In 1915 Umatilla County, working with other local counties, became interested in improving the toll road. These counties formed the Blue Mountain Highway Association. Among the group's goals was to gravel the road and abolish the toll. Woodward resisted abolishing the toll and the committee moved to create a new route which bypassed the Woodwards land. In 1922 this new route was completed and called the Weston-Elgin Highway, which later became Highway 204, which still runs by the Langdon Lake.[5]
In 1940 a postoffice was established and would continue serving the community until 1954. Today mail for the Tollgate community is routed through a post office in Weston.[6]
The Spout Springs Ski Area and Andes Prairie, which is the only designated sledding and winter camping area in the Blue Mountains, also are within the community. Langdon Lake has remained a private lake and has limited access to the public.
tollgate, oregon, tollgate, unincorporated, community, umatilla, county, oregon, united, states, lies, between, weston, elgin, oregon, route, unincorporated, communitydowntown, tollgatelocation, coordinates, 78056, 09278, 78056, 09278, countryunited, statessta. Tollgate is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County Oregon United States It lies between Weston and Elgin on Oregon Route 204 2 Tollgate OregonUnincorporated communityDowntown TollgateLocation of Tollgate OregonCoordinates 45 46 50 N 118 05 34 W 45 78056 N 118 09278 W 45 78056 118 09278 1 CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyUmatillaElevation 1 4 879 ft 1 487 m Time zoneUTC 8 Pacific PST Summer DST UTC 7 PDT ZIP code97886Area code541GNIS feature ID1116542 1 The area was first homesteaded by David J Woodward After co forming the Summerville and Walla Walla Road Co Woodward purchased land near the headwater of Lookingglass Creek later dammed in 1922 to create Langdon Lake A road leading east from the city of Milton and the city of Walla Walla Washington to the city of Summerville and the Grande Ronde Valley crossed Woodward s property Woodward installed a toll gate across this portion of the road and charged travelers a fee for access through the gate 3 The toll road was frequently used as a means to move farm products from Union County to Umatilla County and Walla Walla County 4 In 1915 Umatilla County working with other local counties became interested in improving the toll road These counties formed the Blue Mountain Highway Association Among the group s goals was to gravel the road and abolish the toll Woodward resisted abolishing the toll and the committee moved to create a new route which bypassed the Woodwards land In 1922 this new route was completed and called the Weston Elgin Highway which later became Highway 204 which still runs by the Langdon Lake 5 In 1940 a postoffice was established and would continue serving the community until 1954 Today mail for the Tollgate community is routed through a post office in Weston 6 The Spout Springs Ski Area and Andes Prairie which is the only designated sledding and winter camping area in the Blue Mountains also are within the community Langdon Lake has remained a private lake and has limited access to the public Notable residents editGordon Smith Former U S Senator from Oregon 7 References edit a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Tollgate Oregon Recreational Opportunities Archived from the original on November 19 2004 Retrieved May 21 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Rouanzoin Mary Arlie Early History of Milton Freewater Oregon page 26 Print Available online at http museum bmi net Pioneer 20Trails toll gate story htm Website http historicwestonoregon com weston oregon history weston elgin highway celebration retrieved November 28 2014 Website http historicwestonoregon com weston oregon history weston elgin highway celebration retrieved November 28 2014 Rouanzoin Mary Arlie Early History of Milton Freewater Oregon page 26 Print Available online at http museum bmi net Pioneer 20Trails toll gate story htm Gordon Smith s lawsuit Demanding 150 000 from Oregon taxpayers BlueOregon www blueoregon com Retrieved June 15 2009 Links editTollgate trail finders snowmobile club Jubilee Lake and campground USFS nbsp This Umatilla County Oregon state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tollgate Oregon amp oldid 1183521537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,