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Related Historical Markers
By Cosmos Mariner, July 12, 2015
Marker detail: Columbia River Gorge cross-section
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| Near Historic Columbia River Highway west of East Knieriem Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 . . . — — Map (db m114529) HM |
| Near Historic Columbia River Highway west of East Knieriem Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 . . . — — Map (db m114071) HM |
| On Historic Columbia River Highway west of East Knieriem Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 . . . — — Map (db m114072) HM |
Jun. 16, 2024