"Sumate Prairie"

"Sumate Prairie" (HM24EW)

Location: Government Camp, OR 97028 Clackamas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 17.132', W 121° 44.248'

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from an emigrant's journal original spelling

Imagine feeding your hungry children and skinny ox teams whottleberries here. Helping you spouse repair your tired wagon for tomorrow's dreaded drop down Laurel Hill. Rain clouds gather around Mount Hood's peak. More storms coming. And they say the road gets even worse...
Summit Meadows — originally called Summit Prairie provided a welcome pause to Oregon Trail pioneers. For days they had endured steep rocky ground, downed trees and constant stream crossings.
An original gathering place for Native American Indians, in 1866 squatter Perry Vickers built the first log cabin here which became another tollgate. By 1905 a large wooden structure known as Summit House, a cedar shake tipi, a barn and corral occupied this clearing. The meadow eventually became a popular camping spot for Willamette Valley recreationalists.

"Drove to the Summit Prairie. Found plenty of grass in the Second Prairie." (now Trillium Lake) — Orange Gaylord - 185?

Very little good grass for our cattle tonight, but plenty of sour mountain grass (meadow rushes)." — E.W. Conyers — 1852

"Mount Hood stands just north of our camp, with its lofty, white dome penetrating the ethereal (?) as if it had sworn to remain an eternal barrier to the clouds..." — John Tully Kearns, Emigrant of 1853
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HM NumberHM24EW
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Placed ByMt. Hood National Forest, U.S. Forest Service
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, January 7th, 2018 at 1:03pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 599011 N 5015445
Decimal Degrees45.28553333, -121.73746667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 17.132', W 121° 44.248'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 17' 7.9200000000001" N, 121° 44' 14.88" W
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Area Code(s)503
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 32647 E Perry Vickers Rd, Government Camp OR 97028, US
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