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
Residence of Captain Jordan under whose supervision the military post was built. Jordan street in the west part of town, is named after him. At the beginning of the Civil War he resigned and entered the Confederate army where he rose to be a major general. He was chief of staff to General Beaureqard at the battle of Shiloh.
The Commanding Officer's House at Fort Dalles. In the History of Central Oregon on page 103 it is stated that the building cost $100,000. There were fireplaces on each floor. It stood just North and adjacent to the present Historical Building and the site now marked by a tablet. The view from the front porch down the Columbia River was magnificent.
""Freighting in 1890's - This remarkable photo shows 12 horses and four wagons unloading wheat at The Dalles from Central Oregon and Washington points, before 1910. Lots of modern automobile and truck ""drivers"" can't safely put a car around some of the curves of our modern highways--what would they have with 12-horse team and 4 wagons?""
Colonel George Wright was born in Vermont in 1803. He received an appointment to West Point and graduated in the class of 1822. He served at Fort Dalles in 1856 and 1858. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1861 and assigned to command the Department of the Pacific. He died in the ship wreck of the steamer ""Bother Jonathan"" off the coast of Crescent City, Calif., July 9, 1865. At the time of his death he was on his way to Vancouver Barracks.