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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



way. No single trip of this length will give the 

 traveler the many extraordinary sights found along this 

 line. Many unusual sorts of landscape are passed and 



also many very unusual and stupendous formations. It 

 is a master auto trip. 



[Information from United States Forest Service, Colorado.] 



AN OREGON AUTO ROAD 



A DETOUR FROM THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY OR A PART OF A CIRCLE TRIP FROM PORTLAND OREGON 



THE McKenzie Highway from Eugene, Oregon, east- 

 ward enters the heart of the Cascade National For- 

 est. Along its line are the towns of Springfield, Thurs- 

 ton, Walterville, Leaburg, Vida, Nimrod, Blue River and 

 McKenzie Bridge and here in 

 these settlements can be found 

 the supplies for the road, oil, 

 gasoline and other needed things 

 for the auto traveler. The en- 

 tire trip can be made in one day, 

 or, if one lingers, can be length- 

 ened into a two-day pleasure 

 jaunt. And if one is not in too 

 much of a hurry a stop at one of 

 the settlements on the upper 

 river will allow an interesting 

 side trip or two to some of the 

 Cascade's best scenery. 



The western terminus joins 

 the Pacific Coast Highway and 

 the eastern end connects with the 

 Portland-Idaho Road. By de- 

 touring over this road from 

 Eugene one can spend three or 



four days extra reaching Portland on a trip north frcm 

 California or by utilizing this road as part of a circle 

 trip out from Portland an easy week's auto outing may be 

 enjoyed in the National Forests of this section. Scenic 



THE OLD HIGHWAY 



On this line a new high-grade auto road presents the same outlook, and what can be more 

 beautiful than the snowcapped tops of Oregon's higher peaks! Here the Three Sisters peep 

 over the skjrhne beckoning to the traveler to hasten on to get better views of their splendid 

 now caps. 



McKENZIE RIVER AND THUNDER 

 MOUNTAIN 



Throughout the trip over the McKenzie 

 Highway the River at each glimpse pre- 

 sents pictures of beauty. Here the pic- 

 ture has the background of ragged crested 

 mountains with timber-clad sides and 

 shoulders. 



attractions are many in the Cas- 

 cade National Forest and the 

 McKenzie Highway traverses 

 sections in which several of the 

 best of these are located. Most 

 beautiful of all are the snow- 

 crested Three Sisters peaks 

 which stand in the chaste beauty 

 of their white coverings amidst 

 the darker mountains clothed in 

 tall firs. They can be reached 

 from McKenzie Bridge by a 

 three-day pack trip and this is 

 one of the most alluring of any 

 of the side trips from this main 



