The two Martin parents and their daughters, 14 year-old Barbara, 12 year-old Virginia and 10 year-old Sue, take a drive up the Columbia River Gorge in their 1954 Ford Station Wagon.

Mayo began digging up material on the family and used modeling to pinpoint the possible location, he said. Mayo found other cars nearby, which will need to come out before the construction company ...

Aerial photo of Cascade Locks, Ore. taken in 1958. According to the official report, the Ken Martin accidentally backed the family car into the river here on the afternoon of Dec. 7, 1958. (KOIN ...

Ken Martin, his wife Barbara and three young girls, Barbara, Virginia and Susan went to the Columbia River Gorge on December 7, 1958. They were never seen again.

Pacific Northwest The Martin family’s 1958 disappearance shocked Oregon; 67 years later, authorities announce break in case Updated: Mar. 07, 2025, 7:53 a.m. | Published: Mar. 06, 2025, 7:32 a.m.

The case of the Martin family’s disappearance has bewildered local residents and investigators for more than six decades — until Friday. By Simon J. Levien On Dec. 7, 1958, Ken and Barbara ...

December 7, 1958 Ken Martin and his wife Barbara tell family members and their Northeast Portland neighbors the family was going to spend the afternoon in the Columbia River Gorge collecting ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After a Portland family vanished near Cascade Locks in 1958, no other evidence or clues surfaced for decades. Now, 66 years later, an underwater search is underway after ...