elebrating 100 Yea C rs The Historic Columbia River JUNE 11 – Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade, SEPTEMBER 18 – Lantern Slide Show, Portland, OR Maryhill Museum of Art, WA Highway (Historic Route 30) turns This historic parade started a few years Using vintage projectors, more than 100 hand before the Historic Highway was dedicated in colored glass slides from the collection 100 in 2016. A “Centennial Season 1916. Enjoy the fun and festivities. of the Oregon Historical Society will be www.rosefestival.org shown at 2 p.m. of Celebration” invites visitors www.maryhillmuseum.org from around the world to honor JUNE 11 – Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (WAAAM) Action Day, SEPTEMBER 18 – Gorgeous Relay, one of the most significant, scenic Hood River, OR Cascade Locks, OR The Centennial Celebration will be the theme Participants will run 60 miles from Cascade and historic highways ever built. for the “action day” at WAAAM as they fly Locks to the heart of Portland. Experience and drive antiques. the Historic Columbia River Highway as it The Columbia River Highway, hailed www.waaamuseum.org winds past waterfalls, creeks and forests. “King of Roads,” was officially www.gorgeousseries.com/gr.html JUNE 18 – 10 th Annual Gorge Ride dedicated on June 7, 1916, with The route will extend from the Columbia SEPTEMBER 23 – Dinner and Lecture Series Gorge Discovery Center to the Senator at the Discovery Center, The Dalles, OR a dazzling affair that drew the atten- Mark O. Hatfield West Trailhead and back. Dr. Tim Davis will speak about National tion of the nation and the world. www.hcrh.org/events Park roads and the Historic Columbia River Highway at the Columbia Gorge Discovery JUNE 18 – Columbia River Highway Lecture, Center & Museum. Dinner at 6 p.m., program This year, you are invited to Maryhill Museum of Art, WA at 7 p.m.; fee and registration required. Attend a lecture about the Columbia River www.gorgediscovery.org explore and rediscover the historic Highway with Author Peg Willis, Building the Columbia River highway: They Said It SEPTEMBER 24 – Historic State Trail highway. Take a drive, hike or Couldn’t Be Done. 2 p.m. Dedication at Starvation Creek, OR www.maryhillmuseum.org This new segment of the Historic Highway bike, view magnificent waterfalls State Trail system is located between Lindsey Creek and Starvation Creek near and vistas, visit communities JULY 4 – Celebration and Concert in the Park, Hood River and will only be accessible to Washougal, WA along the way, and participate in Celebrate with music, food, and fireworks cyclists and walkers. Elected officials, com- local events. starting at 4:30 p.m. at Marina Park. munity leaders, Gorge residents and outdoor July visitwashougal.com/events/ enthusiasts will celebrate the opening. www.HistoricHighway.org th The following events are planned JULY 15 – 100 Anniversary of the Eagle Creek SEPTEMBER 24 to October 31 – as a way to celebrate the Historic Recreation Area, OR Gorge Bingo Challenge Celebrate the oldest campground within Friends of the Gorge will host a nature Highway’s centennial and educate the U.S. Forest Service in the country. inspired bingo challenge to get you and www.fs.usda.gov/crgnsa your friends to enjoy the scenic beauty Gorge visitors about the history of the Gorge. JULY 23 – Summerfest, Troutdale, OR www.gorgefriends.org of this scenic area. Some events This annual family-friendly event will be require a fee, so please visit focused on the 100-year celebration of the SEPTEMBER 30 and October 1 – Oktoberfest, Historic Highway and will include an antique Washougal, WA the websites to learn more before car tour and grand parade. Join the fun, grab your commemorative beer westcolumbiagorgechamber.com/trout- stein and enjoy German food, local brews visiting. dale-summerfest-2015/ and music at the Oktoberfest at Washougal Reflection Plaza. To learn about our season of celebration, including JULY 23 – Friends of the Historic Columbia visitwashougal.com/events/ River Highway Antique Car Tour Remember Restore Reconnect the events listed below, visit historichighway.org A parade of antique cars will travel from Troutdale to the Gorge Discovery Center, in OCTOBER 1 and 2 – Car is King and Maryhill Constructed between 1913 and 1922, the Over the past 30 years, incredible work has Historic Highway segments are finding new Hood River stopping in towns along the way. Arts Festival, Maryhill Museum of Art, WA Historic Columbia River Highway was been done to restore the Historic Highway life as a state trail. www.hcrh.org Celebrate Sam Hill’s love of roads, the automobile and the arts during this two-day America’s first scenic highway; taking full to the glory days of the 1920s. Only 10 miles of Historic Highway between JULY 23 – Mosier Parade, Mosier, OR Oct. festival devoted to creativity in all its forms. advantage of the Columbia River Gorge’s natural This community-focused event—celebrating Drive the Maryhill Loops Road (only allowed By the 1950s, the initial construction of a Cascade Locks and Hood River await beauty. Upon completion it was referred to Calendar the Historic Highway’s role