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1. PH036_2351 Lee Moorhouse photographs

PH036_2351 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Description: [The Dalles, general view of city.]

2. PH036_2353 Lee Moorhouse photographs

PH036_2353 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Description: [The Dalles, general view of city.]

3. PH036_2701 Lee Moorhouse photographs

PH036_2701 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Description: [Catholic church and school, The Dalles, Oregon, and general view of town.]

4. PH036_2350 Lee Moorhouse photographs

PH036_2350 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Description: [The Dalles, general view of city.]

5. PH036_2348 Lee Moorhouse photographs

PH036_2348 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Description: [The Dalles, general view of city.]

6. PH036_2349 Lee Moorhouse photographs

PH036_2349 Lee Moorhouse photographs

Description: [The Dalles, general view of city.]

7. Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon

Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon

8. Gifford studio and other buildings, The Dalles

Gifford studio and other buildings, The Dalles

Description: Negative is broken

9. The Dalles in 1858

The Dalles in 1858

Description: The Dalles probably derived its name from its location by 'contracted running waters hemmed in by walls of rock'. Such a place was called 'dalles' in French. The first building in Eastern Oregon was the Methodist mission erected at the Dalles in 1838. The mission home became a favorite place for voyagers, up and down the Columbia who were compelled to portage at this place. As time passed the Dalles became the chief settlement east of the Cascades. Here in the spring of 1848 the log Fort Dalles was built and occupied by Major Tucker and his command, the 'Rifle Regiment' of U.S. Troops, who had arrived the previous autumn. Here, too, was established the first court house which was for years the only 'hall of justice' between the Cascades and the Rockies. By 1858, as indicated in the picture, the Dalles had become a permanent little city.