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Fulton Ridge, Mount Hood, and Wishram, Washington, in the spring.
Looking down on Wishram from Washington State Highway 14. Mount Hood shows through Fairbanks Water Gap and the Oregon Trunk Line bridge is in the middleground. Fulton Ridge is the long ridge on the left.
Image taken May 24, 2005.
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Fulton Ridge ...
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Fulton Ridge is the large Columbia River Basalt flow located between Fairbanks Gap, Celilo Park and the Deschutes River, at Columbia River Mile (RM) 202. Good views can be had while driving Interstate 84, or on the Washington side from Highway 14 near Wishram.
The ridge is a flow of Columbia River Basalt which erupted in fissure eruptions over between 17 and 5.5 million years ago. The ridge was named in 1965 by USGS employee R.E. Newcomb, after the Fulton family who settled in Oregon in 1847 still farm in the area today.
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Views of Fulton Ridge ...
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Basalt Flow upstream of Celilo Park, Oregon.
View from Washington State Highway 14 looking at the basalt cliff face of Fulton Ridge. The Deschutes River is in the background, left.
Image taken May 24, 2005.
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Basalt Flow between the Deschutes River and Celilo Park, Oregon.
Image taken May 24, 2005.
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East portal, train tunnel through Columbia River Basalt Flow.
View heading west on Interstate 84, between the Deschutes River and Celilo Park, Oregon.
Image taken October 2, 2006.
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Early Fulton area ...
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Fulton Ridge and nearby Fulton Canyon, and the historic town of Fultonville, were all named after the Col. James Fulton and his family who settled in Oregon in 1847. The Fulton family eventually ended up in Fulton Canyon near the Deschutes River. The small community of Fultonville sprang up about a mile east of the Deschutes with Col. Fulton the postmaster of the Fultonville Post Office (1882 to 1886). According to Oregon Geographic Names (McArthur and McArthur, 2003) "Fulton Canyon" was named for Col. Fulton's son, John Fulton, who took up a claim there in 1878. "Frank Fulton Canyon", which comes into Fulton Canyon from the east about a mile south of the Columbia River, was named for another of Col. Fulton's sons. "Mud Hollow", the next canyon to the east, was once called "Dave Fulton Canyon" after a third son of Col. Fulton.
Fulton Ridge was then named in 1965 after the family.
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names made "Fulton Ridge" official in 1966 and "Fulton Canyon" official in 1976. Previously Fulton Canyon was also known as "Eaton Canyon". The Board made "Frank Fulton Canyon" official in 1977.
Early historical names in the area was the locale of "Fultonville", also known as "Miller" or "Ainsworth". The "Miller Post Office" was also known as the "Fultonville Post Office".
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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