1. Timberline Lodge
Timberline Lodge was constructed by theWorks Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936 and 1937. Amazingly enough only 10%of the cost of the lodge went into materials with the remaining 90% going intolabor. The lodge was dedicated in September of 1937 by then presidentRoosevelt. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977, Timberline Lodge isone of Oregon’s most popular tourist attractions, drawing nearly two millionvisitors every year. Considered an architectural wonder, it’s still being usedfor its original intent since the doors opened in February of 1938—amagnificent ski lodge and mountain retreat for all to enjoy.
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2. Clackamas Wild and Scenic River
In 1988, Congress designated 47 miles of the Clackamas Riverinto the Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers system. The corridor includes 15,200acres in total with the Forest Service managing close to 15,000 acres. Theprinciple uses within the corridor are recreation, transportation,hydro-electric generation and transmission, fish and wildlife habitat, andtimber harvest.
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3. Barlow Road
The Barlow Road was the lastsegment of the emigrant Oregon Trail traveled by pioneers before they reachedthe Willamette Valley. It primarily followed Indian trails across theCascades and was first cleared and used in 1845 by Sam Barlow and hisassociates. The road from Barlow Pass to Gate Creek evolved into a motorizedroute as automobiles came into use in the 1900s. Tolls collected fromusers of the road proved insufficient to cover maintenance costs. Variousowners operated the road, with ownership eventually passing to the people ofthe State of Oregon in 1919. By 1925, the Barlow Road was largelybypassed by the Mount Hood Loop Highway, portions of which followed the olderroad. While parts of the wagon road evolved into a major highway, otherportions continued to be used as a motorized route, and other segments werepreserved as nearly pristine wagon ruts.
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4. Wilderness
The 1964 Wilderness Act established Wilderness as placeswhere ecosystems are not manipulated, natural processes unfold withoutintervention, and humans may visit but not stay. However, designation alonedoes not ensure that Wilderness will stay wild forever. It is important for allof us to help keep this promise. The Mt. Hood National Forest has 300,000 acresof Wilderness, and with no roads and plenty of trails these are great areas toexperience solitude.
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5. Mount Hood Volcano
Mount Hood volcano, Oregon's highest peak, forms a prominent backdrop to the state's largest city, Portland, and contributes valuable water, scenic, and recreational resources that help sustain the agricultural and tourist segments of the economies of surrounding cities and counties. The volcano has erupted episodically for about 500,000 years and hosted two major eruptive periods during the past 1,500 years. During both recent eruptive periods, growing lava domes high on the southwest flank collapsed repeatedly to form pyroclastic flows and lahars that were distributed primarily to the south and west along the Sandy River and its tributaries.
