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William J. Goodwin was born in Illinois in 1818 and came west to the Oregon Territory in 1849 He was married to Catherine Mary Roberts who was born in 1819 in Tennessee. Arriving in Clark County, they settled on Mill Plain and filed for a Donation Land Claim on August 15, 1850. William was sworn in as Clerk of the Probate Court of Clark County on July 1, 1850, and on December 2, 1851, he was issued a license to establish a ferry from the head of Lady’s Island to the mouth of Washougal River. An item in the Vancouver Independent relates the following: William Goodwin and family moved to The Dalles March 11, 1880, and leased The Dalles House for a term of three years. On Jan. 19, 1885, William Ryan was granted a franchise to establish a ferry in the same area. In 1851, on December 2nd, a license was "granted" to William Goodwin to establish a ferry from the head of Lady Island to above the mouth of the Washougal River. Other licenses granted in that period were to David C. Parker on June 10, 1854, for the same area; James Carty, on Lake River slough and O.W. Bozorth on the Cathlapoodle - present Lewis River - on March 7, 1855. Source: John Brassfield |
