Biggs Junction, Oregon

Biggs is located at the intersection of Highway 97 and Interstate 84, just south of the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge across the Columbia River.

Biggs is located 9.6 miles from the City of Wasco in Sherman County. Biggs is a tiny community with several businesses that provide complete services for busy travelers on Interstate 84, including: a motel, gas station, mini-mart, truck stop and restaurant.

The community overlooks the Columbia River, and provides a point of connection to the railway and river for the local agricultural industry. Mid Columbia Producers operates the grain elevators.

The City of Wasco is the official U.S. Postal Designation for all mail. Biggs Junction is a Census Designated Place in Sherman County.

Travelers headed for central Washington often pass through Bigg's Junction. To the north, the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge crosses the Columbia River and the Highway leads to the reknowned Maryhill Museum and Stonehenge Monument, as well as winding its way up the Klickitat mountains to Goldendale and eventually Yakima and Ellensburg. Highway 97 leading south leads to the town of Wasco, and the ghost town of Shaniko, eventually passing through Condon.

History

Biggs is a station on the Union Pacific Railroad mail line at what was the junction with the now abandoned branch south into Sherman County. It was named for a nearby landowner, W.H. Biggs, who was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 12, 1831 and who came to Sherman County in 1880. The small local community is known as Biggs Junction because this is where US-97, running north and south, makes an important intersection with I-84. The community was formerly known as Spanish Hollow. This is the hollow that opens upon the Columbia River at Biggs. It is said to have received its name because a Spanish ox died in the canyon during the days of the immigrations. The name Spanish Gulch for this hollow is incorrect. -- Source: Oregon Geographic Names, Sixth Edition, 1992, Lewis L. McArthur, Oregon Historical Society Press, ISBN O-87595-237-2.

Samples of Biggs Picture Jasper.

Biggs Picture Jasper

Biggs Picture Jasper is a stunning picture jasper. It is generally A dark brown jasper containing wonderful swirls, bands, lines and arcs. These bands and lines come in colors of light brown, yellow, tan, blue, or gray-brown. The lines and coloration often form images that appear to be picturesque landscapes of mountains and trees. Biggs picture jasper was discovered while constructing Interstate 84 through Sherman County. Near Biggs, Oregon. The find is now covered by the freeway and this material is now scarce. Biggs Jasper is a silicated volcanic ash. This jasper was formed by a volcanic ash flow, overlying the basalt formation. This formation is currently mapped as part of the John Day Formation. It is of Miocene Age. Source: www.minerals-n-more.com

Mid Columbia Producers Inc.

• Biggs Barge Elevator - 91589 Barge Way Ln
  Mail to: Wasco OR 97065
  Phone: 541-739-2400
  
• Biggs Rail Elevator - 91385 Railroad Ln
  Mail to: Wasco OR 97065
  Phone: 541-739-2459
  
• Pats' Pilots-Biggs Jct.
  Wasco OR 97065
  Phone: 541-442-5519