Raill Yard in The Dalles

Scanned from a black and white film negative, this undated photograph was taken in the rail yards in The Dalles. The negative was part of a collection in an envelope with “Al Sutton, 1920” penciled at the top, and an incomplete note in ink reads, “To Dr. Griffith — Scenes we’ll see no more, found in my stepdad’s ...” The end of the sentence is torn away. 

1922 — 100 years ago

At the monthly meeting of the Commercial Club on Monday evening, several interesting subjects were discussed, as a result of which the club went on record as endorsing any plan whereby the county and city can cooperate on using city hall for circuit court purposes. The club also endorsed the new golf club project and urged all to get behind it. Another topic was the development of Mt. Hood by the building of a connecting road to link up the Loop road and Cooper’s Spur. — Hood River News

Hood River history Paris Fair ad 1942

The first step in being “the Woman of the Year In Your Own Home” is to shop and save — or so says this April 17, 1942, Paris Fair ad in Hood River News. The Paris Fair building still stands in downtown Hood River, although the clothing store under that name went out of business in the mid-1980s.
The Dalles history train wreck 1942

At least eight and probably 10 railroad cars went up in smoke yesterday when an S. P. & S. freight train crashed into a burning trestle 21 miles south of Wishram on the Oregon Trunk line. Story of the damage is told in graphic form in the above pictures. The top photograph shows a part of the draw once spanned by a trestle into which several of the cars dropped when the underpinning of the burning bridge gave way. Black smoke emerging from the blazing car at left denotes a large quantity of baled wool and automobile tires being consumed by flames. Wreckage and wheels of the undercarriages almost filled the draw. How the cars were smashed together, many of them tossed on their sides, is displayed in the lower photo. In the background the waters of the Deschutes river may be seen, while the locomotive, derailed but still upright, stood about 200 yards to the north and beyond the range of the camera. 
Hood River history orchard bees 1982

BUZZIN’ TIME — Blossoms of April mean different things to different people, and in this scene they mean business. Steve Lindhorst is wearing protective gear as he works with one of the most important ingredients in Hood River’s annual fruit crop — the pollinizers. Early this week weather was chilly, even frosty, which causes bees to be sluggish. But as the week wore on, clear skies and warmer temperatures made them more interested in their assigned tasks. The beekeeper here is putting the important insects out in the family orchard. Not only will they be providing pollination during the coming days, they’ll leave a bonus in thanks. It’s in the form of honey that is a fortunate by-product of their pollen gathering. Photo by Greg Paul.