History Museum presents Timewinder Tales 2024

In 1924, the Hood River Bridge and the Butler Bank Building were completed, and audience members will learn about the stories of that time with local actors portraying the following characters:

• Leslie Butler (Richard Withers), owner of the Butler Bank Building, completed in 1924.

• A.E. Doyle (David Dye), the renowned architect who designed the Butler Bank Building, several others in Hood River, as well as some very well known Portland buildings.

• Shidzuyo Yasui (Cynthia Yoshida), who was a Japanese immigrant and wife of businessman Masuo Yasui. She will tell us about the Yasui brothers stores and what life was like as a Japanese person in Hood River in the early 1900s.

• Ola Stryker Bell (Kate Dougherty), who owned the Mt. Hood Hotel with her husband Charles and then continued to run it after his death. She was a very active community member and the first woman to serve on the Hood River City Council.

• Pansy Dewitt (Barb Berry), active community member who will be emcee for the show and let us know what happened to her fellow “characters” after 1924.

Performances will be Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. at The History Museum of Hood River County. Refreshments will be available for purchase/by donation.

Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased online at www.hoodriverhistorymuseum.org or at the museum. Half-price tickets are available for students 17 and under.