Government Camp - Summit Area of Mt. Hood (5 photos).
Entry/Object ID
P-1309
Description
Government Camp-Summit Area of Mt. Hood (5 companion photos).
Rowe Post Office was established 23 Feb 1909. On 27 Feb 1917 it was renamed Zigzag, which was renamed to Rhododendron on 26 Jan 1920.
Companion Photos:
A) P-1309 - Old Summit House Campground. 1886.
B) P-4524 - Summit House on Barlow Road (1880s).
C) P-4525 - Perry Vickers Summit House (1860s).
D) P-4526 - Swim Resort and Hot Springs, East of Government Camp. Operated by Boyd Summers. (1925-1931)
E) P-4527 - Calverley's in early Thirties (Photo by George Calverley (1930s). Note the small trees at Summit at that time. The gas pump later became a gas station. The house was later moved to left and is the building now operated by the West family. The old water fountain is gone, but one like it still stands on the east end of the Sahalie Falls Bridge. (Poor photocopy).
Made/Created
Date made
1882 - 1935
Place
Mountain
Mount Hood
County
Clackamas, Wasco
State
Oregon
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Notes
Medium: Photographic Paper
Location of Negative: Halon
