Antique Vehicle Collection

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Fort Dalles Museum/Anderson Homestead
Antique Vehicle Collection
Fort Dalles Surgeon’s Quarters (Built 1856)
Anderson Homestead (Built 1895)
FORT DALLES MUSEUM & ANDERSON HOMESTEAD
500 W 15th St. (corner of 15th & Garrison) • The Dalles, Oregon 97058
Phone: 541-296-4547
www.FortDallesMuseum.org
Wasco County / City of The Dalles Museum Commission
2010 Board of Directors
President: Eric Gleason; Treasurer: Sam Woolsey,
Directors: Marv Pohlen, Robert Carsner, Walt Kortge, Myron Egbert, Susan Buce
Fort Dalles Museum/Anderson Homestead Foundation
2010 Board of Directors
President: Steve Lawrence; Vice-President Sam Woolsey; Treasurer: Harold Egbert; Secretary: Susan Buce;
Directors: Dennis Davis, Randy Kaatz
FORT DALLES MUSEUM VEHICLE COLLECTION INVENTORY
Updated 4/5/2013
Page 1
September 2010
Dear Friend of Fort Dalles Museum,
Fort Dalles Museum houses an historic collection of wagons and antique vehicles. The collection includes a
stage coach, buses, road-building equipment, a covered wagon, two hearses, and surreys, one of which was
owned by Oregon Governor Zenas Moody. A portion of these antique vehicles were entrusted to the care of
the museum by the American Legion Post #19.
The vehicles, like all antiquities, are subject to the process
of aging. In order to preserve these historic vehicles,
conservation steps need to be taken. However urgent the
need for conservation of the vehicles, even more urgent is
the need to replace the buildings in which they are stored. It
is the opinion of professionals who have surveyed the
collection that efforts to preserve and protect the individual
vehicles will be useless if they cannot be moved into a
proper facility.
Interior of Metal Building (Blg. 2)
The collection is scatted throughout the museum ground
compound, in different buildings including: a wooden shed, a metal shed and the Anderson barn. The
current housing conditions leave the vehicles exposed to wind, dust, vermin, and insects. The Anderson
Barn roof leaks, allowing water damage to vehicles stored there.
The vehicles are exposed to the extremes of temperature. In
The Dalles summer heat can soar to over 115° F; in the
winter temperatures are often sub-freezing, and recorded
temperatures for the area have been below 0° F. Because
The Dalles is in the rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains,
the climate is overall dry, with annual rainfall averaging
about 13” per year. This dry climate has helped keep the
vehicles from rapid decomposition, but the materials used to
build these vehicles are reaching the end of their natural
lifespan. Paint is peeling, fabric and leather seat coverings
are decomposing, metal and wood wheels and frames are
losing their integrity and stability.
Exterior of Wooden Building in Winter (Blg.1)
Updated 4/5/2013
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The vehicles are crowded together behind wire fences, and
does not allow visitors to move around the vehicles and
view them from all sides. There are also additional artifacts
in the vehicle sheds which cannot be properly displayed due
to lack of room. Wheel-wrighting tools, farm and logging
tools, a kiln and a Universal printing press are part of the
collection that are not properly exhibited due to lack of
exhibit space.
The museum has tried repeatedly over the years to apply for
Age takes its toll as paint, wood and fabric begin to
grants, but being owned by Wasco County, it was classified
deteriorate.
as a government entity instead of a 501(c) 3 non-profit, thus
making it ineligible for the vast majority of cultural and preservation grants. The economic downturn of this
past decade also had a detrimental effect. County budget cuts left the museum to struggle on a tiny budget of
$25,000 that has barely kept the doors open, leaving no funds for restoration work.
Other avenues have been explored to find funding for a building to house the antique vehicle collection. The
Martin family donated $125,000 to the museum for the purpose of building a new facility for the collection.
In Sept. of 2009, the Fort Dalles Museum/Anderson Homestead Foundation was formed as a 501 (c) 3
organization. In August 2010 the Foundation received tax-exempt status from the IRS, enabling it to apply
for, and receive grants for historic preservation, cultural trust, development and maintenance of the facility.
