Oregon Railway & Navigation Line
1882
Peg Willis, Building the Columbia River Highway
Peg Willis, Building the Columbia River Highway
In 1882, the Oregon Railway & Navigation line running from Cascade Locks to Portland was constructed. The railroad ran just beside the river and a few feet above it. In the process of the railroad's construction, the road of 1876 was largely destroyed.
Peg Willis. Building the Columbia River Highway: They Said It Couldn't Be Done. Charleston: The History Press. 2014. 18.
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Steve Hart, July 26, 2020
Steve Hart, July 26, 2020
Corporate history is complex on this one:
Oregon Steam Navigation Co. 1863-79
Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. 1879-86
OR&N Leased by UP 1886-88
OR&N jointly leased by UP & NP 1888-89
OR&N leased by UP 1889-94
Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. (Independent) 1894-96
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co, 1896-1900
ORR&N (Subsidiary of UP) 1900-1910
Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Co (Sub of UP) 1910-36
OWR&N (Leased and operated by UP) 1936-87
Union Pacific Railroad 1987-Current
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"The first Oregon proposition for a railroad in Oregon was made by H.M. Knighton, the original owner of the townsite of St. Helens. Mr. Knighton proposed to make good the claim of his town to the seaport head of navigation on the Columbia river by building a railroad in 1851 from St. Helens through the Cornelius pass and across Washington county to the city of Lafayette, that town being at that time the big town of the Willamette valley."
"The first Oregon proposition for a railroad in Oregon was made by H.M. Knighton, the original owner of the townsite of St. Helens. Mr. Knighton proposed to make good the claim of his town to the seaport head of navigation on the Columbia river by building a railroad in 1851 from St. Helens through the Cornelius pass and across Washington county to the city of Lafayette, that town being at that time the big town of the Willamette valley."
Joseph Gaston, 1912, The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, vol.1, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. Qtd. in Topinka, http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/tualatin_mountains.html Accessed: September 9, 2020
"H.M. Knighton, owner of the original townsite at St. Helens, Oregon, proposed in 1850 to build a railroad from that town, then a serious competitor of Portland for supremacy as the metropolis at the head of river navigation, the route of which railroad was to follow through the Cornelius Pass and across Washington County to Lafayette."
"H.M. Knighton, owner of the original townsite at St. Helens, Oregon, proposed in 1850 to build a railroad from that town, then a serious competitor of Portland for supremacy as the metropolis at the head of river navigation, the route of which railroad was to follow through the Cornelius Pass and across Washington County to Lafayette."
Chards Henry Carey, 1922, History of Oregon, vol.1, Pioneer Historical Publishing Company . in Topinka, http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/tualatin_mountains.html Accessed: September 9, 2020
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