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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A TYPICAL VI EW 



Many such views burst upon 

 as they sweep around the 

 height of this point above 

 railroad which is seen far 



The Columbia River 

 canyon is so rugged 

 that no attempt to build 

 a road through it was 

 successful until the 

 project started in 1913. 

 The need of a highway 

 to connect the Oregon 

 seacoast with the 

 broad, fertile acres 

 east of the Cascade 

 Mountains has long 

 been recognized and it 

 was largely due to the 

 foresight and initiative 

 of Mr. Samuel Hill, a 

 past-president of the 

 American Road Build 

 ers' Association, thai 

 this highway has been 

 constructed. 



In 1913 the building 

 of the Columbia High- 

 way on its present 

 magnificent scale was 

 undertaken. The State 

 Highway Department, 



MULTNOMAH FALLS 



This is one of the chief scenic features of the highway. A bridge over the 

 bottom of the falls is barely discernible among the trees in the middle of 

 the picture. A winding trail leads to the top of the bluff above the falls. 

 There is another beautiful view from this point. 



OF THE RIVER 



the vision of travelers 

 curves of the highway. The 

 the river is indicated by the 

 below the highway. 



which was created the 

 same year, had charge 

 of its location and the 

 engineering of all 

 kinds required in its 

 undertaking. Oregon 

 was the last of the Pa- 

 cific Coast States to es- 

 tablish a highway de- 

 partment. Hill's influ- 

 ence was felt again in 

 this matter. In Feb- 

 ruary the members of 

 the Oregon Legislature 

 were his guests on a 

 trip by special train to 

 Maryhill, his country 

 estate on the Columbia 

 River. He had built, 

 at his own expense, 

 several miles of mod- 

 ern hard surfaced road 

 near his ranch, costing 

 $120,000. After listen- 

 ing to an illustrated 

 lecture on roadbuild- 

 ing by Mr. Hill and 



