Protest at Timberline Lodge – Unfair to skiers.
Timberline Lodge ‘s first Winter was a rocky one business wise.
From W. P. Gray
The News-Telegram
Portland, Oregon
12-23-1937
“Two months after its dedication by President Roosevelt, Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, Oregon, $650,000 structure built with WPA money, was picketed by skiers who demanded immediate opening of the lodge’s sanitary facilities to skiers. No operator has been found for the massive Alpine hostelry, and “keep out” signs bar all doors. A corporation of Portland businessmen is reportedly forming to open the lodge. The picketing skier above is Ken Soult.”
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Interesting! I never knew this!
Protests back in the late 1830’s, who would have guessed.