It is essential to the preservation of this historic vehicle
collection that we first raise the funds for a new vehicle
building to house the collection. Once that is accomplished,
we will be able to begin work on conserving the vehicles
themselves.
Donations for the preservation of this historic vehicle
collection can be made to the Fort Dalles
Artist’s conceptual rendering of proposed vehicle building.
Museum/Anderson Homestead Foundation, a tax-exempt
501 (c) 3 organization, P.O. Box 591, The Dalles, Oregon 97058.
Thank you for your help and support.
Fort Dalles Museum/Anderson Homestead Board of Directors
Fort Dalles Museum/Anderson Homestead Foundation
September, 2010
Updated 4/5/2013
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VEHICLE INVENTORY LIST1
(This list does not include other items, antiques, and artifacts stored in these locations)
Building 1 - Wooden Shed (constructed by the Museum Commission)
No. ID#
Vehicle
Year
Footprint
Location
1
.
Umatilla House Bus
1879
8 x 14
Building 1 (wood)
2
D71-1976
Covered Wagon
1843
6 x 12.5
Building 1 (wood)
3
D71-1975
Logging Wagon/Pipe Wagon
6.5 x 13
Building 1 (wood)
4
D71-1981
Dump Wagon (possibly Watson)
c 1876
6.5 x 14.5
Building 1 (wood)
5
D71-1985
Wheelbarrow
6
D71-1983
Fresno Scraper #1, Wheeled
6x7
Building 1 (wood)
6
D71-1979
Fresno Scraper #1- (apparently inventoried twice; second inventory listed both
scraper #1 and #2 with the same number)
7
D71-1984
Fresno Scraper #2, Wheeled - Red Wheels
6x7
Building 1 (wood)
7
D71-1979
Fresno Scraper #2 (apparently inventoried twice; second inventory listed both
scraper #1 and #2 with the same number)
8
D71-1960
Slip Scraper #3
6x7
Building 1 (wood)
9
A.L. Post 19
Dalles-Prineville Stage “N.P. Express” 1899-1910 6 x 14
Building 1 (wood)
10
A.L. Post 19
Hotel Dalles Bus
1910
6 x 14
Building 1 (wood)
11
A.L. Post 19
Peoples Market Delivery Wagon
c 1920
6 x 12
Building 1 (wood)
Building 2 - Metal shed (constructed by the American Legion)
No. ID#
Vehicle
Year
Footprint
Location
12
Trap, Horse-drawn
6 x 12
Building 2 (metal)
13
D71-1971
Buckboard (black wood)
6 x 9.5
Building 2 (metal)
14
D71-1978
Hand cart (metal wheels)
4.5 x 7
Building 2 (metal)
15
D71-1997
Hearse - Colonial Mortuary (Portland)
6 x 14
Building 2 (metal)
16
A.L. Post 19
Hearse - The Dalles
5.5 x 14
Building 2 (metal)
17
A.L. Post 19
Buckboard (natural wood)
6 x 10.5
Building 2 (metal)
18
A.L. Post 19
Mail Wagon
6x8
Building 2 (metal)
19
A.L. Post 19
Surrey
6 x 10
Building 2 (metal)
20
A.L. Post 19
Moody Surrey
5.5 x 10
Building 2 (metal)
21
A.L. Post 19
Hansom Cab
1884
6 x 13
Building 2 (metal)
22
LH Collection Ford Model T Roadster
1925
6 x 12
Building 2 (metal)
23
LH Collection REO Automobile
1907
6 x 11
Building 2 (metal)
24
LH Collection Buick Automobile
6 x 12
Building 2 (metal)
25
LH Collection Knox Touring Car
1907/1911 5.5 x 12.5
Building 2 (metal)
26
LH Collection Studebaker Electric
1901
5.5 x 9
Building 2 (metal)
Building 3 - Anderson Barn (built 1890)
27
A.L. Post 19? Buggy
6x9
Anderson barn
28
A.L. Post 19
Milk Wagon - M. Sherrer’s Dairy
6 x 10
Anderson barn
29
Studebaker Wagon
6 x 10.5
Anderson barn
30
Wheel Chair 1
2.5 x 4
Anderson barn
31
Wheel Chair 2
2.5 x 4
Anderson barn
32
D71-1977
Railroad 3-Wheel Speeder
6x7
Anderson barn
33
Sleigh
34
35
Fresno Scraper #4 (4-horse) - Used on the Anderson Homestead
Anderson House
D71-1970
Large Wheel Bicycle
1890
Anderson Barn
Anderson House
A.L. Post 19: The American Legion Post #19 vehicles, identified in documentation as assigned to Wasco County/City of The
Dalles Museum Commission, dated 2000, are listed as: Hansom Cab; Hearse; Mail Wagon; two (2) Surreys; Buggy Cart; Stage
Coach (Mud Wagon) Hotel Dalles Bus; People’s Market Delivery Wagon; Milk Wagon; Buck Board.
