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Crown Point and Vista House History: Historic Columbia River Highway

The Crown Jewel of the Historic Columbia River Highway Crown Point and Vista House History – If there is one place that captures the spirit of the Historic Columbia River Highway, it is Crown Point. Long before guardrails and parking lots, long before social media and tour buses, this basalt promontory rising 733 feet above … Continue reading Crown Point and Vista House History: Historic Columbia River Highway

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Mrs. Henderson’s Crown Point Chalet: Columbia River Highway History

Leaving Latourell and returning to the vicinity of the Chanticleer Inn she acquired a site on a promontory of land that would soon be the site of the Vista House, and a very popular stopping point for automobile tourists. It was here she decided to build The Crown Point Chalet.

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