Building the Columbia River Highway
Subtitle: they said it couldn't be done
By: Peg Willis
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781626192713
Subjects: History; Design and construction; Local History; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the Gorge of the Columbia; title: The people; title: Sam Hill: Larger than life; title: Samuel Lancaster: Heart, soul and engineer; title: Henry Pittock: The Portland Oregonian; title: Sam Jackson: The journal man; title: Simon Benson: Timber barron; title: John Yeon: Prince of the woods; title: Henry Wemme: Eager automobile owner; title: Margaret Henderson: Hostess extraordinaire; title: "Major" Henry L. Bowlby; title: Oswald West: Future governor; title: Julius Meier: Lawyer, merchant, another future governor; title: On your mark, get set; title: Lives intersecting; title: Go! Constructing the highway; title: Getting ready; title: Multnomah County: Cliffs and waterfalls; title: Hood River County: Crest of the Cascades; title: Wasco County: Sunshine and dry air; title: Paving the highway; title: It wasn't all sweetness and light; title: What came after; title: Vista House; title: Signs and lines; title: Other roadhouses in the Gorge; title: Highway maintenance and evolution; title: What happened to the people?; title: The highway today: what is past is prologue.