Columbia River Heritage Trail

Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge

Route 2 / US 30

Heritage Trailv.2020.07.14.007Google Earth Imagery Date: July 20, 2018
Stop at the Tumbleweeds (2014)Columbia River Highway. Heritage Trail, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Heritage Trail Gate (2014)Columbia River Highway. Heritage Trail, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Columbia River Heritage Trail Access Points (2014)Columbia River Highway. Heritage Trail, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Heritage Trail Etiquette Guide (2014)Columbia River Highway. Heritage Trail., Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Columbia River Highway at Gate, Westbound (2014)Columbia River Highway. Heritage Trail, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Heritage Trail: Columbia River Highway, Eastbound (2014)Columbia River Highway. Heritage Trail, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved

July 15, 2020

So I have walked the Heritage Trail, but it was a different day and the photos apparently did not make it onto the cloud archive. I'll get them up when I get my drives back, and I'll add Steve's photos from 2020, too. But for now, on toward Pendleton!

Mc Cormack SloughColumbia River Highway. Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Photo by A. F. Litt
Columbia River Highway, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge (2014)Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
CRH from across McCormack Slough (2014)Columbia River Highway. Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla NWR, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla NWR, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Umatilla NWR, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015

Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

At 11.2 m. [West of Hwy. 730 Junction] is a junction with a side road.

Right on this road to PATTERSON FERRY,1 m. (toll for cars and five persons, $1; round trip, $1.50) connecting with US 410 at Prosser, Washington.


http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/umatilla.html
Old Lines (2014)Original Pavement at Patterson Ferry Road, Columbia River Highway, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge.Irrigon, Oregon. March 28, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved

The painted lines on the road may offer some clue as to when this section of pavement lapsed out of service.

"Sometime between Rexford's innovative striping of the highway and 1954, the centerline color had changed to yellow. By 1958, the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads mandated white... But after only two years, the yellow lines were back - at least on the state highways."


Peg Willis. Building the Columbia River Highway: They Said It Couldn’t Be Done. Charleston: The History Press. 2014. 135.
Old CRH at Patterson Ferry Road (2014)Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge. Irrigon, Oregon. March 28, 2014Photo by A. F. Litt

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