FIRST - white men to see the snow clad peak...Mt. Hood, Oregon
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Rose Red
N 45° 32.278 W 122° 22.517
10T E 548774 N 5042904
On October 30, 1792...the boat crew from the HMS Chatham (Vancouver’s voyage) were the first white men to sight the snow clad peak which Lt. Wm R. Broughton named Mt. Hood.
Waymark Code: WMHK2
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2006
Views: 18
Alongside the road there is a historical signpost reading, “On October 30, 1792 off the point in the Columbia River where the Sandy River empties its waters, the boat crew from the HMS Chatham (Vancouver’s voyage) were the first white men to sight the snow clad peak which Lt. Wm R. Broughton named Mt. Hood in honor of Vice Admiral Samuel Lord Hood of the British Navy. He called the stream Barings River. In November 1805 Lewis and Clark called it the Quicksand River. Still later by common use it became the Sandy River.” The historic signpost is located next to the Crown Point Highway Bridge across the Sandy River at Sandy River Mile 3.
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