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Emigrant Hill Overlook Wayside
Emigrant Hill Overlook Wayside
Chester H. Armstrong, History of the Oregon State Parks: 1917-1963
Chester H. Armstrong, History of the Oregon State Parks: 1917-1963
Emigrant Hill Overlook Wayside is located on the old Oregon Trail Highway near the top of Emigrant Hill in Umatilla County. It is approximately 14 miles east of Pendleton on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
The 20.16-acre tract of land was obtained from an Indian allotment, a part of the Edgar Billy grant, in 1924, but the patent is dated September 6, 1940.
The land was obtained to provide a stopping place along the highway from which to view the checkerboard effect of the alternately cultivated and cropped lands over a broad area of Umatilla County.
A car parking area is the only development.
Little use is being made of the area now as the new highway, now Interstate 80N, has been constructed some distance to the west and south of this overlook.
http://npshistory.com/publications/oregon/history/sec5.htm#E
At the Summit of Cabbage Hill; On the Old Oregon Trail east of PendletonBooth, R. A, J. B. Yeon, W. B. Barratt, E. E. Kiddle, Herbert Nunn. Fifth Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1, 1920 to November 30, 1922. Salem: State Printing Department. 1922.
CLICK HERE to continue exploring the Old Oregon Trail Highway
CLICK HERE to continue exploring the Old Oregon Trail Highway
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