Sidney S. Ford

May 29, 2011. Centralia Pioneer Cemetery.

Sidney S. Ford Sr. born May 10, 1801; died Oct. 22, 1866 Aged 65 years, 5 m's 12 d's.

Traveled the Oregon Trail 1845.

A tale of two roads

May 7, 2013. Tumwater. "Oregon Trail, 1844. Marked by the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution in the State of Washington, 1916."

Interstate 5, which wiped out most of old downtown Tumwater when it was constructed, is behind the concrete wall.