Hood River County (Or.) collection [manuscript], 1926, 1939.

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Hood River County (Or.) collection [manuscript], 1926, 1939.

Materials assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to Hood River County, Oregon. Contains two U.S. Forest Service pamphlets: "Mount Hood Loop Highway log : Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon," circa 1926; and "Clackamas River Ranger District," 1939.

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