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The Dalles, Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge.
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Rorick House (built 1850) |
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Rorick House built 1950; oldest house in The Dalles. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Rorick House - Jeanne Hillis and Petroglyph Rubbings
Photo by Susan Buce
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Rorick House Visitors
Photo by Susan Buce
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Original Wasco County Courthouse |
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The Original Wasco County Courthouse, built 1859. The spire of St. Peter's Landmark is visible in the background.
Photo by Susan Buce.
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Sign reads: Leg Schackles. These military schackles were used to hand cuff a man with wrists too large for regular hand cuffs. This happened during the pineapple strike.
Photo by Susan Buce
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Original Wasco County Courthouse president, Sandy Bisset, introduces historian John Lundell at the annual History Forum presentation. Lundell has done extensive research into the history of all three Wasco County Courthouses.
Photo by Susan Buce
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Display case, located inside one of two jail cells, shows a variety of restraints used on prisoners.
Photo by Susan Buce
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Oregon Boot.
Sign reads: These types of restraints were used from 1850s to the 1930s.
Photo by Susan Buce
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Ball and chain and leg shackles.
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Sign reads: Ball & Chain. These were used to give mobility yet restraint for work crews.
Photo by Susan Buce
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Picture shows original boundaries of Wasco County, above photographs of each of the three Wasco County Courthouse. All three courthouses still exist today.
Photo by Susan Buce
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Jail door.
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Closeup of Jail door.
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Second Wasco County Courthouse, Masonic Temple and now home to Clock Tower Ales. The second courthouse was built to replace the original courthouse. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Fort Dalles Museum |
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Fort Dalles. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Musicians Rich and Connie Dunnington in front of Umatilla House bus at Fort Dalles. |
Fort Dalles Surgeon's Quarters. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Fort Dalles Surgeon's Quarters in the morning. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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The Dalles to Prineville mail mudwagon, now part of the Fort Dalles Antique Vehicle collection. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Historic Re-enactor Steve Plucker dressed in soldier's garb of 1859. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Fort Dalles. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Universal Printing Press, manufactured by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mf'g Co., Hartford Conn. Patented Oct 19, 1886. Printing press donated by Bohn's Printing. Photo by Susan Buce |
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Universal Printing Press, manufactured by Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mf'g Co., Hartford Conn. Patented Oct 19, 1886. Printing press donated by Bohn's Printing. Photo by Susan Buce |
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Anderson Homestead (part of Fort Dalles Museum) |
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Anderson House. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Dufur Boys playing on Anderson House porch during Historic The Dalles Days 2008. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Anderson House. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and
Wasco County Historical Museum |
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Discovery Center. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Discovery Center. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Discovery Center Ice Age Exhibit, full size mammoth. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Riverfront Trail near the Discovery Center. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Ben Snipes House, now ANZAC Tea Parlour. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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St. Paul's Episcopan Church. Photo by Susan Buce. |
United Church of Christ Congregational. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Cellar of Erin Glenn Winery in the historic Branch Mint building. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Drawing of the abandoned Wascopam Mission buildings, founded by Jason and Daniel Lee and Henry Perkins in 1838. The drawing was made in 1849 by George Gibbs. |
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Fort Dalles Days events |
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Blacksmith Gary Lewis
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Blacksmith Gary Lewis
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Blacksmith Gary Lewis
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Fort Dalles Days Wagon Rides
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Historic Sites, Landmarks and general interest |
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| St Peter's Landmark . Photo by Susan Buce. |
Lady Washington moored at the Port of The Dalles Marina. Ship is a replica of Capt. Robert Gray's ship, and starred in Pirates of the Caribbean.Photo by Susan Buce. |
Dr. Glen Basey gives a sermon from Pulpit Rock during 2009 Historic The Dalles Days in a re-enactment of Jason and Daniel Lee who founded the Wascopam Mission in 1838. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Spring Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Sign to Rock Fort, site of the Lewis and Clark Campsite 1805 and 1806. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Rock Fort, site of the Lewis and Clark Campsite. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Mural of Pulpit Rock. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Mural of Lewis and Clark, with Thomas Jefferson. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Places of interest in the Columbia River Gorge region
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Stonehenge near Maryhill Washington. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Stonehenge near Maryhill, Washington. Person on the right gives some perspective of size. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Stonehenge memorial was built by Sam Hill to honor WWI Veterans near Maryhill, Washington. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Catherine Creek spring wildflowers, Washington. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Kayaking on the White Salmon River at BZ Corner, Washington. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Multnomah Falls and lodge in the Columbia Gorge National Scenic area, along the Historic Columbia River Hwy 30, Oregon. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Waheena Falls in the Columbia Gorge National Scenic area, along the Historic Columbia River Hwy 30, Oregon. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Sheppard's Dell in the Columbia Gorge National Scenic area, along the Historic Columbia River Hwy 30, Oregon. Photo by Susan Buce. |
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Wind Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge. Photo by Susan Buce |
Windsurfing on the Columbia River near Hood River & White Salmon. Photo © by Ken Hahn, www.VideosForYou.com |
Windsurfing on the Columbia River near Hood River & White Salmon. Photo © by Ken Hahn, www.VideosForYou.com |
Windsurfing on the Columbia River near Hood River & White Salmon. Photo © by Ken Hahn, www.VideosForYou.com |
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Spring - Lupin and Balsam Root wildflowers bloom in April. The Dalles and the Columbia River as seen from the Dalles Mountain Road in Washington. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Spring - The Dalles and the Columbia River as seen from the Dalles Mountain Road in Washington. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Summer - The dry heat of summer dries the grass on the hills to a rich shade of golden ochre brown. Bachelor Buttons wildflowers bloom in the summer. Columbia River, from Historic Columbia River Hwy 30 near Mosier, Oregon. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Summer - Columbia River, from Historic Columbia River Hwy 30 near Mosier, Oregon. The fir trees end at Hood River, to be replaced by pine and scrub oak that grow in the drier climate. Photo by Susan Buce.
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The Dalles across the Columbia River, taken from Dallesport, Wash.; photo by Kerry Haas, www.videosforyou.com |
Winter - Mayer Park, Rowena, Oregon. Ice on the Columbia. Photo by Susan Buce. |
Winter - Deer Feeding in field off Hwy 30 near Discovery Center, approx 4 miles from downtown The Dalles. Photo by Susan Buce. |
The Dalles, 1924, from the old TB Hospital site now Columbia Gorge Community College. |
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