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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Willis, Peg, 1946-
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Columbia River Highway (Or.) -- History.
Columbia River Highway (Or.) -- Design and construction.
Oregon -- History, Local.
Oregon -- History.
Oregon -- Biography.
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Building the Columbi...
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Building the Columbia River Highway [electronic resource] : they said it couldn't be done / Peg Willis.
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Willis, Peg, 1946-
Charleston, SC : History Press, c2014.
Subjects
Columbia River Highway (Or.) -- History.
Columbia River Highway (Or.) -- Design and construction.
Oregon -- History, Local.
Oregon -- History.
Oregon -- Biography.
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9781625847553 (electronic bk.)
1625847556 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource.
Contents:
Introduction: the Gorge of the Columbia -- The people -- Sam Hill: Larger than life -- Samuel Lancaster: Heart, soul and engineer -- Henry Pittock: The Portland Oregonian -- Sam Jackson: The journal man -- Simon Benson: Timber barron -- John Yeon: Prince of the woods -- Henry Wemme: Eager automobile owner -- Margaret Henderson: Hostess extraordinaire -- "Major" Henry L. Bowlby -- Oswald West: Future governor -- Julius Meier: Lawyer, merchant, another future governor -- On your mark, get set -- Lives intersecting -- Go! Constructing the highway -- Getting ready -- Multnomah County: Cliffs and waterfalls -- Hood River County: Crest of the Cascades -- Wasco County: Sunshine and dry air -- Paving the highway -- It wasn't all sweetness and light -- What came after -- Vista House -- Signs and lines -- Other roadhouses in the Gorge -- Highway maintenance and evolution -- What happened to the people? -- The highway today: what is past is prologue.
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