Larch Mountain on Lidar. Glaciers? Well, maybe. Before seeing this, sure. But man, there's only one mountain around here that I know of that looks like that, and it sure wasn't shaped by glaciers.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Recreating the Historic Columbia River Highway: Lancaster's Lodge and Retirement Cabin at Tanner Creek
This is the sort of post that will soon live on a new site dedicated to the Columbia River Highway Project...
Several of us were discussing Lancaster's retirement during the weekend of the Yeon to Moffett Creek HCRH Trail Dedication... Apparently, I was combining these two stories. I was saying that Lancaster retired on Bell's property, but it seems that these were two different locations.
"Samuel Lancaster built a private 72-acre campground at Bonneville that overlooked Bradford Island and the lower Cascade rapids. He constructed a log dining hall and tent 'cabins' at camping areas. Lancaster used facilities he had observed in Switzerland as a model for his development. The log structure burned in the late 1920s and was not replaced. In 1928, Sam Hill built a 22-room house on a 35-acre estate at Bonneville for his 'friend' Mona Bell. Because the property was required for the construction of Bonneville Dam, the government purchased the estate in 1934." - Clarence E. Mershon, The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon
"...while across the road Lancaster established a campground and recreational facility, Camp Get-A-Way." - Clarence E. Mershon, East of the Sandy: The Columbia River Highway
"In the 20s, Sam Hill built a large home on top of the large rock formation north of I-84, east of exit 40. The house was razed in the late 50s." - Clarence E. Mershon, East of the Sandy: The Columbia River Highway
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Additional photos from Curious Gorge:
Bell's mansion was on the hill on the east end of the screenshot above, between I-84 and the railroad tracks. The relocation of the rail line to its current route when its former path was flooded by the dam apparently blasted away a large chunk of Mona's hill, and the construction of I-84 apparently took out another large chunk of it, leaving only a sliver of the land that once held her mansion and, consequently, only a small sliver remains of Bonneville State Park.
Recreating the Historic Columbia River Highway:
http://www.panoramio.com/group/265904
https://www.facebook.com/RecreatingTheHistoricColumbiaRiverHighway
Several of us were discussing Lancaster's retirement during the weekend of the Yeon to Moffett Creek HCRH Trail Dedication... Apparently, I was combining these two stories. I was saying that Lancaster retired on Bell's property, but it seems that these were two different locations.
"Samuel Lancaster built a private 72-acre campground at Bonneville that overlooked Bradford Island and the lower Cascade rapids. He constructed a log dining hall and tent 'cabins' at camping areas. Lancaster used facilities he had observed in Switzerland as a model for his development. The log structure burned in the late 1920s and was not replaced. In 1928, Sam Hill built a 22-room house on a 35-acre estate at Bonneville for his 'friend' Mona Bell. Because the property was required for the construction of Bonneville Dam, the government purchased the estate in 1934." - Clarence E. Mershon, The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon
"...while across the road Lancaster established a campground and recreational facility, Camp Get-A-Way." - Clarence E. Mershon, East of the Sandy: The Columbia River Highway
"In the 20s, Sam Hill built a large home on top of the large rock formation north of I-84, east of exit 40. The house was razed in the late 50s." - Clarence E. Mershon, East of the Sandy: The Columbia River Highway
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Additional photos from Curious Gorge:
The long-gone Mona Bell mansion built by Sam Hill for his mistress Mona Bell:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/52098770Mona Bell's one-time mansion atop Bonneville Rock:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/74053683Remnant foundation of Mona Bell Hill's mansion:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/74053689
Bell's mansion was on the hill on the east end of the screenshot above, between I-84 and the railroad tracks. The relocation of the rail line to its current route when its former path was flooded by the dam apparently blasted away a large chunk of Mona's hill, and the construction of I-84 apparently took out another large chunk of it, leaving only a sliver of the land that once held her mansion and, consequently, only a small sliver remains of Bonneville State Park.
Recreating the Historic Columbia River Highway:
http://www.panoramio.com/group/265904
https://www.facebook.com/RecreatingTheHistoricColumbiaRiverHighway
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Mt. Adams' "Secret" Highway - Potato Hill Road (NF 5603 / BIA 108)
I haven't been able to find any references to this, but I seem to remember something years ago about the Yakima Tribes wanting to build a more direct highway from the reservation to the west side of the mountains, and maybe even building their end of it, but then failing to get the state to build its end. So, this might be that highway. It was well engineered and one could easily roll down into the valley at 65 on this bad boy, except for a few rather nasty potholes that have developed since the road was paved last.
But this might just be a figment of my overactive imagination. Maybe it is just an access road... If anyone knows anything, let me know!
http://www.ynwildlife.org/Recreation.php
Mount Adams Recreation Area Overview:
http://www.ynwildlife.org/pdf/Brochure2011p2%20Final%20(2).pdf
YAKAMA NATION - Mt. Adams Recreation Area - Snowmobiling & Winter Public Use Prohibited:
http://mtadamsfriends.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Mt.-Adams-brochure-10-23-10.pdf
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