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Tom Tregoning wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid45E0E2DA.2010305@w-link.net" type="cite">I would
appreciate any history about these hotels. Are the hotel registers
available? Etc.
</blockquote>
now, back to the original question, 65 years before the Safari Club --<br>
<br>
Estacada "was founded in May <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905" title="1905">1905</a> as a
camp for workers building a <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity"
title="Hydroelectricity">hydroelectric</a> dam on the nearby <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clackamas_River"
title="Clackamas River">Clackamas River</a> in order to supply <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%2C_Oregon"
title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a> with <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electricity</a>.
At the time, the river [location] was relatively inaccessible by road,
forcing the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Power_Railway_Company&action=edit"
class="new" title="Oregon Power Railway Company">Oregon Power Railway
Company</a> to build a railway to the vicinity of the river to
transport crews to the river for the construction of the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam" title="Dam">dam</a>.
After the construction of the Hotel Estacada, the town became a weekend
destination on the railroad line for residents of Portland. During the
week, the train carried freight and work crews to and from Portland. In
the early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century"
title="20th century">20th century</a>,
a trolley line connected the town with downtown Portland. The early
railroad history of the city is commemorated in a mural in downtown
near the town hall. Nowadays, the railway line has been removed; and
there is no rail service to Estacada any more." -- Wikipedia<br>
<br>
Since both of Estacada's early hotels were destroyed by fire, probably
no registers remain, but there are pictures:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pdxhistory.com/html/estacada.html">http://pdxhistory.com/html/estacada.html</a><br>
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