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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25IR_the-fur-trade_The-Dalles-OR.html
The British owned Hudson Bay Company dominated the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest during the early 1800's.
Dr. John McLaughlin, who headed the Northwest enterprise, sent brigades of boats far up the Columbia River to the far flung company fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24I6_the-corps-of-discovery-into-the-narrows_The-Dalles-OR.html
President Thomas Jefferson's vision, which was reflected in a letter of credit written in 1803 was about to be realized in less than 200 miles, but first the Corps had to shoot the rapids of the Narrows of the Columbia. The important supplies were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24I5_decision-at-the-dalles_The-Dalles-OR.html
From 1841 until the early 1900's more than 500,000 people traveled over 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri to The Dalles, Oregon. They had to make a decision at The Dalles for traveling the last 100 miles to the Willamette Valley. They could …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24HY_historic-downtown-the-dalles_The-Dalles-OR.html
Historic Downtown The Dalles
Five photographs with descriptions are on the marker:
(top right) North on Union Street behind the current Post Office was the Dalles Railroad Depot, built prior to 1910. It was south of the ferry landing and ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24HX_chinatown-the-dalles_The-Dalles-OR.html
The development of this block began in the early 1850's and by 1858, an assortment of shops and businesses occupied the entire 1st Street frontage (then also known as Main Street of Front Street). In 1879, a fire swept through the downtown, burnin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24HE_vogt-hall_The-Dalles-OR.html
This 1921 Mission-style building was part of St. Peters Catholic Church. It was the gymnasium and meeting hall of the former Catholic School and often used for dances and meetings of various organizations. A curvilinear parapet surmounts the build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24HD_the-thompson-house_The-Dalles-OR.html
This Victorian house of Queen Anne and Eastlake motifs is located in the historic center of The Dalles. John L. Thompson, a blacksmith who arrived in The Dalles from Boston in 1869, built the house between 1889 and 1897. It served as a family dwel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24HC_wingate-williams-building_The-Dalles-OR.html
Common names for this building include "The Williams 1870 Building" and "The DesRochers Building." The two-story rectangular brick building received extensive remodeling in 1938, covering or removing the earlier building fabric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24HB_the-dalles-city-hall-1908_The-Dalles-OR.html
Incorporation of The Dalles under Territorial Government came in 1857, and in 1863 a Charter Amendment provided for a Mayor to replace the City President. The Dalles built this city hall in 1908 at a cost of about $30,000. It is a two-story struct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24H6_first-congregational-church_The-Dalles-OR.html
Since 1859, The Dalles area Congregationalists have occupied four edifices, three of which were destroyed by fire. The present Tudor Gothic church has served since 1937. The church is distinguished by Tudor arches, Celtic crosses, corner bell towe…