Mllsboro, Oregon 
April '4, 19'0. 
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bear Mr. Deane 
I have hah your ,note telli g me you hah ollowed 
my trail as far as ,.t led up to hate. We left lere Monday morning, 
Helen, Mrs. schroedrr and I*» in a little three-seated car of Helen's. 
Helen, by t e -ray is the daughter of r:v old friend Ainsworth, who 
with me was one of the first settlers at Labe rushman* He died in 
•14 and Helen is -fust 16- Mrs. S- is .er gra»44*ttgi%4««- gra«44*»ghter 
gr ndmother. fliey live in Seattle and ad come down to loin me on 
tins trip. We first r-ui to Portland " , i-- re " r >- stopped 1 ng -.la ugh to 
do s little shopping for lunches along the road* tuen out t Tough 
the East 'ide and on to the Columbia River highway* ^routdale is 
the first little place t pass, at the out i of the sandy* I’he rrad 
ru^ns up tie sandy .nd, over a divide and ~e come out on the river 
bank near- Grown Point and the Vista House* ht s is a wonderful 
vie- tot up and do-n t e River from here, "he house is an octagon, 
and each colored glass panel is de Tested to one of the old pioneers 
of t -.e state. Pro t< -m Point we . Lug, d. along the highway> now / 
almost at the crater level and again high above it as a way could 
be best blasted out of t ,e basalt. On the Washington side are the 
tremendous fortifications which tie Titans built up ages ago* broken 
now and then by soft gray-green slopes fro; the shore line up to 
the plateau above* Even on th- slopes -inch look as steep as the 
soil cm stand, to*,'.- »t\, little benches am vou will see a lonelv 
house and cultivated fields* e ass cascade Locks mich the rail 
road has Tactically put out of business, through Hood River w.th 
its orchards, ost of which are further up the -al ey. Then on to 
fhe Dalles whe©e Dr. c Loughlm used to meet the early settlers 
-v ith food s: d boats ^ueIp them on the last lap of their long journey 
f 
to Vancouver, thereby bringing do” T n on him tie wrath of director¬ 
ate of the Hudson Bay Co. who wanted beaver, not settlers* 
