Building the Columbia River Highway
Building the Columbia River Highway
by Peg Willis
English | EPUB | 8.7 MB
by Peg Willis
English | EPUB | 8.7 MB
When nine-hundred-foot ice age floodscarved the Columbia River Gorge through the Cascade Mountains to the sea,little space was left for man to form a highway of his own. It took anartist-poet-engineer extraordinaire to conquer this reluctant piece of realestate and produce the nation’s first scenic highway. Meet Sam Hill, the moverand shaker, and Samuel Lancaster, the polio survivor, who turned modernengineering on its ear to create a “poem in stone.” Today, Oregon’s historicColumbia River Highway is hidden among the trees, where it meanders pastspectacular waterfalls and dramatic views. Ride along with Peg Willis as sheexplores the beginnings of this miracle highway and the men who created it.