Vista House
The crown jewel of the Columbia River Gorge just celebrated it's centennial on May the 5th as a resting place for intrepid travelers. It was placed on crown point as “an observatory from which the view both up and down the Columbia could be viewed in silent communion with the infinite.” Such an observatory would also be a fitting memorial to “the trials and hardships of those who had come into the Oregon country.” And it could “serve as a comfort station for the tourist and the travelers of America’s greatest highway.”
Samuel Lancaster, Assistant Highway Engineer for Multnomah County in 1913
Vista House
The crown jewel of the Columbia River Gorge just celebrated it's centennial on May the 5th as a resting place for intrepid travelers. It was placed on crown point as “an observatory from which the view both up and down the Columbia could be viewed in silent communion with the infinite.” Such an observatory would also be a fitting memorial to “the trials and hardships of those who had come into the Oregon country.” And it could “serve as a comfort station for the tourist and the travelers of America’s greatest highway.”
Samuel Lancaster, Assistant Highway Engineer for Multnomah County in 1913