Reith, Oregon

Reithv.2020.07.15.007Google Earth Imagery Date: July 20, 2018
Umatilla County 7 (Rieth), 1932 Page 033 - Township 2 N., Range 31 E., Campbell, Furnish Resevoir, BarnhartAtlas: Umatilla County 1932State: OregonMetsker Maps 1932Item # US1328617Historic Map Works.http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1328617/Page+033+++Township+2+N+++Range+31+E+++Campbell++Furnish+Resevoir++Barnhart/Umatilla+County+1932/Oregon/
Painted Ruin & Seats of the Godsv.2020.07.17.007Google Earth Imagery Date: June 14, 2019
Painted Ruin & Seats of the GodsReith, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Painted RuinReith, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015

Looking at the geotagged location of the above photo in Google Street View, I think this was gone by 2019.

On the Echo-Pendleton section in Umatilla County. Graded and Graveled during 1919 and 1920.Clarence Mershon calls these cliffs the Seats of the GodsOregon State Highway Commission - 4th Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1918 to November 30th, 1920http://digital.lib.pdx.edu/oscdl/files/odot/pdx005t0003.pdf

"'Seats of the Gods' near Barnhart Canyon, CRH along Umatilla River approaching Reith,"


Clarence E. Mershon. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. 251.
One mile west of Reith: On the 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.

Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

REITH, 2.7 m. [West From Pendleton] (979 alt., 44 pop.), Pendleton Railroad division point.


http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/pendleton.html
Reith, Oregon 1944Clarence E. Mershon. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. 253.
Reith to Pendletonv.2020.07.15.007Google Earth Imagery Date: July 20, 2018
Reith, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Reith, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015
Reith, OregonPhoto by A. F. Litt, April 20, 2015

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