Answer: Lost Surveyor Th e bridge pictured is the Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge on Highway 97 between Madras and Terrebonne. It was completed in 2000 and was the fi rst bridge in the U.S. to be constructed using cast-in-place segmental construction methods. It is one of three bridges spanning the Crooked River Gorge at this location. Th e bridge is named for Colonel Rex Barber, an Oregonian, and decorated WWII Army Air Corps ace who is credited with shooting down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (the architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor) during a top secret mission in 1943. Colonel Barber died in 2001 in Terrebonne. He received many decorations during his time in combat including achieving Ace status (with fi ve or more confi rmed kills), the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars with oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart and numerous Air Medals. Th e 1926 brass disk is located on the Crooked River (High) Bridge which was the original highway bridge and was completed that same year. Th e bridge was designed by renowned Oregon Department of Transportation bridge engineer Conde B. McCullough who is best known for his designs of many Oregon coastal bridges. Th e Crooked River (High) Bridge is located just downstream from the Barber Bridge. It is now a pedestrian bridge, off ering great views of the river canyon and the railroad bridge (was completed in 1911) which also crosses the Crooked River Gorge in this area. Th e Crooked River (High) Bridge is the site of one of the most heinous and notorious murders in Oregon’s recent history. Th e crime led to the only death row conviction of a woman in Oregon. Th at sentence was later commuted to life in prison and she was then paroled in 1985. Located at the south end of the bridges is Peter Skene Odgen State Scenic Viewpoint. Peter Skene Odgen led a colorful, and, at times, violent life as a fur trader and explorer for Northwest Company and Hudson’s Bay Company. In 1825, Ogden led a Hudson’s Bay trapping party through the area. His business dealings and adventures led him to explore much of British Columbia and the western U.S. which now includes parts of seven states. In 1847 Odgen, working on orders from the Hudson’s Bay Company, negotiated the release of 49 settlers who were held by the Cause and Umatilla Indians aft er the Whitman massacre near Walla Walla. He eventually retired to Oregon City, Ore. where he died in 1854. He is interred at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oregon City. Check out these sites on your next trip along Oregon’s Highway 97. ◉ PROFESSIONAL LISTINGS It’s time to market your business! Advertise in the Oregon Surveyor Contact Dan Hartzog at LLM Publications: 800-647-1511 x2229 • danh@llm.com
PLSO Issue 1 2015 Jan_Feb
To see the actual publication please follow the link above