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I-84 to Echov.2020.07.15.007Google Earth Imagery Date: July 20, 2018
Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway
Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway
Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net), February 17, 2020:
Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net), February 17, 2020:
OSHD engineering drawing 3B-19-3, Columbia River Highway, Umatilla to Echo, dated July 1921. Also includes Hermiston and Stanfield. Features mileposts 191 to 206, with former mileposts 193 to 209 crossed out. Like the others, this was sliced into 8 equal 3200x2400 pieces in an attempt to avoid Facebook compressing them to death.
Echo Cemetery Roadv.2020.07.15.007Google Earth Imagery Date: July 20, 2018
Echo Cemetery RoadGoogle Street View. Imagery Date: June 2012
"Echo, Oregon has a pioneer cemetery with very old (by Oregon standards) graves and a beautiful view of the surrounding Eastern Oregon region."
Cemetery in Echo, Oregon Photo by DanDavidCook , December 20, 2018CC BY-SA 4.0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo,_Oregon#/media/File:Echo_Memorial_Cemetery_Gate.jpg
Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon
Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon
ECHO, 23 m. [West From Pendleton] (636 alt., 311 pop.), is a wool and wheat shipping point, near the site of old Fort Henrietta, an early day army post.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/pendleton.html
Echo, OregonClarence E. Mershon. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. 251.
Wikipedia: Echo, Oregon
Wikipedia: Echo, Oregon
Echo is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The population was 699 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The original Oregon Trail passed just south of Echo. When the Columbia Plateau Route opened in 1847, it passed directly through Echo, crossing the Umatilla River. This eventually became the primary route of the Oregon Trail. Frequently pioneers would stay in Lower Crossing Camp, also located in Echo (the Upper Crossing being at Pendleton).[5] In the 1860s, settlers began moving into the area, and built a ferry crossing the Umatilla River at Echo. The city of Echo is named after Echo Koontz, daughter of J.H. Koontz and W. Brassfield Koontz, who were town promoters.[6] Agriculture was the first draw, with alfalfa and corn being the main crops. A town was platted by 1880, and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company built a railroad through the Echo by 1883, which made the town a shipping point for wool, cattle and sheep during the early 1900s. Echo was incorporated in 1904. On December 22, 1927, William Edward Hickman, the murderer of Marion Parker in Los Angeles on December 17, was arrested by police near the town. The place of Hickman's arrest was commemorated by a billboard.[7]
Echo is 8 miles (13 km) south of Hermiston and 20 miles (32 km) west of Pendleton in northeastern Oregon.[8] It lies along the Umatilla River about 1 mile (2 km) south of Interstate 84 and U.S. Route 395.[9]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.50 km2), all of it land.[10]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Echo has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[11]
Wikipedia: Echo, Oregonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo,_OregonAccessed: September 9, 2020
St. Peter's Catholic Church, dedicated 1913, in Echo, Oregon. Photo by Tedder, May 22, 2009Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peters_Catholic_Church_Echo_Oregon.jpg?fbclid=IwAR08zZ-o2LI8DVM4SdDPISedrb4yY7cJx9wELMinGYjvOHtfeAxcmN9djpk
Echo, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Echo, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Echo, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridges SE of Echov.2020.07.15.007Google Earth Imagery Date: July 20, 2018
Furnish Ditch Bridge #1Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridge #1Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridge #2Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridge #2Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridge #3Echo, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Echo, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridge #4Photo by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridge #4Echo, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridge #5Echo, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Furnish Ditch Bridge #6Echo, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Corral Springs Oregon Trail SitePhoto by Yo SamGoogle Earthhttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMNLuGZe0qfao2RxGwGlmZVug6g4mXGir7ELONH=h1440
I based the Corral Springs Oregon Trail Site on the location of this photo in Google Earth. I do not remember this out there in 2015, and the photo by "Yo Sam" may be located wrong.
I based the Corral Springs Oregon Trail Site on the location of this photo in Google Earth. I do not remember this out there in 2015, and the photo by "Yo Sam" may be located wrong.
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Echo-Pendleton Section of the Old Oregon TrailBooth, 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.Video (By Others...)
Video (By Others...)
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