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Rock Creek, Skamania County, Washington, looking upstream.
View from walking bridge across Rock Creek, looking upstream towards Rock Cove Drive.
Image taken November 2, 2010.
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Rock Creek ...
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The Rock Creek watershed drains 43 square miles, with headwaters near Lookout Mountain, Washington, at an elevation of over 4,000 feet. The mouth of Rock Creek empties into Rock Cove and the Columbia River just west of Stevenson, Washington, at Columbia River Mile (RM) 150.
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Rock Cove ...
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Rock Cove is located in Skamania County, Washington, and is a beautiful cove of small treed islands. Rock Creek empties into Rock Cove at its eastern edge before merging with the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 150. Washington Highway 14 crosses Rock Cove.
Upstream is Stevenson, Washington and downstream is Ashes Lake. The Rock Cove area is the upper end of the former Cascade Rapids, now drowned by the backwaters of Bonneville Reservoir. The Skamania County Fairgrounds lies on Rock Cove's northeastern edge and the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center lies on its western edge.
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Rock Cove, Stevenson, Washington.
View from community park.
Image taken August 25, 2014.
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Lewis and Clark and Rock Creek ...
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Lewis and Clark pass by Skamania County's Rock Creek and Rock Cove on October 30, 1805. The creek is depicted but nameless on their route map (Moulton, vol.1, map#78).
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passed maney large rocks in the river and a large creek on the Stard. Side in the mouth of which is an Island,
passed on the right of 3 Islands ?on? near the Stard. Side, and landed on an Island close under the Stard. Side at the head of the great Shute,
and a little below a village of 8 large houses on a Deep bend on the Stard. Side, and opposit 2 Small Islands imediately in the head of the Shute, which Islands are covered with Pine, maney large rocks also, in the head of the Shute. Ponds back of the houses, and Countrey low for a Short distance. ..."
[Clark, October 30, 1805]
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Early Rock Creek ...
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The 1860 cadastral survey (tax survey) for T2N R7E has the creek labeled "Rock Creek". The Creek has two mouths.
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Views ...
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Rock Creek, Skamania County, Washington, looking downstream.
View from walking bridge across Rock Creek, looking downstream towards Highway 14.
Image taken November 2, 2010.
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Railroad bridge over Rock Creek, Skamania County, Washington.
View from moving car on Washington State Highway 14.
Image taken November 2, 2010.
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Rock Creek, Skamania County, Washington, looking upstream.
View from walking bridge across Rock Creek, looking upstream.
Image taken July 31, 2014.
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Rock Creek, Skamania County, Washington, looking downstream.
View from walking bridge across Rock Creek, looking downstream towards Highway 14.
Image taken July 31, 2014.
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Walking bridge, Rock Creek, Skamania County, Washington.
Image taken November 2, 2010.
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Rock Cove, Stevenson, Washington.
View from community park.
Image taken August 25, 2014.
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Rock Cove, Stevenson, Washington.
View from Rock Cove Drive.
Image taken November 4, 2004.
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Rock Cove, Skamania County, Washington, with Table Mountain, Greenleaf Basin, and Greenleaf Peak in the background.
Image taken July 31, 2014.
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Rock Cove, Stevenson, Washington.
View from road above Rock Cove.
Image taken July 2, 2006.
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Rock Creek and Rock Cove, etc.
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- Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center ...
- Corliss Steam Engine Boiler ...
- Rock Creek Falls ...
- Rock Creek Walking Bridge ...
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Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center ...
The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, located at the western end of Rock Cove, is the nonprofit museum of the Skamania County Historical Society, and is dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and interpreting the cultural and natural history of the Columbia River Gorge. The center is located on Rock Creek Drive, in Stevenson, Washington.
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Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken November 4, 2004.
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Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, Stevenson, Washington.
SP&S Engine 802 and SP&S Caboose 701 can be seen outside of the museum building.
View from Washington State Highway 14.
Image taken June 19, 2005.
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Corliss Steam Engine Boiler ...
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Boiler, Corliss Steam Engine, Rock Cove, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken August 25, 2014.
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Boiler, Corliss Steam Engine, Rock Cove, Stevenson, Washington.
Image taken August 25, 2014.
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Rock Creek Falls ...
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Lower Rock Creek Falls is a narrow falls (around 10 feet wide) which drops nearly 70 feet into a gorge of Rock Creek. Lower Rock Creek Falls is a natural barrier to anadromous fish.
Upper Rock Creek Falls is a wide waterfall (over 150 feet wide) which drops 45 feet over a conglomerate ledge. It is located one mile from the mouth of where Rock Creek enters Rock Cove, and is near the Iman Cemetery.
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Penny Postcard: Upper Rock Creek Falls, Skamania County, Washington.
Penny Postcard, White Border, Linen, Divided Back, "Upper Rock Creek Falls, Evergreen Highway Along Columbia River, Washington".
Photo by Wesley Andrews.
Wesley Andrews Co., Portland, Ore.
Card #553.
In the private collection of Lyn Topinka.
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Upper Rock Creek Falls, Stevenson, Washington.
Low flow.
Image taken July 2, 2006.
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Rock Creek Walking Bridge ...
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A small pedestrian bridge crosses Rock Creek at the Skamania County Fairgrounds. Presumably (having never been to the Skamania County Fair) it is for parking for the Fair.
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Walking bridge, Rock Creek, Skamania County, Washington.
Image taken November 2, 2010.
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"The Golden Age of Postcards" ...
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The early 1900s was the "Golden Age of Postcards", with the "Penny Postcard" being a popular way to send greetings to family and friends.
Today the Penny Postcard has become a snapshot of history.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, October 30, 1805 ...
Clark, April 13, 1806 ...
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