Cascades Railroad

[1] Francis A. Chenoweth built a wooden tramway using mules on the north bank of the river in 1851.

He sold the tram way to Daniel and Putnam Bradford who incorporated it as the Cascades Railroad.

The Great Flood of 1862 (which began in November 1861) swept away the tramway.

It was rebuilt as railroad by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company and returned to operation with two steam locomotives named "ANN" and "BETSY" on April 20, 1863.

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