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Identifier ORU_WTXT_021l http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,138
Title page 10
Relation The Columbia River Highway
Date 2004-06-17
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Format Scanned from original document using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned image saved as 16 bit grayscale tiff. 213,204 bytes 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - grayscale Omnipage 14.0 used to OCR 8 bit greyscale tiff and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit greyscsale tiff edited in Photoshop 6.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted for contrast, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEG created.
Description owing to inaccessibility. The road problem is therefore a vital factor in inducing settlement of this great territory and until Messrs. Benson, Yeon, and Lancaster diverted attention to this form of development many sections were without communication with the outside world. Approximately $6,000,000 was expended during 1915 on road work in the State of Oregon. John B. Yeon, roadmaster for Multnomah county, donates his services and pays his own expenses. So highly appreciated is that part of...

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