in Mosier’s twice per year) and attend a car show at water-level route (now Interstate 84) through reconnection as a state trail. Five of the past, present and future—will include the Maryhill Museum of Art featuring autos 1945 as the “King of Roads.” The Historic Columbia and older in celebration of the highway’s the Gorge began. The Gorge is a difficult remaining 10 miles are anticipated for antique car tour, parade and after party picnic. River Highway showed America how roads centennial. place to build roads, with limited space completion in 2018. www.maryhillmuseum.org could and should be designed—with nature of Events AUGUST 7 – Bridge of the Gods Half Marathon between the mountains, river and railroad, and scenic beauty in mind. The final five miles of the State Trail waits for and 10K, Cascade Locks, OR OCTOBER 1 to NOVEMBER 15 – The Historic which led to the destruction of the Historic The half marathon and 10K will take runners Columbia River Highway through the Eyes of funding; costly obstacles to this reconnection th Highway; leaving abandoned or disconnected APRIL 22 to 24 – 37 Annual Northwest across the exciting and scenic Bridge of Young Artists, Maryhill Museum of Art, WA include Mitchell Point and Ruthton Point. Cherry Festival, The Dalles, OR Aug. the Gods before connecting with the Students of all ages through the region segments. Celebrate the spectacular Columbia River Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail. However, once these last five miles are are invited to exhibit works of art inspired Gorge and the deep agricultural ties www.bridgeofthegodsrun.com by the Historic Columbia River Highway. Local agencies and community groups have completed, bicyclists will be able to bike the April in The Dalles with a parade, race, local www.MaryhillMuseum.org worked hard to restore existing segments beautiful Gorge without dangerous interactions music and cherry sampling. AUGUST 27 – Portland Women’s Forum State www.thedalleschamber.com/northwest- Scenic Viewpoint Celebration, Corbett, OR for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. with Interstate 84 traffic. OCTOBER 9 – On the Road in Washington: cherry-festival/ Celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Historic Roads and Sam Hill, Maryhill Museum Historic Highway from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. of Art, WA at an official ceremony with current MAY 7 – Poetry Workshop: Inspired by Roads, Explore the remarkable role Sam Hill played Multnomah County Commissioners, Historic Maryhill Museum of Art, WA in the development of roads in the Northwest, Highway Advisory Committee, and local Participants will create poems based on this including the Historic Highway. 1–4 p.m. dignitaries; historic displays; music; local majestic byway using historic photographs as www.maryhillmuseum.org artwork; and more. Revel inspiration. 1–4 p.m.; free, registration required. May www.portlandwomensforum.com/ Celebrate the Historic Columbia River Highway (and its new life as a state trail) along with historichighway.org www.maryhillmuseum.org OCTOBER 21 – Dinner and Lecture Series at our partners and sponsors. Look inside for celebration opportunities throughout the Gorge. the Discovery Center, The Dalles, OR SEPTEMBER 9 – Dinner and Lecture Series at Tom Garnier will discuss the Mayerdale Mansion on the Historic Columbia River JUNE 7 – Pictorial Postmarks, the Discovery Center, The Dalles, OR Robert Hadlow (ODOT), will speak about the Highway. Dinner at 6 p.m., program at Multnomah Falls, OR 7 p.m.; fee and registration required. The Bridal Veil Post Office will establish a History of the Historic Columbia River Highway www.gorgediscovery.org temporary philatelic station and offer two Sept. at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & June pictorial postmarks commemorating the Museum. Dinner at 6 p.m., program at 7 p.m.; OCTOBER 23 – Columbia Gorge Marathon and 100th Anniversary of the Historic Columbia fee and registration required. www.gorgediscovery.org Half Marathon, OR River Highway at Multnomah Falls and the Run along the Historic Columbia River Vista House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mail-in Highway with colorful fall foliage, water- request for postmarking will be offered SEPTEMBER 10 – Tour of the Gorge Friends of the Historic Columbia River Gorge falls and amazing vistas. Pass through by the Bridal Veil Post Office until Aug. 12. and Architectural Heritage Center will host Mosier and Rowena Crest Viewpoint. Postmaster, 1W Mill Rd., Bridal Veil, OR 97010 a tour of the Gorge. www.columbiagorgemarathon.com www.visitahc.org JUNE 7 – An Unveiling of Visionaries, Troutdale, OR NOVEMBER 5 – Family Fun and the Columbia To recognize and honor a pair of visionary SEPTEMBER 17 – Washougal Heritage Day, River Highway, Maryhill Museum of Art, WA men, Samuel Lancaster and Sam Hill, join Washougal, WA Celebrate the historic dedication of Maryhill Take a step back in time and visit demon- the unveiling of a new bronze monument Museum of Art 90 years ago and the stration booths of local historic interest and created by renowned artist Rip Caswell, with Nov.