The salvage crew hoping to recover the cream-colored Ford station wagon carrying an Oregon family who disappeared in 1958 postponed their operation Thursday.
The Hood River County Sheriff’s Office attributed the delay to “significant debris” in the Columbia River, where Archer Mayo, a local diver, said he found what he believes to be the station wagon.
The recovery operation is expected to continue Friday, although authorities said they could offer no timeline.
The Martin family had traveled from Portland to the Columbia River Gorge to collect Christmas greenery in December 1958 when they vanished. Their disappearance sparked intense speculation and many questions over decades.
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