I think you mean Scouters Mountain, not Scooters. ??
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LoginMaybe it was called "Troh's Nest"/Happy Valley Airport?
The airport was located on top of a hill (called 'Scouter’s Mountian') in rural Clackamas County.
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Login “Troh’s Nest was the 3rd & last of Henry Troh’s 3 Portland area airports.
He bought the land in 1957 when it became clear that city taxes & development were going to force the closure of his larger 'Skyport' airport
located in the rapidly developing area of east Portland.
This new airfield was to be somewhat of a retirement location for Henry, farther away from the growth and excitement of the city.
However 'Troh’s Nest' ended up being more of a project than either of his 2 previous airfields.
The airport was located on top of a hill (called 'Scouter’s Mountian') in rural Clackamas County.
After buying the land, Henry graded a preliminary short north/south airstrip on top of the hill which amounted to only about 1,200 usable feet.
Henry Troh & his wife Ethyl Piper (the aircraft manufacturer’s daughter) built a home & hangar adjacent to the airfield & moved there in 1958.
Their plan was to create a small fly-in community with houses for pilots adjacent to the runway.”
According to Lorraine Troh Gabel (in her biography of her dad “Time Flies”), when Henry’s “Skyport” Airport finally closed in 1958,
he focused on extending the short runway at Troh’s Nest.
He purchased the adjacent 47 acre tract to the south for this purpose but quickly realized he had a major problem.
Unknown to him, shortly after he purchased the initial parcel for his retirement airport,
his neighbor (a Boy Scout Adult Training Center) purchased a 3 acre square of land precisely at the south end of his runway
for the purpose of preventing him from extending it.
After being approached by Henry’s attorney, the Scout Council offered to sell the land they had purchased for $1,000 the year before to him for $10,000!
Troh was furious & refused to pay the outrageous sum.
Both of Portland’s local papers reported on the dispute with each one taking a different side on the matter.
“Eventually Troh decided to fill in a valley on his property for a new, longer runway
which would sidestep the Scout Council blockade even though this took away the parcels on which he was going to build the additional homes for pilots.
The 2nd turf runway was finished around 1964. It was designated 14/32 and was 1,900' long according to the 1967 Airports USA Directory.”
“Henry Troh used it to run a successful charter business from the airport until his untimely passing from a brain tumor in 1968.”
“After Troh’s death, his wife & daughter negotiated a land trade with the Scout Council which removed the 3-acre blockade parcel
and allowed a 3rd runway (16/34) to be built to 2,300' feet according to the 1976 AOPA Airports USA.
“Strangely, Happy Valley Airport was still depicted as an active airport on the 2010 Portland Sectional,
however given the runway obstructions, it is unlikely that it is usable as an airport.”