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HISTORIC
OREGON TRAIL
BEACON ROCK
THE PROMINENT MONOLITH ACROSS
THE RIVER WAS NAMED BEACON ROCK
BY LEWIS AND CLARK NOVEMBER 2
1805. IT MARKED. THE BEGINNING
OF TIDEWATER FOR EARLY RIVER
EXPLORERS WHO USED IT FOR A
LANDMARK IN THEIR JOURNEYS.
THE INDIANS SAY THAT WHEN THE
CHINOOK WINDS BLOW SOFTLY UP
THE RIVER ONE CAN HEAR THE
WAILINGS OF UNHAPPY BEAUTIFUL
WAHATPOLITAN, THE INDIAN MAID
WHO CLIMBED THE ROCK AND
PERISHED WITH HER CHILD WHEN
GIVEN TO A CHIEF OTHER THAN
THE ONE SHE LOVED
17-113 Historic Beacon Rock along the Columbia River Hwy.
Sawyers
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