Fort Dalles
Fort Dalles is in The Dalles, Oregon right near the end of the Historic Columbia River Gorge. It has quite a long history, and five different names. It’s major task was as defensive point during the Walla-Walla Indian Wars, and as a major depot on the Dalles-California Military Road.
All that is left of the original building is the Surgeon’s Quarters.
Although this out building looks to be of the same era.
Across the street is the oldest house in The Dalles. Named the Anderson House, it dates from 1895, nearly 30 years after the original fort was abandoned.
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27/Jul/2012 at 4:21 pm
[...] Town,) on January 24, 1878. The name was suggested by Elizabeth Wilson, who was the post master of The Dalles at the time. Wilson so enjoyed Charles Kingsley’s book “Westward Ho!” that the [...]
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22/Sep/2012 at 9:53 am
[...] 1902 the Wasco Warehouse Milling Company, built the dam and powerhouse to power its major mills in The Dalles, Oregon to the North. I can’t really figure out how this spillway factored into the falls as [...]