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Man of the Mountain
Jan.—March 2014
Mt. Hood Area Booklet
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Lige Coalman:
Man of the Mountain
Elijah (Lige) Coalman was born at Sandy Nov. 6, 1880. His father, Stephen D. Coal-man, had crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852. His mother, Elizabeth Hartnett, died when her only child Lige was a year and a half old. His father’s pioneering spirit and the loss of his mother were two factors that shaped what Lige Coalman would become.
His widowed father became superintendent of the Mt. Hood-Barlow Toll Road, serv-ing in the position from 1862 until 1905. While just a small child, Lige became his fa-ther’s constant companion and sidekick.
In a 1929 interview with the Oregon Journal, Lige described his childhood, “I was carried to the timber line on Mt. Hood in my father’s arms when I was six months old. The old mountain was my boyhood playground.”
He went on to explain “from the time I was four years old, I rode on horseback with my father until I was old enough to ride a horse on my own.
“My father was an outdoor man. In the early ‘50s, he mined [for gold] in and around Jacksonville in Southern Oregon. Later he mined in Curry County. In 1851, he went to the Salmon River mines in Idaho.” The mining experience was before Lige was born.
He went on, “I traveled with father while I was a child, camping out in all sorts of weath-er, and as soon as I was large enough, I went to work on the highway [Barlow Road]. We used to charge $2 toll for a team, 75 cents for a man on horseback, 10 cents for each horse, five cents for cattle and two cents for sheep.”Lige also asserted that he knew Mt. Hood “like a well-thumbed book. It is my most intimate friend.”
In 1897 when Lige was 17 years old, he climbed to the summit of Mt. Hood with a group of Mazamas. It was the first of 586 trips to the top of Mt. Hood.
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MT HOOD SANDY STEELHEAD
Sandy Steelhead top local winter agenda
Winter is the season of the steelheader. When January rolls around you will find these
devoted souls huddled under gray skies and cold rain along the river bank, searching for
a little Sandy River steel. The warm season fishermen have dwindled with the cold until
only these rugged individuals remain. Their numbers reflect the size of the run. When
there are a lot of fishermen the word is out that fishing is good. When there are few….the
opposite is true.
2013: a steelheaders dream
If it seemed to you that there were more fishermen than
usual working the Sandy River for steelhead last winter,
you were right. Winter steelhead swarmed into the Sandy
in numbers not seen in about ten years, and steelheaders
lined the banks in numbers not seen in about ten years.
The question on everyone’s mind is will it happen again
this year?
It very well could. According to local biologists this year’s returning class found ocean
conditions similar to those that returned last year. It’s no slam dunk, but there is real opti-
mism for another splendid steelhead run.
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Mt. Hood was the first major peak on which a fire lookout was established. Coalman planned and, with the aid of a few others, built the cabin which remained for many years. “When the 12,000 lbs. of lumber and hardware had been cut to order and assem-bled, the problem was to get them to the top of the mountain, From Crater Rock, they
had to be packed on the back of men over the worst 3800 feet of the trail – up the loose rock slopes of Crater Rock, up the long arête, across the Big Crevasse, and thence up the last precipitous, ice-covered 500 feet to the top. Of the 14 husky men hired for the job, only five saw it through, the burden literally falling on Coalman.”
Lige enforced strict rules with the groups he guid-ed to the top of Mt. Hood, but his rules are what kept the climbers safe.
“One of the most unpleasant trips I ever made was in late November. A young couple, accompanied by a lady, a school teacher, persuaded me against my better judgment, to guide them to the summit. It was a long difficult climb because I had to cut steps in ice and the ropes and other summer equipment had been stored for the winter. We didn’t reach the summit until almost dusk.
“I saw a storm was coming on which would render the descent not only difficult but dangerous. I told the members we would camp in the lookout station overnight and at daylight we will go down to Government Camp.
“The school teacher said, ‘I have my reputation to consider, and I don’t intend to stay on top of Mt. Hood with strangers.’ I was the only stranger, and I assured her that I was married and was perfectly safe, but she said if we wouldn’t go down with her, she would slide down the mountain by herself,” Lige said.
