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The Barlow Road (at inception, Mount Hood Road) is a historic road in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon. It was built in 1846 by Sam Barlow and Philip Foster, with authorization of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon, and served as the last overland segment of the Oregon Trail. Its construction allowed covered wagons to cross the Cascade Range and reach the Willamette Valley, which had previously been nearly impossible. Even so, it was by far the most harrowing 100 miles (160 km) of the nearly 2,000-mile (3,200 km) Oregon Trail.

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  • The Barlow Road (at inception, Mount Hood Road) is a historic road in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon. It was built in 1846 by Sam Barlow and Philip Foster, with authorization of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon, and served as the last overland segment of the Oregon Trail. Its construction allowed covered wagons to cross the Cascade Range and reach the Willamette Valley, which had previously been nearly impossible. Even so, it was by far the most harrowing 100 miles (160 km) of the nearly 2,000-mile (3,200 km) Oregon Trail. Before the opening of the Barlow Road, pioneers traveling by land from the east followed the Oregon Trail to Wascopam Mission (now The Dalles) and floated down the Columbia River to Fort Vancouver, then a perilous and expensive journey. It was also possible to drive livestock over Lolo Pass on the north side of Mount Hood, but that trail was too rugged for vehicles and unsuitable for wagons. A trading post (allowed by the Department of War) had been built where river crossings could be made along with the disassembly of wagons to make rafts suitable for floating down the remainder of the Columbia. The Barlow Road begins at Wascopam Mission and heads south to Tygh Valley (some consider Tygh Valley the origin), then turns west and roughly parallels the White River on the north and then west, crosses the south shoulder of Mount Hood at Barlow Pass, follows and the Sandy River for some way, and finally leads to Oregon City. The road was rendered largely irrelevant in the early 1900s by the construction of the Mount Hood Highway. It still exists as a dirt road in some places, while many other parts have been paved over by newer streets and highways. (en)
  • La route Barlow (anglais : Barlow Road), à l'origine nommée route du mont Hood (anglais : Mount Hood Road), est une route historique dans ce qui est maintenant l'État américain de l'Oregon. Elle a été construite en 1846 par Sam Barlow — dont elle tire son nom moderne — et , avec l'autorisation de la . Elle a servi de dernier segment terrestre de la piste de l'Oregon, soit les derniers 160 kilomètres sur les 3 200 kilomètres de la piste. Sa construction a permis aux caravanes de chariots bâchés des colons de franchir la chaîne des Cascades et d'atteindre la vallée de la Willamette, chose qui était précédemment presque impossible. Avant l'ouverture de la route Barlow, les pionniers voyageaient par voie terrestre en provenance de l'est, suivant la piste de l'Oregon jusqu'à la « Mission Wascopam » — qui est désormais la ville de The Dalles — et passaient par le fleuve Columbia jusqu'à Fort Vancouver, ce qui était à l'époque un voyage périlleux et coûteux. Il était possible de faire passer du bétail par la Lolo Pass sur le côté nord du mont Hood, mais ce sentier était trop rude pour les véhicules et donc inadaptées pour les caravanes. La route Barlow commence à The Dalles vers le sud à , puis tourne vers l'ouest parallèlement à la , puis vers le nord-ouest en traversant la chaîne des Cascades au sud du mont Hood à la pour rejoindre la rivière Sandy et finalement Oregon City. Dans le début des années 1900, la route a été rendue en grande partie obsolète par la construction de l'. (fr)
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  • Oregon, USA (en)
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  • Route of the Barlow Road ; some consider the yellow route from The Dalles as part of the road (en)
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  • Barlow Road (en)
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  • God never made a mountain but what He provided a place for man to go over or around it. (en)
  • The construction of the Barlow Road contributed more towards the prosperity of the Willamette Valley and the future State of Oregon, than any other achievement prior to the building of the railways in 1870. (en)
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  • —Matthew Deady, Oregon's first federal judge (en)
  • —Sam Barlow, while awaiting a Columbia River boat, contemplated an overland road. (en)
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  • The Barlow Road (at inception, Mount Hood Road) is a historic road in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon. It was built in 1846 by Sam Barlow and Philip Foster, with authorization of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon, and served as the last overland segment of the Oregon Trail. Its construction allowed covered wagons to cross the Cascade Range and reach the Willamette Valley, which had previously been nearly impossible. Even so, it was by far the most harrowing 100 miles (160 km) of the nearly 2,000-mile (3,200 km) Oregon Trail. (en)
  • La route Barlow (anglais : Barlow Road), à l'origine nommée route du mont Hood (anglais : Mount Hood Road), est une route historique dans ce qui est maintenant l'État américain de l'Oregon. Elle a été construite en 1846 par Sam Barlow — dont elle tire son nom moderne — et , avec l'autorisation de la . Elle a servi de dernier segment terrestre de la piste de l'Oregon, soit les derniers 160 kilomètres sur les 3 200 kilomètres de la piste. Sa construction a permis aux caravanes de chariots bâchés des colons de franchir la chaîne des Cascades et d'atteindre la vallée de la Willamette, chose qui était précédemment presque impossible. (fr)
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  • Barlow Road (en)
  • Route Barlow (fr)
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  • Barlow Road (en)
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