Vintage Photograph of Mt Hood from Lookout Mountain “On Lookout Mountain with Mt Hood as a background.” Not a lot has changed in the last 100 years once you hit the trail… well, maybe the clothing but we still get the same feeling of freedom when we stand on a place like this with Mt … Continue reading Mt Hood from Lookout Mountain
A Message from William “Billy” Welch from the grave. A signature of William “Billy” Welch from 1902. This was prior to the establishment of Welches as a town. Billy seems to have been in a grim mood when he wrote this. Sadly his wife Mamie Kopper would die soon after. “Salmon River. Jan 8, 1902 … Continue reading A signature of William “Billy” Welch from 1902
Billy’s Milk Shed and his Welch’s Ranch Tokens. In the day and age of quick trips to the store for a gallon of milk as well as refrigeration to preserve the milk we sometimes forget that our ancestors didn’t have those conveniences. Billy Welch was a resort proprietor. He ran the Welch’s Ranch in a way as to … Continue reading Billy’s Milk Shed – Welch’s Ranch Tokens
At one time there was the American – Swiss Model Garden Brightwood, Oregon. This is only one of many small businesses and tourist themed stopping spots along the highway to Mount Hood in the 1940-1960’s. This is an old flyer advertising the American – Swiss Model Garden at Brightwood, Oregon. If anyone reading this can positively … Continue reading American – Swiss Model Garden at Brightwood, Oregon
Here’s a great story from 1958 about driving through Oregon’s Lolo Pass Road back when it first opened.
