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Lindsey Creek, Oregon.
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Lindsey Creek, Lindsey Creek Falls, Harrison Falls, and Lindsey Pond ...
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Lindsey Creek was named for John Lindsey, an early homesteader. The creek heads at North Lake and flows northeast into the Columbia River at Lindsey Pond, 2.5 miles north of Mount Defiance. The mouth is located at Columbia River Mile (RM) 159.
Lindsey Creek Falls is 50 feet high with two drops, the longest being 40 feet. The falls is located at the 396-foot elevation.
Harrison Falls, also known as "Lower Lindsey Creek Falls", is a lower falls along Lindsey Creek. This falls drops 64 feet in four tiers. Harrison Falls is located about 450 feet upstream from where Interstate 84 crosses Lindsey Creek.
Lindsey Pond is separated from the Columbia by a levee for the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
Upstream of Lindsey Creek is Wonder Creek and Lancaster Falls, Warren Creek and Hole-In-The-Wall Falls and Starvation Creek, Falls, and State Park. Downstream is Summit Creek and Falls and Shellrock Mountain.
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Lindsey Creek Drainage ...
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According to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program's website (2014), there are nineteen small rivers and creeks entering the Columbia River between the Bonneville Dam and Hood River, with the three largest drainages being Eagle Creek, Phelps Creek, and Herman Creek.
Lindsey Creek is a small 4.0-mile-long creek located upstream of Herman Creek and downstream of Phelps Creek. The upper 3/4 of Lindsey Creek is perennial with its headwaters being in North Lake and Bear Lake. Lindsey Creek's mouth is an impounded pond formed by railroad fill.
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Lewis and Clark and Lindsey Creek Falls ...
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On October 30, 1805, Captain Clark wrote about four cascades on the Oregon side while traveling down the Columbia River above the Starvation Creek and Wind Mountain.
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"... Saw 4 Cascades caused by Small Streams falling from the mountains on the Lard. Side ..."
[Clark, October 30, 1805]
The possiblities for those four falls are - upstream to downstream in a two-mile stretch - Starvation Creek and Falls, Cabin Creek and Falls, Warren Creek and Hole-In-The-Wall Falls, Wonder Creek and Lancaster Falls, Lindsey Creek and Lindsey Creek Falls or Harrison Falls, and Summit Creek and Summit Creek Falls or Camp Benson Falls.
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Early Lindsey Creek ...
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According to Oregon Geographic Names (McArthur and McArthur, 2003):
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"This stream east of Wyeth is reported to have been named for one John Lindsey, who took up a claim near the creek. Lindsey is said to have taken part in the battle at the Cascades in 1856, and was wounded therein. He was at one time a fireman on one of the river steamers. The Union Pacific Railroad had a station named Lindsey nearby in the 1930s."
The 1881 Cadastral Survey map (tax survey) shows Lindsey Creek but it is not named.
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names made "Lindsey Creek" the official name in 1995.
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Lindsey Creek State Park and Old Wagon Road Historical Area ...
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Lindsey Creek State Park:
"The first land in this park was 19.5 acres at a cost of $6,000, transferred to the Parks Division from the Right of Way Division. It was part of a tract purchased from Dan and Ruth Harper on November 17, 1943. Four additional tracts were acquired, one of which was a gift of 4.71 acres from Ruby Wells Mead on September 25, 1951, and the other three, containing a total of 110.8 acres, were transferred to the Parks from the Right of Way Division. The park contained a total of 135.01 acres at the close of 1963."
Source:
Chester H. Armstrong (compiler), 1965, "History of the Oregon State Parks: 1917-1963, published by Oregon State Parks.
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Historic Columbia River Highway ...
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- HMP 55.75 ... Lindsey Creek Bridge (1916)
- HMP 56.50 ... Warren Creek Bridge (1916)
- HMP 57 ... Starvation Creek/Starvation Creek State Park
- Lindsey Creek Bridge (1916):
"Reinforced concrete slab span, 18 feet in length. Destroyed about 1950."
[National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, 1983]
- Warren Creek Bridge (1916):
"Reinforced concrete slab span, with 60 degree skew, 18 feet in length. Destroyed about 1950."
[National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, 1983]
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Lindsey Inn ...
Lindsey Inn was one of the Historic Columbia River Highway roadhouses which flourished along the Highway in the early 1900s.
Lindsey Inn
and
Garage
56 Miles from Portland and 12 Miles from Hood River
Summer Camp for the Outing Season
Meals, Soft Drinks, Cigars, etc.
TIRES OILS GASOLINE REPAIRS
SERVICE CAR
A.W. MOHR, Proprietor
Phone Lindsey
Source:
Advertisement appearing in "Official Columbia Highway Tour", 1916, Published by The Scenic Tours Company, Portland, Oregon.
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Harrison Falls and the Harrison Auto Camp ...
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From Bryan Swan, "waterfallsnorthwest.com" website (2013):
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"... Early postcards have this waterfall captioned as "Harrison Falls", or "Harrison Falls near Harrison Auto Camp, Columbia River Highway". I suspect this is simply a historic unofficial naming. ..."
From Doug Gorsline, "ashcreekimages.com" website (2013):
- "... This waterfall was called Harrison Falls early in the 20th century. After the original Columbia River Scenic Highway was built, a number of auto camps were built along the new road. The one that operated at Lindsey Creek was known as Harrison's Auto Camp. No trace of it remains. ... "
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Lindsey Creek State Park in 1965 ...
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LINDSEY CREEK STATE PARK
Lindsey Creek State Park is located on the south side of Columbia River Highway (Interstate 80N), 14 miles west of the city of Hood River in Hood River County.
The first land in this park was 19.5 acres at a cost of $6,000, transferred to the Parks Division from the Right of Way Division. It was part of a tract purchased from Dan and Ruth Harper on November 17, 1943. Four additional tracts were acquired, one of which was a gift of 4.71 acres from Ruby Wells Mead on September 25, 1951, and the other three, containing a total of 110.8 acres, were transferred to the Parks from the Right of Way Division. The park contained a total of 135.01 acres at the close of 1963.
Preservation of the aesthetic value of that portion of the Columbia River Gorge prompted acquisition of the park land.
The Highway Commission gave to the Corps of Engineers, in February, 1940, the flowage rights of that portion of the park which would be covered by backwater from Bonneville Dam.
The park was named for Lindsey Creek which flows into the Columbia River at the park. McArthur says the stream is reported to have been named for one John Lindsey, who took up a claim near the creek. Lindsey was at one time a fireman on one of the river steamers.
Improvements consist of a small roadside picnic area with tables, stoves, benches, water and sanitary facilities. Overnight camping facilities have not been provided.
Attendance during 1962 totaled 38,628 day visitors. No count was made in 1963."
Source:
Chester H. Armstrong (compiler), 1965, "History of the Oregon State Parks: 1917-1963, published by Oregon State Parks.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, October 30, 1805 ...
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