Sep 21

Sep 21 Orginal Wasco Courthouse to end season Saturday, Sept. 26

Last day of the summer tourist season at the Original Wasco County Courthouse is Saturday, Sept. 26. The 1859 building at 410 West Second Place, The Dalles, welcomes visitors from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sep 18

Sep 18 Update on The Ruins - The Mystery of SC

Haley Mast

History, Home Page, Wasco County

The Ruins: News Update from facebook and Friends

Dianne Espy informed CCC News that her friend, Steve Curtiss, was the gentleman who carved his initials into the stone foundation. Look for an updated story on Monday once we get the chance to sit down and chat with Steve. Many folks on facebook also had the following interesting facts to add about the ruins.

Sep 17

Sep 17 Curious about ruins below Brewery Grade when getting off at exit 85?

Haley Mast

History, Home Page, Positive News

Overgrown and dilapidated stone buildings sit in the hills of Brewery Grade - they are at the front entrance to The Dalles when taking the Interstate 84 exit near the Sunshine Mill. What were they? Columbia Community Connection serving Wasco, Gilliam and Sherman Counties, The Dalles, Dufur, Tygh Valley, Maupin, Goldendale, Wishram, Dallesport, Lyle, White Salmon, Hood River

Sep 8

Sep 8 Fort Dalles Museum Agenda for tonight, Sept. 8, 2020

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History

Fort Dalles Museum Agenda

Jul 30

Jul 30 Steve's Winch and the precarious road

Tom Peterson

History, Home Page, Wasco County

Steve Palmer has had a busy week. The tow truck driver was dispatched to Freebridge Road at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday and found two fishermen with an Enterprise Rental car that had gone over the edge of the road about 200 yards from the bottom in a tight turn. Freebridge is no ordinary road.

Jul 23

Jul 23 Taking Stock

Tom Peterson

Home Page, History, Positive News

The recent issue of the P.E.O. Record features a nice piece of history where local Chapter Q contributed to the health of our community back in 1919 during the Spanish Influenza epidemic. International Chapter President Brenda Atchison used the history to point out the “bonds of sisterhood” that has endured to our current time of struggle.

Jul 23

Jul 23 Feeling the Fix

Tom Peterson

History, Positive News, Home Page

The Dalles Artist Chris Pothier moves his hand along the Decision at The Dalles Mural on Federal Street, pointing out damage and topcoat flaking. The Dalles Mural Society has hired Pothier to repair the mural starting in September.

Jul 10

Jul 10 Flashback Friday: Max and the Fountain

Tom Peterson

History, Home Page, Positive News

We walk by it all the time at Sorosis Park. It’s part of our iconography in The Dalles. But what do you know about Max and his gift - a fountain that still runs after more than a hundred years. Find out in this week’s Flashback.

Jun 19

Jun 19 Flashback Friday : Strong Drinks, Strong Woman- Belle Webb's Hi-Way House

Tom Peterson

History, Home Page

Belle Webb Beatie had no time for whiners or crying. She drove a red Pontiac Firebird when she was in her 80’s. And if not for her, you would have never heard of the Hi-Way House.

May 8

May 8 Flashback Friday: Last Train to Heppner, Condon, abandoned railways reach deep into Eastern Oregon

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History, Home Page

Also in the ‘60s, several cars got away from a crew in Bend. They rolled for several miles and reached 80 mph before hitting a train head on at a stop between Bend and Redmond, Conley said. Several were killed, including a brakeman, who was found thrown into a nearby juniper tree.

Apr 10

Apr 10 Danny Sampson, 8, plunges over Celilo Falls, 1952 (Flashback Friday)

Tom Peterson

History, Wasco County

The Columbia River and its Celilo Falls, famous for some 10,000 years of fishing, is cut into the lava flows the has given Oregon it’s young and turbulent geology.

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