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Mosier, Oregon, as seen from downstream.
View from the Mark O. Hatfield State Trail.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Mosier ...
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Columbia River looking downstream towards Mosier, Oregon.
View from along the Historic Columbia River Highway upstream of Mosier, Oregon.
Eighteenmile Island can be seen on the left just off the Oregon shore.
The location of Mosier, Oregon, is located on the left.
The basalts of the Bingen Gap are visible on the right.
Image taken March 20, 2004.
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Early Mosier ...
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Mosier began in 1853 or 1854 when J.H. Mosier settled on a claim near the mouth of Mosier Creek. Mosier ran a "rest area" stage station for weary travelers. The Mosier Post Office was established in 1884 and the town was incorporated in 1914.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, show a Jane and Heirs of Jonah H. Mosier being issued a land title on October 15, 1873, for 258.9 acres of parts of T2N R11E Sections 1 and 2, under the 1850 "Oregon-Donation Act"; A Jonah H. Mosier was issued a land title on July 25, 1892, for 93.53 acres of parts of T2N R11E Section 1, under the 1820 "Sale-Cash Entry"; and a Jonah H. Mosier was issued a land title on August 14, 1893, for 31.2 acres of parts of T2N R11E, under the 1820 "Sale-Cash Entry".
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Mosier Market.
Image taken May 13, 2007.
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In 1940 ...
From the Oregon State Archives "A 1940 Journey Across Oregon":
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"MOSIER, 118.1 m. (95 alt., 192 pop.), at the confluence of Mosier Creek
and the Columbia River, is in a small fruit growing section well known for
its apple cider. The MOSIER TUNNELS, 119.5 m., one 261 feet and the other
60 feet long, often referred to as the Twin Tunnels, penetrate a
promontory more than 250 feet above the river. West of this point the
contrast between the barren, semi desert contours of eastern Oregon and
the lushness of the Pacific Slope becomes apparent.
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Mosier "Route 30" Cafe.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Mosier "Route 30" Cafe.
Image taken May 13, 2007.
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Mosier Totem, carved by Jeff Stewart.
Image taken May 13, 2007.
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Mosier Totem, carved by Jeff Stewart.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Eagle, Mosier Totem.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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East Portal, Mosier Tunnels.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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East Portal, Mosier Twin Tunnels.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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