On Lewis and Clark Highway (Washington Route 14) near Avery Road, on the right when traveling east.
Three Views of the River
When the Lewis and Clark expedition passed through the Short and Long Narrows of the Columbia in the early 1800s, the river looked dramatically different than it does today. The water was squeezed into narrow . . . — — Map (db m158633) HM
Near Lewis and Clark Highway (Washington Route 14) near Old Highway 8, on the right when traveling east.
Geologist say that about fifteen million years ago, molten stone poured from cracks in the earth near the eastern border of today's Washington and Oregon. Layers of flowing lava spread west, coating 65,000 square miles with andesite and basalt up to . . . — — Map (db m158322) HM
On Lewis and Clark Highway (Washington Route 14 at milepost 79), on the right when traveling east.
"hospitable and good humoered"
Friendly encounters between the Lewis and Clark Expedition and local tribes were frequent along this stretch of the Columbia River. On October 29, 1805, after stopping at small village near here, William . . . — — Map (db m310018) HM
On Lewis and Clark Highway (Washington Route 14) near Avery Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Columbia River Gorge is a natural passage-way between rural inland farms and western shipping docks.
Transporting crops was difficult for early homesteaders who relied on wagons and steamboats. Water still provides a route, but modern barges, . . . — — Map (db m158631) HM
Near Lewis and Clark Highway (Washington Route 14) near Old Highway 8, on the right when traveling east.
Gray clouds, heavy with moisture from an absorbent journey across the ocean, drizzle inland from west to east. Bumping into the Cascade Mountains, the rise, cool, and drop a final deluge that soaks the fir forests on the west facing slopes. . . . — — Map (db m158320) HM
