Lewis and Clark's Columbia River
Lewis & Clark's Columbia River - "200 Years Later"
"Hood, Washington"
Includes ... Hood ... Broughton Flume ... Spring Creek Fish Hatchery ...
Image, 2014, Broughton Mill, Washington, from Ruthton Park, Hood River, Oregon, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Broughton Mill, Hood, Washington, as seen from Ruthton Park, Hood River, Oregon. Image taken November 10, 2014.


Hood, Washington ...
Hood, Washington, is a rail station and the lower end of the Broughton Flume. The small community of Hood was named by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company for Mount Hood, which can be seen across the river in Oregon. Two miles upstream of Hood is the Washington community of Bingen, and one mile upstream is the small community of Underwood and the mouth of the White Salmon River. Immediately upstream is the Spring Creek Fish Hatchery and the old Broughton Lumber Mill. Four miles downstream of Hood is Drano Lake and the Little White Salmon River. The Columbia Gorge Hotel can be seen across the river on the Oregon side.

Lewis and Clark and Hood, Washington ...
As Lewis and Clark canoed through this area, Captain Clark wrote in his journal:

"... Here the mountains are high on each Side, those to the Lard. Side has Some Snow on them at this time, more timber than above and of greater variety ..." [Clark, October 29, 1805]

Early Hood ...
From the Tacoma Public Library's "Washington Place Names" database (2019):

"Hood is west of White Salmon on the north bank of the Columbia River in southeast Skamania County east of Underwood Flat. It was named by Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company for Mt. Hood, across the river in Oregon which was also named for Admiral Lord Hood."

Robert Hitchman wrote in "Place Names of Washington" (1985, Washington Historical Society):

"Hood (T3N R10E, Sec.28) ... Railroad station 2 miles east of White Salmon, north bank of Columbia River, southeast Skamania County. It was named by Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company for Mt. Hood, across the river in Oregon."

Views ...

Image, 2006, Mount Hood, Oregon, from Hood, Washington, click to enlarge
Click image to enlarge 		Mount Hood, Oregon, from Hood, Washington. Image taken May 10, 2006.


Hood, Washington, etc.

  • North Bank Road ...


North Bank Road ...
The Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railroad, competitors in the transcontinental business, launched the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway in 1905 and built a line along the north side of the Columbia River. This line was known as "The North Bank Railroad", "The North Bank Road", "Columbia River Scenic Route", and "The Northwests Own Railway". The tracks were started in October 1905 and completed in February 1908, with a celebration being held on March 11th at Sheridan Point upstream of the Fort Rains Blockhouse location. On March 19th, regular passenger service between Vancouver and Pasco was begun. The journey took eight hours.

STATIONS ON THE NORTH BANK
Between Vancouver and Pasco There Will Be 43 Stops.

"LYLE, Wash., July 24, 1907. -- (Special.) -- Chief Surgeon Irvine, of the North Bank Road says there will be 43 stations about five miles apart on the line between Vancouver and Pasco. From west to east the stations will appear on the new map as Image, Fisher, Bourne, Seal, Cruzatt, Butler, Cascades, Stevenson, Ash, Collins, Cooks, Hood, Bingen, Villa, Lyle, Skadat, Grandalles, Spedis, Avery, Timms, Columbus, Cliffs, Towal, Harbin, Fountain, Sanda, Roosevelt, Moonax, McCredie, Carley, Luzon, Sage, Patterson, Coolide, Gravel, Plymouth, Colbia, Mottinger, Tomar, Yellepit, Hoover and Finley. He also reports the track is being blasted as fast as laid."


Source:    "Morning Oregonian", July 25, 1907, courtesy Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, 2019.

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Clark, October 29, 1805 ...



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*River Miles [RM] are approximate, in statute miles, and were determined from USGS topo maps, obtained from NOAA nautical charts, or obtained from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website, 2003

Sources:
  • Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, 2019;
  • Hitchman, R., 1985, "Place Names of Washington", Washington State Historical Society;
  • Tacoma Public Library's "Washington Place Names" database, 2019;


All Lewis and Clark quotations from Gary Moulton editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals, University of Nebraska Press, all attempts have been made to type the quotations exactly as in the Moulton editions, however typing errors introduced by this web author cannot be ruled out; location interpretation from variety of sources, including this website author.
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