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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12AF_the-telegram-building-1922_Portland-OR.html
This property has been placed on theNational Register of Historic Placesby the Untied States Department of the InteriorNational Parks Serviceand is subject to the provisions of theOregon Special Assessment ProgramORS 358.475-.565
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7B_devils-punchbowl_Otter-Rock-OR.html
Devil's Punchbowl is a hole in the sandstone terrace. It was formed by the collapse of the roof where two sea caves met, one from the north and the other from the west. Water enters the bowl at high tide, and during storms its churning and foaming…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVRU_wolf-creek-tavern_Merlin-OR.html
Wolf Creek Tavern was built c. 1883 by Henry Smith, a highly successful and influential local entrepreneur. The establishment of the hotel, mercantile and post office occurred at the time the Oregon and California Railroad was being completed in W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPPJ_vanport_Portland-OR.html
Within a year of the US entering World War II, more than 160,000 people moved to Portland — a city of only 360,000 — to work in Home Front industries. Industrialist Henry Kaiser's three shipyards employed the most workers. To house his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPPB_the-willamette-stone_Portland-OR.html
This short trail leads to the Willamette Stone, the surveyor's monument that is the point of origin for all public land surveys in Oregon and Washington. The landmark was established on June 4, 1851 by John B. Preston, Oregon's first Surveyor Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPP2_sandy-river-bridge_Troutdale-OR.html
On October 30, 1792 off the point in the Columbia River where the Sandy empties its waters, the boat crew from the H.M.S. Chatham (Vancouver's Voyages) were the first white men to sight the snowclad peak which Lt. Wm. R. Broughton named Mt. Hood i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMODU_indian-trails_Warm-Springs-OR.html
An ancient trail passed through here as part of an extensive Indian trade network linking peoples of the Northern Great Basin and Columbia Plateau to those living west of the Cascades. Obsidian, bear grass, and slaves were transported over these t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN5R_beacon-rock_Cascade-Locks-OR.html
The prominent monolith across the river was named Beacon Rock by Lewis and Clark, November 2, 1805. It marked the beginning of tidewater for early river explorers who used it for a landmark in their journeys. The Indians say that when the Chinook …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN43_ancient-indian-fishing-grounds_The-Dalles-OR.html
Before a network of dams controlled the Columbia River it was a raging torrent. Here at Wyam Falls, known today as Celilo Falls, a vertical drop of more than 20 feet and sheer basalt bluffs on either shore forced the river into seething, boiling r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN3X_deschutes-river-crossing_Wasco-OR.html
The Oregon Trail crossed the hazardous Deschutes River at this point by floating the prairie schooners and swimming the livestock. An island at the river mouth was often utilized when the water was high and the ford dangerous. Pioneer women and ch…