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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 13, 2020
Caption: The History of the Columbia River Highway Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (Map and Pictures left to right) Experience a grand panoramic view of the Columbia Gorge at the Crown Point Vista House, and learn about the gorge history and local flora at the visitor center,; From Troutdale to Dodson, a drivable section of the restored highway takes you past spectacular waterfalls and through the cool Douglas-fir groves of the western Gorge. Horsetail Falls is shown above.; You can explore the Historic Highway on foot or bicycle, along three sections of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail between the Bonneville Dam and Mosier.; Shellrock Mountain with its constant landslides presented one of the greatest challenges to highway builders.; Mitchell Point - blasted out of solid rock - is "a place they said that couldn't be conquered but was." (tunnels in photo have been destroyed); Mt. Hood loop begins at Hood River and passes around the mountain, emerging again at Troutdale.; At Mosier, explore the pedestrian/bicycle-only section between Mosier and Hood River. This section includes the carefully restored Mosier Twin Tunnels.; Take time to stop at Rowena Crest, where the highway limbs in a series of graceful curves (the "Rowena Loop") to a spectacular vista.; (photo, top right) For more than 10,000 years Native Americans lined the shore and braved the currents at Celilo Falls to plunge dip nets into massive runs of salmon, sturgeon and lamprey eels ascending the Columbia River. Celilo Falls is still a popular fishing spot.
Submitted: October 24, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p545514
File Size: 3.597 Megabytes

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