The sun shone bright, birds zipped around the sky and tiny, vivid purple, yellow and white flowers flared at my feet.

The Martin family, who lived in Portland, disappeared after driving to the Columbia River Gorge that December, in search of Christmas greenery to decorate their home, reported The Oregonian.

Authorities are pulling submerged vehicles from the Columbia River, including a car thought to have belonged to a Portland ...

Kenneth and Barbara Jean Martin disappeared with their three children in 1958. They planned to visit the Columbia River Gorge, but never returned home.

Authorities were working Friday to pull the vehicle from the Columbia River near Cascade Locks and succeeded in recovering at ...

Authorities are pulling submerged vehicles from the Columbia River, including a car thought to have belonged to a Portland ...

a small Columbia River community about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of Portland. “Police have speculated that Martin’s red and white station wagon might have plunged into an isolated canyon ...

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (KGW) – The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office announced it will try to recover a vehicle from the Columbia River that’s believed to be connected to a Portland family who went ...

in Portland, Ore., in December 1952. (Ken Martin family via AP, File) Authorities will try again Friday to pull a station wagon from the Columbia River that’s believed to have belonged to an ...