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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25P0_brownsville_Brownsville-OR.html
A Town with Ancient Beginnings and Many Names Long before the first pioneer settlers arrived here in the 1840's, this area was occupied by the ancient Mound Builders and then the Kalapuya Indians. The relative ease of finding food in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2583_santiam-wagon-road_OR.html
The pass located east of here through the Cascade Range was once called Wiley Pass after Andrew Wiley. Wiley with other Willamette Valley Pioneers explored it in 1859 while searching for a route to move their livestock to the grasslands of central…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2582_americas-first-transcontinental-automobile-race_OR.html
Automobile history was made here June 20, 1905, when the first car to cross the Cascade Mountains conquered the Santiam Wagon Road. Dwight Huss drove "Old Scout,: a 1904 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout, from New York to Portland in 44 days. "Old S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFX_the-life-of-a-lake_Stafford-OR.html
You are standing on the shore of a lake that may seem old but in geologic terms was formed yesterday. Fish Lake continues to change, seasonally and through the decades. Around three thousand years ago an eruption of Nash Crater formed Fish Lake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164S_time-traveler_Columbia-OR.html
Welcome to historic Fish Lake.Now a quiet and peaceful place, it was once filled with the hustle and bustle of people working and traveling across the Cascades. Nearby is the Fish Lake Remount Depot which has been in continuous use as a U.S. Fo…
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