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Green and White waterfall (bottom of Bridal Veil Falls)Photo by A. F. Litt, March 24, 2014
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Bridal Veilv.2020.04.21.007Google Earth Imagery Date: September 3, 2018
Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon
Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon
BRIDAL VEIL, 162.7 m. [West of Hwy. 730 Junction]. (40 alt., 204 pop.), is a lumber mill town in a small valley below the highway.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/eaglecr.html
Sharr Prohaska, History of the Development of Bridal Veil, Oregon and the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company
Sharr Prohaska, History of the Development of Bridal Veil, Oregon and the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company
In November 1882, J. Frank Buchanan, Richard Oakley, and Willard P. Hawley acquired title to property around the site of the paper mill. ... The title to the property included land from the Columbia River to a point above the falls on the creek known as "Big Gall Creek or Bridal Veil Creek". They received the "right to take water from the creek at a distance of not more than 60 feet above the top of said falls to an amount equal to 55 horsepower based upon a 95 foot fall by Laffels measurement".
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Bridal Veil received its name from a lady who was traveling along the Columbia River on a stern-wheeler, Bailey Gatzert. When the lady saw the cascading waterfalls from the stern-wheeler, she exclaimed that the falls reminded her of "a delicate misty brides veil". Through the years her remark has become a "legend" as more and more people began to refer to this special place in the Columbia Gorge as Brides Veil, Oregon.
When the first post office opened at the site, the community was officially named, "Bridal Veil". About the same time, the O.R. & N Railroad built a small train depot and the train schedule officially named the stop, Bridal Veil."
Prohaska, Sharr. "History of the Development of Bridal Veil, Oregon and the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company." Portland: Multnomah County, Oregon. June 1992. Qtd. in Topinka, Bridal Veil. http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/bridal_veil.html Accessed April 21, 2020.
"In 1996 a "Bridal Veil Historical Archaeological Site" was added to the National Register of Historic Places (Site #96000884), address protected."
"In 1996 a "Bridal Veil Historical Archaeological Site" was added to the National Register of Historic Places (Site #96000884), address protected."
Topinka, Bridal Veil
Video (By Others...)
Video (By Others...)
Strong language warning for the video below. I haven't been posting that until today, and it's pretty rare with this sort of content, but I'll try to add warnings moving ahead. (Also, there is some strong man bun here, but the video is actually pretty good!)
Strong language warning for the video below. I haven't been posting that until today, and it's pretty rare with this sort of content, but I'll try to add warnings moving ahead. (Also, there is some strong man bun here, but the video is actually pretty good!)
These guys are pretty goofy, but there are some nice shots of both Bridal Veil and Latourell. It starts with a nice shot of the East Multnomah Viaduct then dives into Bridal Veil. They check out the post office, then explore some old roads and find a staircase that I've never seen before. The best part, to me, are the shots from the cemetery, a location that, I hate to admit, I still haven't visited after all these years (though there is quite a bit of material on that page from my research)!
These guys are pretty goofy, but there are some nice shots of both Bridal Veil and Latourell. It starts with a nice shot of the East Multnomah Viaduct then dives into Bridal Veil. They check out the post office, then explore some old roads and find a staircase that I've never seen before. The best part, to me, are the shots from the cemetery, a location that, I hate to admit, I still haven't visited after all these years (though there is quite a bit of material on that page from my research)!
Filmed in 2017.
Filmed in 2017.
Steve the Amateur Historian: Columbia River Gorge Ghost Towns
Steve the Amateur Historian: Columbia River Gorge Ghost Towns
Comment by Clyde Senger, May 2022
Comment by Clyde Senger, May 2022
About 1945, I was logging 2nd growth on some of the former timber company holdings on Larch Mt. There was a road, very steep, down to Bridal Veil. I thought I remembered a mill building there but do not specifically remember houses. The rails were gone from the RR but trestles with ties remained south of the Larch Mt highway.. You could still see logs embedded in the dirt where they skidded logs. There were scattered huge logs of cedar that had been left. No idea why. My boss built a cabin from 10 foot shakes he split from some of the cedar logs. Still in good shape. We built a small sawmill and cut some of the logs for the Portland market.
Comment by Shasta Lin Photography, 2021
Comment by Shasta Lin Photography, 2021
The grave of Jesse O Amend in the Bridal Veil cemetery... She traveled with her family to Oregon to visit her grandparents who lived in Bridal Veil (now the Bridal Veil B&B), while in Oregon she contracted diphtheria and passed away, her family never returned back east after she passed. Also, there is a grave of the Luscher children, 4 children, all passed away in December of the same year as Jesse, from diphtheria as well. The Columbia River had flooded over the railroad tracks that year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSOhpvvN-Zg&t=374s (Accessed:A June 21, 2022)
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ColumbiaRiverImages.com: Bridal Veil
ColumbiaRiverImages.com: Bridal Veil
Includes ... Bridal Veil ... Bridal Veil Falls ... Bridal Veil Creek ... Bridal Veil Falls State Park ... Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint ... Camas Root ... Bridal Veil Historical Archeological Site ... National Register of Historic Places ... Bridal Veil Lumbering Company ... Bridal Veil Post Office ... Bridal Veil Lodge ... Palmer ...
http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/bridal_veil.html
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