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Historic Columbia River Highway oral history : final report.
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2009-08-01
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Alternative Title:Historic Columbia River Highway : oral history.
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Abstract:The Historic Columbia River Highway: Oral History Project compliments a larger effort in Oregon to reconnect abandoned sections of the Historic Columbia River Highway. The goals of the larger reconnection project, “Milepost 2016 Reconnection Project” (http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/HCRH/), are to ‘remember,’ ‘restore,’ and ‘reconnect’ sections of the old historic highway. One of these sections includes the area between Cascade Locks and Hood River, which was abandoned or destroyed as part of construction of Interstate 84 (I-84).
The objective of the Oral History Project was to capture oral histories surrounding the areas of Cascade Locks to Hood River. As part of the project, 19 people were interviewed who had either lived in the area, helped to build sections of highway or interstate, or who have helped to preserve the historic area. Much of the cultural history of this section of highway has been lost since its abandonment over 50 years ago. This research project was aimed at culturally reconnecting the highway and providing information useful to the overall restoration of the highway as a trail.
Included in this final report are recollections of the towns of Dodson, Bonneville, Cascade Locks, Viento, Sonny and Hood River, as well as memories of destinations along the Historic Columbia River Highway such as Crown Point, Multnomah Falls Lodge, Mitchell Point Tunnel, and others. Experiences from the highway builders and preservationists are also shared.
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