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Stanley Rock, Oregon, as seen from Interstate 84, upstream.
Image taken October 2, 2006.
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Stanley Rock ...
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Stanley Rock, Oregon, is located at Columbia River Mile (RM) 171, just one mile upstream of Hood River, Oregon and 26 miles upstream from the Bonneville Dam. Across the river is the impressive basalt anticline/syncline feature of Coyote Wall, a part of the Bingen Gap. Upstream is Eighteenmile Island and Mosier, Oregon. Stanley Rock is the remnant of a basalt flow and stands 220 feet high.
A transmission tower for the Pacific Power & Light Company is located at the top.
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Stanley Rock, Oregon.
Image taken September 29, 2003.
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Stanley Rock, Oregon, as seen from upstream near Mosier.
Interstate 84 is in the foreground, left.
Image taken September 18, 2005.
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Koberg Beach State Recreation Site ...
Koberg Beach State Recreation Site (often seen as "Koberg Beach State Park") is located at Stanley Rock. Today a quiet windsurfer's beach, at one time it was a bustling recreation area for the residents of Hood River, Oregon.
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"... Once upon a time -- from about 1915 to about 1950 -- a giant wonderful dance hall and outdoor resort existed at Koberg Beach. When the town of Hood River wanted to cool off or go ballroom dancing to the sounds of a swing orchestra, they went to Koberg Beach. Eventually, the ballroom and the beach had to make way for the rising Columbia River when hydroelectric dams were constructed. ...
Today, Koberg Beach is a wayside that serves busy westbound motorists on I-84 with a restroom and a stretch break. An enjoyable beach lies behind the great rock which screens its recreational access from the busy freeway. ..."
[Oregon Parks and Recreation Website, 2006]
Koberg Beach was named after John Koberg, who in 1894 purchased part of the John Stanley homestead.
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"... Koberg originally farmed the area, but, when residents of Hood River came to swim in increasing numbers, he gradually added facilities. The compiler remembers visiting the place about 1930, when it included a fine stone bathhouse. ..."
[McArthur and McArthur, 2003]
Most of the area which once was the Koberg property was inundated when Bonneville Dam was built. What remains is now a beach and rest area off of Interstate 84.
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Early Stanley Rock ...
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Stanley Rock was named for John Stanley, who operated a farm at this location and a ferry to the Washington side of the Columbia River. A reference in the June 19, 1925 The Hood River News called the rock "Stanley's rock".
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, show a John Stanley being issued a land title for 139.45 acres east of Stanley Rock on May 2, 1870, for parts of T3N R11E Section 32, under the 1862 "Homestead Entry Original". Stanley Rock is in Section 31.
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Stanley Rock Basalts ...
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Stanley Rock, Oregon.
Image taken September 29, 2003.
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Stanley Rock, Oregon.
Image taken September 29, 2003.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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