A small crowd of spectators and journalists gathered at the viewpoint at Washington State Historical Marker 19 on Friday to watch a long-awaited moment: the recovery of the car that was believed to be carrying the Martin family when they disappeared in the Columbia River Gorge decades ago.

After 66 years, the mysterious disappearance of the Martin Family from Northeast Portland may have revealed one of its secrets this week.

A car found in a river is believed to belong to an Oregon family who went missing nearly 70 years ago, according to local authorities

The Hood River County Sheriff's Office believes they've found a vehicle connected to the 1958 case of the Martin Family.

After two days of dredging, a crane has pulled a Ford station wagon from the Columbia River that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared while on a trip 66 years ago.

A vehicle authorities believe is possibly tied to a couple and their three children who vanished in 1958 was found this week at the bottom of a river in Oregon.

Barbara and Ken Martin and their three daughters left their Oregon home in their Ford Station Wagon in 1958. However, they vanished off the face of the Earth. Speculation swirled if the family had accidentally driven into the river near where they were last seen.

Authorities are pulling submerged vehicles from the Columbia River, including a car thought to have belonged to a Portland couple who vanished in 1958.

The vehicle belonging to Ken and Barbara Martin was found last fall by Archer Mayo, a diver who had been looking for it for seven years.