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FLOATING THE LOWER SANDY
In January and February you really can’t
beat floating the lower river if you want to
catch steelhead. Its simple arithmetic: No
matter where the steelhead are eventually
going, either to the hatchery or the spawning
headwaters, they have to pass through the
lower Sandy.
This part of the river is home to Jack Glass, one of the best known and respected local
guides on the Sandy for the past three decades. Spending a day floating the Sandy with
Jack combines the excitement of catching steelhead with the
relaxing aspects of floating a scenic river. The wide, graceful
pools are surrounded by the beauty of a Cascade Mountains
river, with high bluffs, fir-covered hills, gravely riffles, and
sweet steelhead glides.
It’s water that Glass loves to fish by side-drifting, an easy tech-
nique that allows his clients to catch fish on their own, no mat-
ter their skill level. It’s also a light-line method, so the anglers
get to enjoy the fight to its full effect.
And then there are the steelhead. They are a long, silver fish
that run from five to ten pounds or more, and they mean busi-
ness. Hooking one of these fine fish is the highlight of any day
on the water, and when they hurl themselves from the river and shake their heads to dis-
lodge your lure you stop breathing for a bit. When you land one the rest of the day is pure
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Against his better judgment, they started down the mountain in the darkening even-ing. “When we struck Crater Rock, the bliz-zard broke, and for half an hour the freezing
sleet, like a silver thaw, made our clothes like steel armor, they were so stiff.
“I believe if the blizzard had lasted half an hour more none of us would have got out alive,” he said.
During his career, Lige Coalman operated a resort hotel at Government Camp. Coalman was married New Year’s Day 1910 to Elvira Nystrom and they had four children. He was struck in the chest by a rolling stone while repairing a telephone line and after that he could no longer live or work in the high alti-tudes.
Lige climbed the mountain for the last time in 1928. He began a career counseling youth with YMCA, first at Spirit Lake on Mt. St. Helens and later in California. His last visit to Sandy was in July 1969 to attend the Sandy Pioneer Association picnic. He died of pneu-monia in a Los Angeles rest home the next summer. The ashes of his remains were returned to his beloved Mt. Hood.
Reprinted from Sandy Pioneers, Early Settlers, and Barlow Road Days. Edited by Nancy Hoffman. For a more complete history, see The Story of Lige Coalman by Victor H. White, available at the Sandy Historical Museum gift shop.
by Nancy Hoffman
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Upper river steelheading
By late February and into March the
steelhead will pull into the upper river,
with the hatchery steelhead piling up in
every hole from Cedar Creek to Dodge
Park. If you want a steelhead for the grill
this is the reach to fish. Some anglers
float the river from the Revenue Bridge down to Dodge Park with pontoons or rafts, and
others hike in from the Sandy River Hatchery. If you would rather tangle with the river’s
wild steelhead, which you must release, try any of the local holes from Cedar Creek up to
the deadline at the mouth of the Salmon River.
Lower river anglers prefer side-drifting or pulling plugs. They also throw bobber and jigs
when the river is low. Bank anglers also fish bobber and jigs, and they also toss spinners
and drift gear.
The Sandy is immensely popular with fly fishermen, especially the guys sporting the two-
handed spey rods. They prefer the waters of the upper river, where the flows are strong-
er. Big spey flies with bright colors such as pink or chartreuse perform well.
Be forewarned. If you have never fished for steelhead you may find it challenging, right
up until you hook one. Then, the steelhead will have hooked you, and soon you will find
yourself freezing in the cold rain with the rest of us, all for the chance of hooking another.
It will be spring soon enough. The trout will start biting, and the mountain trails will clear
of snow. Until then the steelhead will reign, the monarchs of the winter months here in the
shadow of Mount Hood. They are out there right now, holding in the currents of the
Sandy River. They’ve come a long way to get here. It would be impolite not to greet them!
The last word: Always check the fishing regulations before you fish.
