This was posted today on Lionshead Fire facebook page: Resource Advisors (READs) worked with firefighters to wrap structures at Olallie Resort, ...

Look at the photo here It shows that there was a large building next to the store which doesn't appear on the inciweb photo. Also on Google Earth:...

Looks like a pile of debris to the left of the ranger station. I wonder if that's the outhouse.

Here's what that powerline tower looked like before:

Kirk, it probably says PNWPSCO, for Pacific Northwest Public Services Company, one of PGE's many company names (1930-32). Apparently it was a holding...

There's also a bit of info about Davis Ranch of page 64 of the book "Estacada." Doesn't give it's precise location, saying that it was a 160-acre hom...

Rob, you should take a look at the history of PGE on the Clackamas. Most of your questions are answered there. It mentions Davis Ranch, the general ...

Davis Ranch and Oak Grove Ranger Station were two different places, according to the 1916 USGS Estacada map: That's all I know about it.

I heard that they started the tunnel at the north end somewhere near Harriet Lake. There are lots of interesting photos in that OHS collection. I ...

Wow, Kirk, you've been busy doing research! These are good finds. Thanks for posting them. It's sobering to think what the Clackamas country would ...

Thanks for your stories. Really interesting! There's nothing quite like someone's personal account to help us understand what it was like at the tim...

According to USFS reports at these projects appear to be part of an emergency radio communication system. There's no mention of Verizon or cell phon...

Between two and three feet. Here's a close-up of the outlet creek (including the remains of the trail boardwalk) to give a better idea of the height ...

Doing a little research recently I learned that this trail is actually the west end of the Scorpion Mtn trail, if the trail log is to be believed. Th...