Lost on Mt Hood: The Story of Leslie Brownlee and Calvin White

On New Year’s Eve of 1926, Government Camp was bustling. The Battle Axe Inn’s windows glowed with warm light, packed with holiday visitors who had come to celebrate the turn of the year in the shadow of Mount Hood. Outside, the snow piled deep as a winter storm surrounded the mountain. Among those staying at the rustic inn were three young men from Portland whose names would soon be linked together in one of the largest mountain searches Oregon had ever seen

In late September 1916, what began as a summit climb on Mount Hood turned into a dramatic rescue that made headlines across Oregon and beyond. The story of the Anton and Helen Edlefsen Mount Hood rescue, important in its time, has become one of the mountain’s least remembered survival tales.

Jennie Faubion Welch lived a life that stretched from ox teams to automobiles, from split cedar cabins to resort hotels, and from forest stumps to fairways. Born on September 27, 1881, she bridged generations of history and became one of the last living links to the pioneer families who gave Welches, Oregon its name.

Arlie Edward Mitchell was born on December 6, 1886, near Sandy, Oregon. Raised in the shadow of Mount Hood, he grew up with a deep connection to the mountain and the communities that surrounded it.

In July 1962, a decades-old mystery finally came to light deep in the forests near Mount Hood. For nearly 20 years, the wreckage of a World War II-era Lockheed P-38 Lightning remained hidden in the remote Bull Run watershed

Tag: Mount Hood

Lost on Mt Hood: The Story of Leslie Brownlee and Calvin White

Lost on Mt Hood: The 1916 Rescue of Anton and Helen Edlefsen

Jennie Faubion Welch: Matriarch of The Mountain

Arlie Mitchell Mount Hood Pioneer: A Community Asset

A P-38 Aircraft in the Bull Run Watershed in Oregon