Mitchell Point

Milepost 2016 - Section F

79. AERIAL VIEW OF MITCHELL POINT. HISTORIC COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY ON SIDE OF CLIFF. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354730p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354730pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--79Repository: 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.354730p/resource/

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Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

MITCHELL POINT TUNNEL (watch for traffic signals) 130.3 m. [West of Hwy. 730 Junction], was bored through a cliff overhanging the river. In its 385-foot length are hewn five large arched windows overlooking the Columbia. The great projecting rock through which the bore was made was known among the Indians as the Little Storm King, while the sky sweeping mountain above was called the Great Storm King.

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/thedalles.html

ODOT, Historic Columbia River Highway Oral History: Final Report

While the name Mitchell Point only refers to this geologic formation, the development at Sonny is sometimes referred to as Mitchell Point.

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Mitchell Point is about 15 miles east of Cascade Locks and four miles west of Hood River. Little is known about the name, beyond the fact that a trapper named Mitchell lived and died near this location (McArthur 1992).

Hadlow, Robert W. and Amanda Joy Piets, Hannah Kullberg, Sara Morrissey, Kristen Stallman, Myra Sperley, Linda Dodds. Historic Columbia River Highway Oral History: Final Report (SR 500-261). Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation Research Section. August 2009. 28.

Detail - Hood River County 8, Hood River, 1931 Page 016 - Township 3 N. Range 10 E., Hood River, Clifton, Ruthton, SonnyAtlas: Hood River County 1931State: OregonMetsker Maps 1931Item # US1314922Historic Map Works.http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1314922/Page+016+++Township+3+N++Range+10+E+++Hood+River++Clifton++Ruthton++Sonny/Hood+River+County+1931/Oregon/

Remains of Mitchell Point Tunnel - HCRH Van TourHistoric Columbia River Highway Van Tour with Peg Willis. Pendleton Parks & Recreation. Oregon & Washington. June 21, 2014.Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved

Mitchell PointDOGAMI Lidarhttps://gis.dogami.oregon.gov/maps/lidarviewer

Links

Curious Gorge Guidebook / Curios Gorge (https://www.facebook.com/curios.gorge) has a lot of good stuff on the old Mitchell Point Tunnel here: