ref name=Friedman>{{cite book |title= In Search of Western Oregon |author= Friedman, Ralph |author-link= Ralph Friedman |year= 1990 |edition= 2nd |page= [https://archive.org/details/insearchofwester00frie/page/611 611] |publisher= [[Caxton Press (United States)|The Caxton Printers, Ltd]] |location= Caldwell, Idaho |isbn= 0-87004-332-3 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/insearchofwester00frie/page/611 }}</ref> It is one of the largest [[truck stop]]s on the Oregon section of I-84.<ref name=Friedman />

Biggs Junction is an important [[wheat]] shipping point, with [[grain elevator|grain storage elevators]] and facilities for shipping wheat by river barge and rail.<ref name=Impact /><ref name=Agri />

The Biggs Junction area is known for being a source and the point of discovery of [[Biggs jasper]], a semi-precious [[gemstone]].<ref name=NFMS>{{cite journal|url=http://www.amfed.org/nfms/nwnews/nw0207.pdf |journal=Northwest Newsletter |publisher=Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies |title=Biggs Picture Jasper: A Legacy is Born |date=November 2007 |last=Rhode |first=Dale |volume=47 |issue=4 |page=11 |access-date=2011-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104133834/http://amfed.org/nfms/nwnews/nw0207.pdf |archive-date=November 4, 2010 }}</ref> The jasper was originally used by the local [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] and was rediscovered in 1964 during the building of I-84 by road crews who were helping rebuild local bridges after the [[Christmas flood of 1964|Christmas flood]] of that year.<ref name=NFMS />