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            Books

The Columbia: America’s Great Highway through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea
            Samuel C. Lancaster    1915 and a 2004 edition by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.

Lancaster’s Road: The Historic Columbia River Scenic Highway
            Oral Bullard    1982    TMS Book Service

East of Sandy - Columbia River Highway
            Clarence E. Mershon  2001    Guardian Peaks Inc.

The Columbia River Highway – From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon
            Clarence E. Mershon  2006    Guardian Peaks Enterprises

Geologic History of the Columbia River Gorge, as Interpreted from the Historic Columbia River Scenic Highway
                Ira A. Williams  1991  Third Edition, Oregon Historical Society Press

History of the Columbia River Valley from The Dalles to the Sea
            Fred Lockley   1928

Sam Hill: The Prince of Castle Nowhere
            John Tuhy      1983    Timber Press

America’s National Park Roads and Parkways: Drawings from the Historic American Engineering Record (The Road and American Culture)
            Eric DeLony and others 2004 John Hopkins University Press

Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon
            Dwight A. Smith and others   1989    Oregon Historical Society Press

Columbia River Highway Historic District
            Dwight A. Smith  1984    Oregon Department of Transportation

A Study of the Historic Columbia River Highway – 1987
            Nancy H. Gronowski and Jeanette Kloos      1987    Oregon Department of Transportation

Historic Columbia River Highway Master Plan
            Jeanette B. Kloos        1996; revised 2005      Oregon Department of Transportation
            available at: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/HCRH/documents.shtml

Historic Columbia River Highway Scenic Byway Corridor
            Jeanette B. Kloos        1997    Oregon Department of Transportation

Columbia River Highway National Historic Landmark Nomination
            Robert W. Hadlow      2000    Oregon Department of Transportation
            available at: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/HCRH/documents.shtml

It Could Have Been Carpdale - Centennial History of Troutdale, Oregon 1907-2007
            Sharon Nesbit        2007   Pediment Publishing

Paradise Road: The Historic Columbia River Highway
            Lyle Graham, Oregon Public Broadcasting     1992

Oregon Experience: Sam Hill
            Oregon Public Broadcasting    2004

The Columbia River Gorge – A Chasm of Majesty
            Encounter Video Inc.  1990

Singing Waters – Where Rolls the Oregon
            Oregon Historical Society Research Library  1930s  MIA 03746

The Millionth Model T Ford
            Oregon Historical Society Research Library  1920s MIA 04702

Historic Columbia River Highway - Oregon Department of Transportation brochure.

Columbia River Gorge Bike Map - Oregon Department of Transportation brochure.

Historic Columbia River Highway  1913-1922 - Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), 1995 research document with description and drawings of the construction of the highway. Click Here

The Historic Columbia River Gorge - The “Currents” article by the National Park Service specifically about the highway.  Click Here

Roll on, Columbia! - Article in American Road, Volume III, Number 3, 2005, pg 14-21, by Dave J. Sell