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Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2013]

1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9780870717178 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780870717161 (alk. paper)

Print version: Durbin, Kathie. Bridging a great divide : the battle for the Columbia River Gorge. Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2013] xiii, 312 pages ISBN 9780870717161

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: the gift in our back yard -- The vision -- Hardly wilderness -- Watchdogs -- Saving Steigerwald -- Balancing act -- The launch -- Writing the rules -- Early friction -- The too-tall house -- Fear and loathing -- Land rush -- Oregon pushback -- A pile of rocks -- Time to amend -- Great debates -- Showdown at Lyle Point -- A destination resort -- Rails to trails -- The haze curtain -- Logging loopholes -- The casino deal -- Whistling Ridge -- Restoring a legacy -- Rebuilding a historic highway -- The recreation challenge -- Cape Horn convergence -- A river unleashed -- A quarter-century -- The fight continues.

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