Timberline could have been a gaudy skyscraper (Part 1 of 2)
HIGH UP ON the side of Mount Hood, Timberline Lodge has over the years become an Oregon icon. But ...
Offbeat Oregon History podcast · Finn J.D. John
November 20, 20258m 29s
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HIGH UP ON the side of Mount Hood, Timberline Lodge has over the years become an Oregon icon. Its rustic, WPA-financed design and construction strike most visitors as a good fit for the state’s general reputation for woodsy civility. But had it not been for a particularly persnickety U.S. Forest Service manager, Timberline might have looked a lot different... (Timberline Lodge, Clackamas County; 1920s, 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/20-08.timberline-lodge-skiway-bus.html)