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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I4_chanticleer-point_Corbett-OR.html
Demands for a good road paralleling the Columbia River began with emigration along the rugged Oregon Trail in 1843. But it took Samuel Hill and this view to help make the dream a reality.
Sam Hill, an eccentric and wealthy railroad attorney, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I3_samuel-hill-road-builder_Corbett-OR.html
Not until this highway was built
was it possible to go up or down
the Columbia River Gorge -
Earliest period rafts and
dug-outs (native boats) -
Later period steamboats
and railroad -
Erected by loving friends
to the memory of Samu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I2_chanticleer-point_Corbett-OR.html
There is much of legend and tradition associated with the Columbia River and its gorge.
The geologic story is neither fable, myth nor tradition, but one of fact, facts that independently stand out in every rock and waterfall, as if begging for re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25F7_the-willamette-stone_Portland-OR.html
Beginning here, the Willamette Meridian was established running north to Puget Sound and south to the California border, and the Base Line was established running east to the Idaho border and west to the Pacific Ocean.
From the surveyed lines, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25F5_fort-william_Portland-OR.html
Nathaniel J. Wyeth of Boston, Massachusetts began permanent American settlement of Oregon by building a fur trading and salmon packing post one-half mile east to rival the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. He guided the missionaries Jason a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250V_tads-chicken-n-dumplins_Troutdale-OR.html
This restaurant has been serving motorists on the historic Columbia River Highway since the late 1920s.
Once a hot dog stand and beer joint, it was originally located at the east end of the Sandy River Bridge.
During the 1930s it became the Tap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM250U_corbett_Corbett-OR.html
Stacks of cordwood and bushels of potatoes lined the docks of Corbett Landing in the 1880s.
This riverside steamboat landing and railroad whistle stop served early settlers as a shipping and receiving station for surplus produce and the hand-spli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24IO_oneonta-tunnel_Cascade-Locks-OR.html
The US Department of Agriculture describes cedar as possessing a natural resistance to rot...
It is well recognized for its longevity and strength above other wood products.
Oneonta Bluff presented an obstacle to engineer Samuel C. Lancaste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24IN_oneonta-gorge_Cascade-Locks-OR.html
Using the sun's energy, the chlorophyll in a plant's leaves produce sugars and starches that nourish the plant.
Shafts of light dance briefly through this deep canyon, illuminating shade-tolerant ferns, mosses, and lichens showering in the r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QXC_this-old-turbine_Cascade-Locks-OR.html
For nearly 60 years this turbine helped make power at Bonneville Dam. Throughout these years it has meant different things to different people at different times. During installation, it meant jobs to help people recover from the Great Depression.…