Wreck of the steamer U.S. Grant: A baffling historical mystery

Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 2 p.m.

The little riverboat came loose from its moorings during a storm and floated downriver and onto the deadly bar with the owners aboard. How could such a thing have happened? Did someone do it on purpose? (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1871) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1411c.313.us-grant-suspicious-shipwreck.html)