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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FQ_the-henderson_Hood-River-OR.html
Sternwheeler traffic on the Columbia River reached a fevered-pitch with the completion of Cascade Locks in 1896.
Steam-powered paddlewheelers provided a vital link between The Dalles and Portland.
The trip averaged six hours on a good day, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FP_a-school-with-roots_Hood-River-OR.html
High in the tower, the school bell rang, resonating across the grounds.
Sixteen school kids grabbed their lunch pails and headed with their teacher, Miss Graham, into the 1893 Crapper School.
As the community grew, the students outnumbered Crap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FI_hood-river_Hood-River-OR.html
Gale-force winds bedeviled explorers and emigrants alike in the Columbia River Gorge.
Journals from the 1800s depict travel as treacherous through this singular passage in the Cascade Range where 60 mile-per-hour gusts are common.
By the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DF_hood-river-banking-trust-company_Hood-River-OR.html
Constructed in 1907 under the management of J.M. Culbertson, the Hood River Banking and Trust Company represents one of the older brick buildings in downtown Hood River. Decorative features include the sheet metal cornice, arched windows with lead…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DE_e-l-smith-building_Hood-River-OR.html
Designed to house several businesses, the E.L. Smith Building was constructed in 1904 for $10,000. The First National Bank, organized by entrepreneur and regional politician Ezra L. Smith in 1900, occupied the main storefront from 1904 to 1910 unt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DD_butler-bank_Hood-River-OR.html
Leslie and Truman Butler commissioned well-known Portland architect A.E. Doyle to design a bank of the Butler Banking Company, the business they founded in 1900. The Egyptian style building was completed in September 1924, and the grand opening at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DB_lafrance-building_Hood-River-OR.html
Built in 1914, the original tenant of the building was the Garrabrant and Parker's Confectionary Store. Candy and cigars were sold in the store, and people often sat for hours at the popular soda foundation (sic). A game of billiards could be play…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DA_hotel-waucoma_Hood-River-OR.html
Designed by The Dalles architect C.J. Crandall in 1904, the Hotel Waucoma was one of the earliest brick buildings constructed in downtown Hood River. Built for $14,000, the new hotel boasted of 27 guest rooms equipped with steam heat, porcelain ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24D9_hood-river-garage_Hood-River-OR.html
In 1917, a modern Franklin touring car was delivered from Portland for the grand opening of the Hood River Garage. Similar one-story, concrete service garages proliferated throughout the Gorge after the Columbia River Highway was completed in 1916…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24D8_owr-n-company-railroad-depot_Hood-River-OR.html
Constructed in 1911, the OWR & N Co. Railroad Depot served Hood River's thriving fruit, timber, and tourist industries. The Craftsman style building which was larger than most other stations replaced the original 1882 Queen Anne style depot on the…