January 1998
It's A Bird...It's A Plane...It's A Bus!
- Push to The Latest: No
In the 1950s, skiers were eager to get up to Mt. Hood, Ore., but a frequently impassable road often blocked the journey. Local entrepreneurs dreamed up the idea of a tram going up the mountain from the town of Government Camp at the base. The tram came into being as a bus hanging off the cables,and the rest is history.