[or-roots] Estacada Hotel and Log La Barre Hotel or La Bar Hotel circa 1904-1912

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Tom Tregoning wrote:

> I would appreciate any history about these hotels.  Are the hotel 
> registers available?  Etc. 

now, back to the original question, 65 years before the Safari Club --

Estacada "was founded in May 1905 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905> as 
a camp for workers building a hydroelectric 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity> dam on the nearby 
Clackamas River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clackamas_River> in order 
to supply Portland <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%2C_Oregon> 
with electricity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity>. At the 
time, the river [location] was relatively inaccessible by road, forcing 
the Oregon Power Railway Company 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Power_Railway_Company&action=edit> 
to build a railway to the vicinity of the river to transport crews to 
the river for the construction of the dam 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam>. 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 20th century 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century>, 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

Since both of Estacada's early hotels were destroyed by fire, probably 
no registers remain, but there are pictures:
     http://pdxhistory.com/html/estacada.html
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