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Last week’s History Mystery showed a machine used in excavation of The Dalles-Celilo Canal. It also shows seven men standing next to railroad tracks. “Benson & Co.” shows on the side of the excavator.

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THE DALLES — Wasco County Pioneer Association named Robert L. “Bob” Bailey as Pioneer Man of the Year and Marilyn Lundell Urness as Pioneer Woman of the Year on May 4 at the organization’s 101st annual meeting at St. Mary’s Academy.

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A hundred years ago, on the Hood River Bridge: "Work started on the ninth pier of the White Salmon-Hood River bridge across the Columbia River Tuesday. This is a larger pier than the others as it is one of the two that will support the overhead span..."

Stories and photos from the last century.

Mary Kathleen (Cain) Levin, who was born and raised in White Salmon, Wash., died Feb. 9, 2024, at the age of 90 in San Jose, Calif. Mrs. Levin…

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Eighty years ago in The Dalles: "A carload of scrap paper was shipped from The Dalles today, according to W. Wray Lawrence, chairman of the county salvage commitee. This is the fourth carload of paper to be shipped from The Dalles..." News and photos from the last century.