Business District of The Dalles Sixty Years Ago - This is an unusually fine view showing the business center of The Dalles as it looked sixty years ago. In the immediate foreground is the Bird Stable (afterward Ward & Robinson) located where the Civic Auditorium now stands. Beyond can be seen the Congregational church and then the Baptist church, the latter of which was at the corner of Third and Washington streets. The gable roof of the first Umatilla House is shown by the river. In the upper left can be seen the Original Court House and near it the then new residence of J.W. French. The river was up somewhat and the wharf boat and two steamboats are moored near the foot of Union street. - 1875