Bishop's Cap

"Those signs said 'keep to extreme right do not stop or pass on curves'. What I really want to know is the small writing on the bottom of it!"

Posted by Ben Carscallen ‎ (www.BenCarscallen.com) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 12, 2020

"I was recently given a lot of these all the pictures that my great grandfather drew... That is my great grandfather’s name bowman [on the bottom right]."

Posted by Lisa Waldeck‎ to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 12, 2020

"Just beyond the [Shepperd's Dell] bridge, Italian stonemasons constructed a retaining wall to hold the fill for the highway, which circumvented Bishop's Cap. The lower portion of the rock was carved away to form a 'half-tunnel', which provided clearance needed for vehicular traffic."

Mershon. The Columbia River Highway.

The Bishop's Cap, Columbia River HighwayPhoto: Reeves

View From Shepperd's Dell DomeLipschuetz and Katz. Oregon's Famous Columbia River Highway. Portland: Lipschuetz and Katz. 1920. University of California Libraries (https://archive.org/details/oregonsfamouscol00lips)

"Bishops Cap is the end of a basalt flow located on the Historic Columbia River Highway, just upstream of the Shepperds Dell Bridge."

Lyn Topinka, "Bishops Cap, Oregon" www.columbiariverimages.com http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/bishops_cap.html

#2490 - Columbia River Highway, Bishops Cap Oregon State Archives / Oregon Department of Transportationhttp://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/images/records/state/odot/highway/2490.jpg
Oregon Archives. A 1940 Journey Across Oregon http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/eaglecr.html

"Recently [2013], Mom Nature wreaked some havoc with the trees around Shepperd's Dell, so ODOT went in and took down some more trees that were in danger of crashing down on to the roadway, as the others had.... and it occurred to me that Bishop's Cap was more exposed now, as it had not been seen in decades... so I dug through my archives and made this. (Photo)"

Jon Ares, "Bishop's Cap Through The Ages" Flikr https://www.flickr.com/photos/jon_ares/9233399158/

Bishop's Cap on Standard Oil CalendarStandard Oil Company of California

Rain, Mist, and Bishop's CapHistoric Columbia River Highway, Oregon. December 9, 2014

Mushroom Rock

Approaching Bishop's Cap From EastHistoric Columbia River Highway, Oregon. December 9, 2014

Recreating the Historic Columbia River Highway Facebook Page:

Ben Carscallen, February 14, 2020: [Mushroom Rock is]on the other side of the bluff, same rock bluff/cliff, but different area of it. Mushroom Rock is a part of the “half tunnel” that was cut there. They get confused all the time.

Chris Meinicke , February 14, 2020: "yes it does look like a mushroom from this angle. I have a couple of old postcards of Bishop's rock."

Ben Carscallen, February 14, 2020: "There's a couple color views from the left on the hill from the trees, then there’s one about where the screenshot is, then a couple horizontal views from a little farther down the road. Other than that I haven’t seen any other views of it."