Arlie Edward Mitchell, 89, thought to be the last living Barlow Road tollgate keeper, dies June 1. (1976).
Arlie Mitchell Barlow Road’s last Tollgate Keeper
Tag: Oregon
George Pinner – Master Stonemason
George Pinner built most of the stone fireplace through the Mount Hood corridor during the 1920’s and 1930’s, many for Henry Steiner’s cabins.
The Lil Toot Drive-In
Whimpy’s Lil Toot Drive In, Kelso Oregon was located across the street from the Kelso Store when today’s Orient Drive was the highway to Mount Hood.
Adolph Aschoff’s Letters Home
I acquired six real photo postcards in all. Every one written in old German language in Adolph Aschoff’s meticulous longhand penmanship. The writing is so small one almost needs a magnifying glass to read it.
Snow Saga of Lige Coalman
On one particular December night in 1914, four men, one woman and two children, the entire winter population of Government Camp, were all sleeping peacefully in the hostelry building when Lige Coalman was awakened by a noise that sounded like something scratching and clawing at the door and moaning or shouting feebly. There was nine feet of snow on the ground and the temperature was near zero.