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... Multnomah County commissioners to undertake the project . The idea was approved , and in May 1910 , Philo Holbrook , the county surveyor , mapped out a wider road with grades not over 9 % , to cost some $ 150,000 . Beginning in the ...
... Multnomah County commissioners to undertake the project . The idea was approved , and in May 1910 , Philo Holbrook , the county surveyor , mapped out a wider road with grades not over 9 % , to cost some $ 150,000 . Beginning in the ...
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... Multnomah County commissioners and the Oregon legislature . Governor Os West's alliance with Sam Hill is described in the preceding chapter . Rufus Holman , later a U.S. Senator , was then a Multnomah County commissioner who introduced ...
... Multnomah County commissioners and the Oregon legislature . Governor Os West's alliance with Sam Hill is described in the preceding chapter . Rufus Holman , later a U.S. Senator , was then a Multnomah County commissioner who introduced ...
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... county surveyor , supervise the construc- tion . Holbrook considered Lancaster's plan too costly , based on his own ... Multnomah County road funds ran short in the fall of 1914 , so Lancas- ter and Yeon appealed to the sponsoring group ...
... county surveyor , supervise the construc- tion . Holbrook considered Lancaster's plan too costly , based on his own ... Multnomah County road funds ran short in the fall of 1914 , so Lancas- ter and Yeon appealed to the sponsoring group ...
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