Terray Harmon, Lee Langston, Lucile Stephens, Gary Conley, Arlene Fosberg, Kyrsten, Rayland Richmond of Maupin, Teresa Wilson of Tygh Valley, Russ Brown, Michael Houser, Ralph Carrithers, John W. Shearer & Mary Johnson, Rodney Woodside, Jeff Hull, J. Silver, Bob Breon, Sherry Holiday and Garth Ziegenhagen contributed to this report.
Last week’s History Mystery photograph, above, was scanned from a Sawyers postcard from the collection of Terray Harmon and shows Deschutes Ave. (also The Dalles-California Highway or Highway 197) through Maupin, looking east.
It was published above a caption which stated the photograph was taken in The Dalles. But as Rodney A. Woodside of Richmond’s Service, South Wasco Co. Ambulance, and the Maupin Vol. Fire Dept. wrote, “That picture would have to be taken with one hell of a big zoom lens,” given that the scene is downtown Maupin.
Arlene Fosberg, who now lives in West Linn, said the 76 station may have been operated by Orville Fraley. Bob Breon noted the station may have been owned by Gene Lease’s father, and said he believed it also serviced farm equipment.
Ralph Carrithers said the 76 station is now home to Deschutes River Adventures, a rafting business.
Fosberg and others said the house on the right side of the street was still there, and added that the Richfield Station was owned by the Richmond family.
Rayland Richmond of Maupin also called, confirmed his family owned the station, and added that the family later owned the house as well. The station is still in business, and still called Richmond’s Service.
Bob Breon said the trees on the left at the far end of the avenue are willows that were in front of the school.
Terray Harmon said the vehicle in front was a 1936 Chevy two-door sedan, by the shape of the front grill, and the truck behind looks like a 1940 Ford.
John W. Shearer said the black vehicle across the street from Richmond’s garage was his mother’s 1939 Ford Sedan. “It is parked in front of the Maupin Hotel and Cafe, which she started in 1927/1928. It was torn down several years ago,” he said.
“I have always considered myself lucky to have been raised here, married here and raised children here,” wrote Sherry Holliday. “The town is changing but bottom line is, it is still great place to live.”
A 2019 view of downtown Maupin, submitted by Rodney Woodside.
20 years ago – 1999
Despite tragedy at a school three states away, education goes on pretty much as usual at schools in Wasco County, where schools try to counteract glorified violence. “We don’t have any plan to do anything particularly different,” said Jim Kiefert, superintendent of Chenowith School District, “other than make allowances for kids to talk about it if they want to.” Kiefert and other local officials say the media frenzy over the tragic shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., only serves to aggravate the problem.
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