Guided trips: Team Hook Up guide service with Jack Glass: (503) 666-5370
Fly fishing trips: The Fly Fishing Shop in Welches, (503) 622-4607
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JUST NOT RIGHT WHAT A RIP OFF
I stopped at a local gas station that is on my route home, I gave the attendant one of my bank cards (had about $100.00 bal-ance) and said $30.00 Regular, the attendant handed my card back, your card was declined.
I told him there is money in that account can you run it manually he said No.
I stopped at the Bank, I was SHOCKED, This gas station Pre-Authorized my
card for $126.00 ALL I asked for was $30.00 worth. THIS IS A RIP OFF!
When I go to a retail store and purchase $30.00 worth of product do they say, By the way to make sure we get our money we are going to pre-authorize
your card for 5 X's the total amount. No They Do Not.
So why are the gas stations able to get away with this.
This is unfair & unjust, if this is there policy, ADD IT UP! How many people get gas a day X's $126.00 this is a serious amount of CASH FLOW.
This Borderlines discrimination against the poor, that can't keep a minimum balance of $126.00 in the bank and need gas WHAT CAN YOU DO?
The gas stations are telling us we don't want you in our establishment be-cause your poor.
I spoke to Leonard & Betty owners of Mt. Hood Arco at 39555 Pioneer Blvd., in Sandy,
THIS ARCO will charge your card for the amount of purchase ONLY!
They do have a .35 cent charge on cards, So Average 16 Gallons divided .35 = 0.021875 that is still less then other stations!
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The Search for Meaning and Direction
As we enter 2014, it is good to take a moment and think seri-ously about the meaning of our life and the direction of our life. We are created by God to have meaning and direction. In fact, the two work to define each other constantly. The following scriptures help demonstrate this point.
Psalm 119:101, 105, 109
King James Version (KJV)
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
… 105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. … 109
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
In verse 101 – (direction of life): direct your life in order to avoid every path that would lead to evil … (meaning of life): because you have a sincere desire to obey the Word of God.
In verse 105 – (meaning of life): allow the Word of God to illuminate and guide your life … (direction of life): then takes steps in life that are in direct response to the illumination and guidance of the Word of God.
In verse 109 – (direction of life): recognize your mind/will/character and emotions are con-stantly vulnerable to many different influences … (meaning of life): therefore, do not allow yourself to forget or lose focus on the Word of God.
Basically, our life’s meaning/purpose defines our direction, and our direction defines our life’s meaning/purpose.
In other words, we do not need to allow ourselves to be reckless with the meaning of our life or the direction of our life. When our meaning and direction match each other, we are being genuine, authentic and sincere. When they do not match each other, we are being a hypo-crite. Summary: Desire to live for God and then do it.
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Parmesan grilled steelhead
While good with Salmon, this recipe is especially good with
steelhead, including winter steelhead. If salmon is used, a
low-fat content salmon such as coho or sockeye should be
used. Chinook would pack too much oil for a good match.
This recipe will feed 4 to 6 people.
Ingredients:
1 full Steelhead fillet, with the skin on, preferably from a 7 lb. or better fish. Cut 2-inch
wide sections from the fillet.
Grated parmesan cheese as needed 4 tablespoons butter 3 cloves garlic Lemon wedges for serving Light brine: 1 tablespoon salt 1 ½ tablespoons brown sugar 2 cups water
Directions:
Stir together water, salt and brown sugar in baking dish. Place steelhead pieces flesh
side down in brine. Let stand at room temperature for ½ hour.
Rinse and pat dry fillets. Melt butter and add crushed garlic cloves. Brush over fillets top,
bottom, and sides. Set remaining garlic butter aside
Place on oiled broiling pan, skin side up, and broil in oven for about 4 minutes, or until
skin starts to brown and bubble. Turn fillets over, brush with butter, and sprinkle parme-
san over fillets to form even, thin coat. Place back under broiler another 3 or 4 minutes,
or until cheese just starts to brown. Serve with lemon wedges, green salad, and baked
potato's.
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