Oneonta Gorge

#596 - Columbia River Highway at Oneonta Gorge
Oregon State Archives / Oregon Department of Transportationhttp://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/images/records/state/odot/highway/596.jpgAlso: Oregon Archives. A 1940 Journey Across Oregonhttp://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/eaglecr.html

1946 State Parks Report: Oneonta Parking Space

Oneonta Parking Space at Highway Mile Post 34.31 is situated at the west end of the Oneonta tunnel. In the leisurely days of past years, this site was a railroad flag station, where many came on The Dalles local in the early forenoon and returned to Portland in the early evening with creekswell filled with trout taken from this beautiful stream that flows quietly though a narrow, enchanting gorge, its high cliffed wall clothed with moss, lichens, in abundance of drooping maiden hair ferns and a liberal sprinkling of golden mimulus (monkey flowers) to enrich the general effect. However, the average visitor must view it afar, as the stream bed is the only pathway to the falls a thousand feet or more distant.

Due to the crowding of the precipitous cliffs at both ends of this stoplight tunnel, the highway has encroached upon the Oregon-Washington Railroad Company's right of way and the limited parking space is their property, which they graciously leased to the State that travelers may have a chance to stop and glimpse the spectacular rock point and the very interesting Oneonta Gorge picture.

W. A. Langille

State Parks Historian

December 5, 1945

Recommendations:

A long-term lease should be obtained on this tract or it should be purchased.

S. H. Boardman

State Parks Superintendent

March 25, 1946

BasaltOneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

Oneonta Gorge Interpretive Sign - A Secret GardenColumbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012.

Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

ONEONTA GORGE, 156.9 m. [West of Hwy. 730 Junction], is a deep, narrow cleft in the basalt bluff through which flows a foaming creek. Fossilized trees caught by a lava flow, are entombed in its perpendicular walls.

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

Oneonta Creek From the Bridge Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

Access to the Oneonta Gorge, since the Eagle Creek Fire, is no longer allowed for safety reasons and to protect the fragile environment.

"About two miles beyond Multnomah Falls, Oneonta Gorge appears. The lower falls on the creek is accessible to the more adventurous traveler who is willing to chance walking up the creek about one-half mile... The creek, flowing northward from the falls, follows an apparent fault to its mouth on the banks of the Columbia."

Mershon, East of the Sandy III, 51

Toward the Log Jam
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

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Crowd Climbing the Log Jam (2012)Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

Log jam
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

J. on the Jam
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

Pool under the log jam
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

On the Log Jam
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

Pool under the log jam
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

Over the Log Jam
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

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Treacherous Crossing, Use Extreme Caution (2012)Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

Oneonta Gorge, Columbia River Highway, Oregon
Sawyer Scenic Photos, Inc. Oneonta Gorge, Columbia River Highway, Oregon. Sawyer Scenic Photos, Inc, c. 1920.Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Libraryhttp://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3524678

"Oneonta Gorge, Columbia River Highway, Oregon"Sawyer Scenic Photos, Portland, Oregon

Oneonta Gorge
Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

60. ONEONTA GORGE. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR
Digital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354711p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354711pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--60Repository: 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.354711p/resource/

Wading pools, Oneonta Gorge
Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

No. 59. Onento Gorge, Col. River Highway Ore.B. C. Markham

"A narrow, steep gorge leading back into the hills for a mile, the sides embedded with ferns and wild flowers. Along its course runs a silvery stream, fed from the beautiful water-falls."

Oneonta GorgeLipschuetz and Katz. Oregon's Famous Columbia River Highway. Portland: Lipschuetz and Katz. 1920.University of California Libraries(https://archive.org/details/oregonsfamouscol00lips)

Scale and Perspective in Oneonta Gorge
Columbia River Gorge. Oregon. September 8, 2012

59. ONEONTA GORGE. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR
Digital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354710p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354710pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--59Repository: 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.354710p/resource/