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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Description: Dalles
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1930-06-26


    • Dalles country club finds gold.

    • 1929

    • Dalles country club finds gold. - Kellogg men organize to explore sensational strike in Oregon. - A number of prominent mining and business men of Kellogg have become associated with Lester S. Harrison in the development of a recent strike made at...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1930-06-26
    • State history. Native Americans. Aged Native Americans. 1928-07-01


    • Indian, about 114, dies

    • 1928

    • Indian, about 114, dies. - Funeral services for Charlie Kachlmat, aged Indian, who died at this home in Medicine valley, near here, Thursday, are to be held in Spearfish, Wash., Sunday. Kachlmat's age was estimated at 114 years by his relatives,...
    • State history. Native Americans. Aged Native Americans. 1928-07-01
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1933-11-04


    • Agitate for big locks. - The Dalles group pushes for Bonneville dam change.

    • 1933

    • Agitate for big locks. - The Dalles group pushes for Bonneville dam change. - The construction of navigation locks at the Bonneville dam project large enough to accommodate ocean-going vessels was urged upon Major Charles F. Williams, army engineer...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1933-11-04
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-01-15


    • McNary tries to keep Columbia river open.

    • 1937

    • McNary tries to keep Columbia river open. - Senator McNary of Oregon informed the Port of The Dalles last week that after conferring with Army engineers regarding closing of Bonneville dam to river traffic, the district engineer concluded "there...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-01-15
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1936-08-21


    • Heavy tonnage awaits new port.

    • 1936

    • Heavy tonnage awaits new port. - Evidence of the immense tonnage that will be handled through the new port of The Dalles upon completion of Bonneville dam and the deepening of the river channel from Vancouver to Bonneville, is cited by the local...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1936-08-21
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1937-09-16


    • The Dalles sees dike work start.

    • 1937

    • The Dalles sees dike work start. - Preliminary clearing begins on $142,000 revetment. - Preliminary clearing of willows on the local waterfront was started this week by J. A. Terteling, Boise, Idaho, contractor, preparatory to start of work on the...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1937-09-16
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1936-01-04


    • Dalles program granted in part.

    • 1936

    • Dalles program granted in part. - Revetment not to protect entire water front. - Senator Steiwer informed W. S. Nelson, Chamber of Commerce manager, today that the government has refused to bear the extra expense of constructing revetments to...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1936-01-04
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1936-01-14


    • McNary tries to keep Columbia river open.

    • 1936

    • McNary tries to keep Columbia river open. - Senator McNary of Oregon informed the Port of The Dalles last week that after conferring with army engineers regarding the closing of Bonneville dam to river traffic, the district engineer concluded...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1936-01-14
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-06-07


    • Bonneville dike given approval.

    • 1937

    • Bonneville dike given approval. - The Army engineers announced today approval of a district engineer's recommendation for the diking of The Dalles, Ore., water front, which otherwise will be inundated by backwater of the Columbia river dam at...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1937-06-07
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1934-06-02


    • Good case for sea locks at Bonneville.

    • 1934

    • Good case for sea locks at Bonneville. - Testifying that sea locks at Bonneville dam, on the Columbia, to permit ocean-going vessels to reach The Dalles, would give that city a 24 per cent differential over Portland in grain rates, Edward M....
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1934-06-02
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1937-04-15


    • Government to spend $500,000 at The Dalles.

    • 1937

    • Government to spend $500,000 at The Dalles. - The federal government will spend $500,000 here this year in a project entailing construction of a revetment for protection of the city from Bonneville backwater and major alterations to the sewer...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1937-04-15
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. General. 1938-04-21


    • Clearwater logs jam columbia at the dalles

    • 1938

    • Clearwater logs jam columbia at the dalles - The Dalles, Ore., April 20. (AP) - The Columbia, second largest river in America, was raised 2.8 feet today by a log jam when thousands of feet of Idaho white pine logs clogged a natural basin at Big...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. General. 1938-04-21
    • State history. Native Americans. Health conditions. 1936-04-10


    • Indians have the "Spokane Habit"

    • 1936

    • Indians have the "Spokane Habit". - Unless the federal government takes immediate steps to eliminate unsanitary conditions at the Celilo Falls Indian village, The Dalles Chamber of Commerce will force action through the state health department,...
    • State history. Native Americans. Health conditions. 1936-04-10
    • State history. Native Americans. Photographs. 1936-05-01


    • Indian braves catchum skookum fish dinner

    • 1936

    • Indian braves catchum skookum fish dinner. - Little Bear shows one of the King Chinooks caught in the spring run on the Columbia river. The tot, and other Indians, are participating at Cecilo falls above The Dalles in a thanksgiving ceremonial,...
    • State history. Native Americans. Photographs. 1936-05-01
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-09-24


    • Work starts on $142,000 revetment.

    • 1936

    • Work starts on $142,000 revetment. - Clearing of willows on the local waterfront was started last week by J. A. Terteling, Boise, Idaho, contractor, preparatory to starting work on the $142,000 revetment being erected here by the government to...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1936-09-24
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1937-09-23


    • Work starts on $142,000 revetment.

    • 1937

    • Work starts on $142,000 revetment. - Clearing of willows on the local waterfront was started last week by J. A. Terteling, Boise, Idaho, contractor, preparatory to starting of work on the $142,000 revetment being erected here by the government to...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1937-09-23
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1936-01-22


    • Columbia channel work is favored. - U.S. Engineer urges dredging up to Bonneville dam.

    • 1936

    • Columbia channel work is favored. - U. S. Engineer urges dredging up to Bonneville dam. - Realization of the mid-Columbia area's longstanding hope that ocean vessels might ply the Columbia river the 200 miles from Astoria to The Dalles appeared a...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1936-01-22
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1934-06-01


    • Big dam locks hit Portland. - Would give The Dalles 24 per cent differential over port.

    • 1934

    • Big dam locks hit Portland. - Would give The Dalles 24 per cent differential over port. - Rate adjuster says. - Engineer asserts Columbia closed to ocean-going ships 107 days a year. - Sea locks at Bonneville dam of the Columbia river would permit...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1934-06-01

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