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Rufus FragmentBlue = Improved Water Level Route (See Rufus Frontage Road Page)Yellow = Original 1920s CRHv.2020.07.18.007Google Earth Imagery Date: June 14, 2019
CLICK HERE for more information on the RUFUS FRONTAGE ROAD
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July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020
I still haven't hiked this grade, though I hope to soon. From Google Earth, there is little evidence of pavement, but there is definitely this retaining wall up there, so I am considering this to be a confirmed fragment. The roads through here baffled me for a long time until I realized how much the improved US 30 route diverged from the original Route 2 alignment, so I now believe that this fragment is probably the original, 1920s Columbia River Highway.
Sherman County 4, John Day, 1934Page 019 - Townships 2 and 3 N., Ranges 17, 18 and 19 E., Rufus, EarlyAtlas: Sherman County 1934State: OregonMetsker Maps 1934Item # US1328769Historical Map Works.http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1328769/Page+019+++Townships+2+and+3+N+++Ranges+17++18+and+19+E+++Rufus++Early/Sherman+County+1934/Oregon
Old "Frontage Road" to Hell Roaring Canyonv.2020.07.18.007Google Earth Imagery Date: June 14, 2019
Google Mapshttps://www.google.com/maps/@45.7051322,-120.7063232,1026m/data=!3m1!1e3
Google Mapshttps://www.google.com/maps/@45.7051322,-120.7063232,1026m/data=!3m1!1e3
Kirk J. Poole, August 2, 2020
Kirk J. Poole, August 2, 2020
Yesterday, I added a new confirmed piece to the 1923 (paved 1927 / 1928) Old Highway, 2 miles E of Rufus. I'll admit, after 1/2 an hour, I thought this may have been a wagon road. And then, finally, 2 spots of nice asphalt showed through the moss and grass.
Right on top of the retaining wall, I found the proof that this extension is indeed the 1920's road. I also captured photos from below, to show the wall itself. A very nice relic along the Old Road!
Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highwayhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/770552237068300/
"This obvious... grade is just above the old highways."
Photo by Steve Hart, Posted July 15, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River HighwayPermalink: https://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/758523744937816
"2.5 miles E of Rufus, OR."
Photo by Kirk J. Poole, August 1, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highwayhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/770552237068300/ ©Kirk J. Poole
"Very close to the retaining wall is a run of original 1927 / 1928 asphalt. 2.5 miles E of Rufus, Oregon."
Photo by Kirk J. Poole, August 1, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highwayhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/770552237068300/ ©Kirk J. Poole
"View of Western Face of John Day Dam at the retaining wall and disappearing asphalt of the 1927 / 1928 Columbia River Highway."
Photo by Kirk J. Poole, August 1, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highwayhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/770552237068300/ ©Kirk J. Poole
"...a retaining wall segment just east of Rufus. It's at about mile marker 111. This pic [below] taken from the freeway. You can also walk out to it from Rufus."
"...a retaining wall segment just east of Rufus. It's at about mile marker 111. This pic [below] taken from the freeway. You can also walk out to it from Rufus."
Peg Willis, March 2014
Old Retaining Wall East of RufusPhoto by Peg Willis
"It includes this beautiful wall."
Photo by Steve Hart, Posted July 15, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River HighwayPermalink: https://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/758523744937816
"The 1923 retaining wall on the Columbia River Highway. Located 2.5 miles East of Rufus, Oregon. Road paved in 1927 / 1928."
Photo by Kirk J. Poole, August 1, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highwayhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/770552237068300/ ©Kirk J. Poole
"A closer view of the unusual construction method used in building the 1923 wall. The rock work is in a rarely seen style."
Photo by Kirk J. Poole, August 1, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highwayhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/770552237068300/ ©Kirk J. Poole
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