Reliance Mt Hood Stages – First Autos to Mount Hood Reliance Mt Hood Stages – In the early days of the road to Mount Hood, after the immigrant era, the road allowed the burgeoning new city of Portland to access the mountain for recreation. Mountain climbing and hiking the trails in the foothills in those days … Continue reading Reliance Mt Hood Stages
Mt Hood Area Sightseeing Carriage – Early Oregon Tourism Six Horse Mt Hood Area Sightseeing Carriage – SIX-HORSE TEAM AND SIGHT-SEEING CARRIAGE IN MOUNT HOOD AREA IN 1893 – Before the days of automobiles sight-seers were taken over roads at the base of Mount Hood in equipages such as this. The late E. S. Olinger, … Continue reading Six Horse Mt Hood Area Sightseeing Carriage Photo
Views of Portland Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge – Antique Postcard Set 20 Assorted Views of Portland Oregon. Here’s a great assortment of views of Portland Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge circa 1950. They’re printed using an offset printing process on canvas textured paper. Printed by the Angelus Commercial Studio in Portland, Oregon. The … Continue reading Views of Portland Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge
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
