Samuel Hill was a businessman, lawyer, railroad executive and advocate of good roads in the Pacific Northwest. He had a substantial impact on the economic development of the Pacific Northwest in the early 20th century. Hill built many early roads in the Pacific Northwest, including its first paved road in Maryhill, Washington. He was renowned for his scenic Columbia River Highway, which linked coastal Astoria, Oregon and The Dalles, Oregon. Wikipedia
Maryhill Museum of Art serves the Pacific Northwest as the major cultural resource in the Columbia River Gorge with unique collections, exhibitions, workshops, events in a magnificent, historic setting. www.maryhillmuseum.org/
Samuel Hill made the Northwest his home for a little more than 30 years, leaving a legacy of philanthropy, monuments, and highways still visible in the twenty-first century. www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5072
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Samuel Hill. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hill
