Horsetail Falls Viewpoint

Built: 1984 - 1986

Horsetail Falls. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. March 25, 2013.A. F. Litt 2013

"Built 1984 - 1986 of stone recycled from the dismantled Rocky Butte Jail"


Plaque at Viewpoint (see below)
Horsetail Falls Viewpoint Plaque (2015)Historic Columbia River Highway. March 16, 2015 (Oregon)Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
63. HORSETAIL FALLS VIEWING AREA, ROTARY WHEEL IN FOREGROUND. NOTE MASONRY LANDSCAPING FEATURES. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354714p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354714pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--63Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354714p/resource/

The Rotary Wheel started at Wahkeena, moved to Horsetail, and then was returned to Wahkeena...

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64. MASONRY LANDSCAPING FEATURES, HORSETAIL FALLS VIEWING AREA LOOKING EAST. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354715p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354715pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--64Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354715p/resource/
65. SAME VIEW AS HAER No. OR-36-53, WITHOUT PEOPLE. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354716p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354716pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--65Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354716p/resource/
Margie Boggiano (My Mom, 1949-2020), at Horsetail FallsColumbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. March 25, 2013
Fred Litt (My Dad, 1942-2016), at Horsetail FallsColumbia River Gorge, Oregon. August 12, 2011.

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