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title: "Building the Columbia River Highway: They Said It Couldn't Be Done"
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# Building the Columbia River Highway: They Said It Couldn't Be Done

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## Customer Reviews

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    Amazing True Story!
  

*by M***C on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 11, 2022*

I live in the Columbia River Gorge, and have seen remnants of the old highway for years, but after reading what went into the building of it (think: Hoover Dam!), I have a better appreciation for the artistic beauty. I also find myself looking (when I'm not driving!) for different landmarks, like the Mosier Tunnel windows. This is fascinating stuff.

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    Roll on Columbia* (River Highway)
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 20, 2014*

I have been interested in the Old Columbia Gorge Highway, the subject of this book, for a long time. Today, a drive on the Old Highway (as compared to the "new" I-84 which also follows the Gorge) is probably the best scenic drive in Oregon - and that is saying a lot. Wildflowers in spring, lush forest and ferns and waterfalls everywhere, Vista House, Multnomah Falls, and much more. There is a lot of history that is represented by this highway, created by a unique fusion of visionary movers and shakers of early Oregon and artistic engineering. This creative book introduces you to people like Sam Hill, Simon Benson, and the engineer/designer/artist who brought all of this together, Samuel Lancaster. There are others, of course, who play a vital role in the creation of this, one of the earliest paved roads in Oregon, a road that was widely considered impossible to build due to the steep slopes of the Gorge. But build it they did! This book honors those pavement pioneers as much as it informs the modern reader and driver. "Building the Columbia River Highway" greatly adds to the enjoyment and appreciation of an already incredible road. (*Bad pun, but I couldn't resist it any more than I can resist a drive on the Old Columbia Gorge Highway.)  Peg Willis, thank you for bringing this book to life!

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    Wonderful book, but probably because my parents and I ...
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2016*

Wonderful book, but probably because my parents and I used to drive it from Portland to Bonneville, our home. This was the only highway available. It was (is) crooked but very scenic, never tired of it even though the trip was at least three times as long as it is today.  I have been a fan of the "old highway" all my life. My mother worked in the gift shop at Crown Point and also at Multnomah Falls. I was a busboy for a few months in the dining room. My parents knew Mr. Landcaster. He wrote a very nice message to them after he was hosted in their (before I was born) home.  He had beautiful handwriting, so you can imagine how surprised I was to read in this book about his early Polio attack which left him unable to walk or write. But he overcame this and went on to be the lead engineer on the Columbia River Highway.

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