Romance of the Gateway Through the Cascade Range. This item is unavailable.Romance of the Gateway Through the Cascade Range

Staple bound book with golden ocher dust jacket over wraps has light wear to the edges. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket has wear to the edges with a couple small closed tears. A little light general surface soiling. Book has been placed in a protective bag with acid-free board backer. Name stamps from the late Oregon House Representative Richard L. Neuberger on inside of front cover. 7 x 10.25 inches. 32 Pages. Samuel Christopher Lancaster was an engineer and landscape architect, most famous for his work on the Columbia River Highway. He was born in 1864 in Magnolia, Mississippi and died from leukemia in 1941. He came to Oregon in 1908 and was hired by Sam Hill to design his experimental roads at Maryhill in 1909. He did a plan for the campus of Linfield College before beginning supervision of the Columbia River Highway in 1913. He also promoted Crown Point as the site of an observatory.