Lewis & Clark Trip Day 28: Washington and Oregon (6/4/2021)

Friday, June 4, 2021 (continued)

Cascade Locks, OR: Statue (2010, by Heather Söderberg)
of Seaman and Sakagawea (a rather "sexy" Sakagawea!)

Yes, Sakagawea has Jean Baptiste with her

Back over the river to Washington, this time
on the Bridge of the Gods (1926, raised in 1938-1940)

*On 10/30/1805, the Corps of Discovery camped on the north bank of the Columbia River, and met the Clahclehlah band of the Upper Chinookan tribe.*

Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center (1997)
in Stevenson, WA, focuses on the Clahclehlah

A glowing petroglyph of Tsagaglalal/
She Who Watches

A small sculpture, Council of Fire on the Columbia
(by David Manuel Joseph)

Close-up of Jean Baptiste and Sakagawea

1921 Mack Model AC logging truck (KSS)

Replica of a McCord Fishwheel (1882)

A display of photographs of the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire
had this picture of golfers (KSS)

Doll-size figures of the Corps of Discovery

The Columbia gorge was home to Japanese
immigrants of the early 1900s

Wooden Japanese geta (KSS)

Japanese reed boots (c 1895)

A crocheted wall afghan (2001, by
Karen Sue Carpenter Castro)

Detail of the wall afghan

1929 Ford Model A Coupe

Nearby is Skamania Lodge (1991-1993, in Cascadian style)

*On 4/9/1806, on the return trip, the Corps of Discovery camped on an island below the Columbia Rapids or Cascades.*

Bradford Island behind Bonneville Dam (1st powerhouse
1934-1937, 2nd powerhouse 1974-1981) that
flooded the rapids or cascades

*On 10/31/1805, the Corps of Discovery noted a rock formation that they called "Beaten Rock." At this point they first observed tidewater of the Pacific Ocean.*

Now called Beacon Rock

Rosa arkansana/Wild Rose, was "discovered"
by Lewis and Clark

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area,
Sandy River Delta has a view of Mount Hood

A 1.2-mile hike brought us to the
Confluence Project Bird Blind (2008, by
Maya Lin), made from Robinia pseudoacacia/
Black Locust wood (KSS)

Each slat is etched with the species
described by Lewis and Clark and the
dates they were noted in the journals

Close-up of a few slats (KSS)

Oregon Historical Society and Museum (1898,
with the Oregon History mural (1923
by Richard Haas) in Portland, OR

Next: Lewis & Clark Trip Day 29.