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Rowena Crest, Oregon, from Mayer State Park, Oregon.
Image taken November 11, 2004.
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Rowena Crest ...
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Rowena Crest, on the Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Rowena Crest in 1940 ...
From "A 1940 Journey Across Oregon", Oregon State Archives:
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West of ROWENA, 109.2 m. (148 alt., 60 pop.), the
highway climbs the face of a steep cliff by a series
of sharp curves and switch-backs known as the
Rowena Loops. ...
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ROWENA CREST, 111.8 m. (706 alt.), is in MAYER STATE PARK; parking place. From the crest one has a panoramic view of cliff and winding river.
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ROWENA DELL, 112.6 m., a sheer walled canyon (R) was infested by rattlesnakes until pioneers fenced the lower end and turned in a drove of hogs. Then for a time the dell was called Hog Canyon. ..."
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Rowena Crest, Oregon, from Mayer State Park, Oregon.
Image taken November 11, 2004.
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Rowena Crest and Interstate 84, Oregon.
View is from Interstate 84 heading west.
Image taken October 2, 2006.
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One Day at Rowena Crest ...
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Porsches, Rowena Crest, Oregon.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Historic Columbia River Highway ...
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Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon.
View from Rowena Crest.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Rowena Loops, Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon.
View from Rowena Crest.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Rowena ...
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Rowena Gap, Rowena Crest, Rowena Dell, and the small Oregon town of Rowena, all share the same name. At least three different theories as to the origin of "Rowena" are listed in Oregon Geographic Names (McArthur and McArthur, 2003). The first is Rowena was for H.S. Rown who, in the early 1880s was an offical of the railroad company that was building along the south bank of the Columbia River. The second possibility, according to local long-time residents, was that "Rowena" was the name of a girl who lived in the vicinity. The last theory presented was that "Rowena" was the young lady in Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe", a popular novel of the era. Rowena Post Office was established in 1911 and existed until 1916. Today the small town of Rowena, Oregon, still exists along the old Historic Columbia River Highway.
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On the Road to Rowena Crest ...
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Barn near Rowena Crest, on the Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Views from Rowena Crest ...
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Klickitat River Drainage and Lyle, Washington.
Klickitat River, Washington, as seen from Rowena Crest, Oregon. Lyle is the town on the right.
Image taken March 20, 2004.
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Columbia River looking upstream from Rowena Crest, Oregon.
Mayer State Park is greenery on right. Dougs Beach is little jutting land with greenery on the Washington side of the river.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Dougs Beach, Washington, from Rowena Crest, Oregon.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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West Mayer State Park, from Rowena Crest.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Mount Adams, Washington, from Rowena Crest, Oregon.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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