Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Mt. Hood

A century and a half ago settlers traveled the Barlow Road around Oregon's Mt. Hood to get to the green and fertile Willamette Valley.  But the old farm equipment here is a reminder that some stayed on the dry east side of the mountains  to raise cattle and wheat.  

2 comments:

Helen said...

What a difficult life they had.

Stephanie said...

Nice shot and difficult times for those in the past.