Mount Hood History

08/29/2026

Have you ever wondered about the Junker Building in Sandy?

Here's the story of Caspar Junker.

Discover how Sandy’s 1913 fire led Caspar Junker to construct the city’s first reinforced-concrete commercial building in 1914.

07/30/2026

Samuel K. Barlow - The Man behind the Barlow Trail over the south shoulder of Mount Hood.

Learn the story of Samuel K. Barlow, the Oregon pioneer whose wagon road around Mount Hood became the final overland leg of the Oregon Trail

07/19/2026

The Mount Hood Loop Highway short movie. There are some great video clips in here that show the old road.

05/18/2026

Discover the history of Zigzag Oregon.

The history of Zigzag, Oregon, from Indigenous trails to the Barlow Road, early settlement, and Mount Hood Loop Highway.

05/16/2026

Government Camp taken around 1950. This is scanned from a negative from my collection.

03/03/2026

Hello my friends.

Some of you are aware that I'm a local Mount Hood area historian. I also am enthusiastic about our Mt Hood Cultural Center and Museum in Government Camp Oregon.

I have come across a beautiful, restored "Mt Hood Loop" neon sign. The sign is early, perhaps the 1920's to 1930's during the peak of enthusiasm about touring the new Mt Hood Loop Highway.
The sign's cost is $3000. I feel confident that if I can get enough folks to chip in, we can acquire this beautiful piece of Mount Hood's history.

Thank you so much or your support.

Gary

https://www.gofundme.com/f/historic-neon-sign-for-mt-hood-cultural-center-museum/cl/o?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_tc-amp20_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US&attribution_id=sl%3Accc7d9e1-4f8f-4794-89ec-0cd33bad29c0&ts=1772500237