A 3D Viewing Device

The board's meeting at the Chateau came on a honeymoon: William Gruber and his new wife, Norma, were staying at the lodge in 1938. He was a German-born organ maker and piano tuner, and his German ties soon caught up with him. After the viewer's debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair, he was sent to Idaho under suspicion of espionage, his assets frozen, while the armed forces the board mentions bought more than 10,000 viewers and six million reels. He later returned to Portland. He never liked the name, which he thought sounded like a kitchen appliance.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Oregon Caves — steps away
  A cave of marble rather than limestone, found in 1874 by a hunter who followed his dog in by matchlight and found his way out by the sound of a stream.
• Jacksonville and the Britt Gardens — 27 mi
  The gold camp a Swiss photographer walked into in 1852 pulling his camera on a cart, and the hillside where his 1862 sequoia now shades a summer music festival.

More markers nearby

• Triple Nickles — 14 mi