Hood River, Oregon.
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Designed by The Dalles architect C.J. Crandall in 1904, the Hotel Waucoma was one of the earliest brick buildings constructed in downtown Hood River. Built for $14,000, the new hotel boasted of 27 guest rooms equipped with . . .
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Designed by The Dalles architect C.J. Crandall in 1904, the Hotel Waucoma was one of the earliest brick buildings constructed in downtown Hood River. Built for $14,000, the new hotel boasted of 27 guest rooms equipped with . . . (Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
In 1917, a modern Franklin touring car was delivered from Portland for the grand opening of the Hood River Garage. Similar one-story, concrete service garages proliferated throughout the Gorge after the Columbia River . . . 
Constructed in 1911, the OWR & N Co. Railroad Depot served Hood River's thriving fruit, timber, and tourist industries. The Craftsman style building which was larger than most other stations replaced the original 1882 Queen . . . 
Prominent business person and leader of the fruit industry, Charles H. Sproat financed the construction of the Sproat Building in 1911 to house the E.A. Franz Furniture Company. Upon completion, the owners boasted of a buff . . . 
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Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (Anthony Hope) 1863-1933 Novelist lived here 1903-1917
Gotisches Fachwerkgebaüde auf den Resten eines romanischen Steinhauses. Ehemaliges Präzeptoratsgebaüde. [English translation:] Gothic half-timbered building constructed upon the remnants of a Romanesque stone house. . . . 
In honor of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers “Pioneers of Recorded Traditional Stringband Music” Gid Tanner lived in Dacula from 1922-1960, recording from March 1924 until March 1934. The group’s “Million Seller” . . . 
The war years during the first part of the year was dreadful. German submarines were wreaking havoc with our shipping in the Atlantic; the Japanese were winning in the Pacific, and the Germans were driving across North . . . 
The year opened with fierce fighting on battlefronts all over the world – Stalingrad, North Africa, the South Pacific. Here, February saw groundbreaking for Oak Ridge’s Y-12 Plant and the X-10 Graphite Reactor. Starting . . . 
New arrivals to this fenced in area called the Clinton Engineer Works were amazed at the extensive construction at every turn – more Cemestos “alphabet” homes were going up on Black Oak Ridge, as were more “flattops” in the . . . 
The new city was crowded – all 90 dorms of singles, housing for families at a premium. In May the population peaked at 75,000. Y-12 had 22,400 workers; K-25, 11,000; X-10, 1,500. People at the plants were urged to work . . . 
This was the world’s first fully peacetime year since 1938. Cities everywhere began struggling to change things back to normal; Oak Ridge was different – we had never been normal. Things here were also in a state of flux . . . 
Although many residents still felt Oak Ridge was a wartime town, they were now encouraged to view their city as possibly becoming a permanent community. This transition was kicked off January 1 when the Manhattan Engineering . . . 
Union Carbide agreed to manage X-10 as well as the Y-12 plant with their new defense mission, and the K-25 uranium enrichment plant. Carbide named Nelson Rucker as X-10 executive director who with Alvin Weinberg instilling a . . . 
On January 20 “The Oak Ridger” published its first edition. It told the city’s stories for decades, like a favorite talk about colorful, hard-driving General Leslie Groves, Manhattan Engineering District commandant. When he . . . 
Combat and Security Operations Killed in Action: SPC Toccara R. Green • 57 TRANS. CO. • Aug 2005 SFC James S. Moudy • 1-71 CAV • Dec 2005 CW3 Mitchell K. Carver Jr. • 1-10 AVN • Jan 2005 CW2 Kyle E. Jackson • 1-10 AVN • . . . 
The single set of tracks outside the museum’s fence was the original right-of-way of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad. Now owned by CSX Transportation, this right-of-way has been in continuous use since 1830. For many . . . 
Combat and Security Operations Killed in Action: 1LT Forrest P. Ewens • 1-32 INF • Jun 2006 SGT Russell M. Durgin • 1-32 INF • Jun 2006 PFC Justin R. Davis • 1-32 INF • Jun 2006 SGT Roger P. Peña, Jr. • 10 SBTB • Jun 2006 . . . 
Combat and Security Operations Killed in Action: PFC Satieon V. Greenlee • 4-31 INF • Oct 2006 SPC Nicholas K. Rogers • 4-31 INF • Oct 2006 PFC Thomas J. Hewett • 1-89 CAV • Oct 2006 SGT Jason Denfrund • 2-14 INF • Dec 2006 . . . 
