Photo part of the Extension Oral History Project. Robert W. Jacobson was a Marine Extension Agent at the Marine Science Extension Center in Newport for 28 years, 1967-1995.
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Snow River drains a wide tract of country on the eastern slopes of the Highlands, before it discharges into the Southern Ocean, after an extremely sinuous course of 250 miles. The Snowy River begins at Mount Kosciusko and is joined by many smaller rivers on its way to the sea. "
No better place to “play” the wary mountain trout than this! Here for a time man forgets the cares of the industrial world and refreshes himself at Nature’s “Fountain of Life”. Yet when he has filled is creel, he will probably pause, enjoy the beauty of the waterfall above him, and may even estimate how many horse power it will furnish in turning the wheels of the growing industries of Oregon.