LH Collection: 5 automobiles sold by the American Legion are now owned by Ladd Henderson of Pacific City. The automobiles in
that collection are: the 1925 Ford Model T Roadster, the Knox Touring Car, the REO Automobile, the Buick Automobile and the
Studebaker Electric Car. Sam Woolsey identified the cars in the L.H. collection and said that some members of the American
Legion sold the cars to Henderson without gaining consensus of the group. When the older members of the organization who had
initially been the ones to acquire the cars got wind of it, they put a stop to future sales. Henderson agreed to keep the vehicles at
the Fort for display. Information was furnished by Sam Woolsey; documentation on this arrangement is not included on this report.
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Page 1 Inventory list initially compiled by Eric Gleason 2009. History and photos compiled by Susan Buce, Sept. 2010.
Updated 4/5/2013
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History of the Fort Dalles Vehicles
Vehicles stored in Building 1 (wooden shed)
1. Umatilla House Bus
ID #: Unknown
Footprint: 8’ x 14’
Location: Building 1
Donated by Thomas L. Crofton of the Umatilla House Hotel.
Umatilla House Bus stories. Including that persistent rumor that
Ulysses S. Grant was shot at while riding it. Other stories: Umatilla
House stories, Ivan Collins from Dufur. Miniature wagons at OHC.
Before at the Smithsonian. Everett Metzentine, August Wintermire
1894 also from Dufur. Museum notes say: Umatilla House Bus
newly restored features intricate paintings inside.1 Photocopied
Museum Notes listed as “Museum Commissiom; Things in the
Sheds at the Museum, Fort Dalles, Dated Sept. 4, 1970” Photocopy
of newspaper article with no dateline reads: Old Umatilla House
Bus Is Presented To Historical Society - The old Umatilla House
bus, which used to run between the railroad station when it was in
the east end of town, and the once splendid hostelry at the foot of
Union street, will not be returned to its dark den under the rotting floors of the old structure where for years it has
been subject to the ebb and flow of Columbia river floods. The bus was dragged out for the historical section of the
American Legion parade Saturday. Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall, recognizing its historical value, interceded, and with the
aid of Circuit Judge Fred W. Wilson, procured it as a gift to the Old Fort Dalles Historical Society. Thomas N.
Crofton, who now runs the Umatilla house, inheriting thereby the ancient conveyance, made the presentation. The bus
will be taken to the fort grounds and suitably housed for preservation. It was built in 1879, and in its day was a most
resplendent vehicle.
History of the Umatilla House
One of the most famous hotels in the West during its heyday, it
was built in 1857 near the steamboat landing at the mouth of Mill
Creek, near the foot of Union Street. The fashionable meeting
place for townfolk and travelers alike, the building burned in 1877
but was immediately rebuilt larger and more elegant than ever.
Steamboats, stagecoaches and railroad trains stopped there.
The dining room served hundreds of guests at a sitting; the kitchen
was famous for its venison, wild goose and Royal Chinook
Salmon. In the evenings the dining room was cleared for gala balls
and parties, while upstairs the “ladies’ parlor” was the popular spot
for weddings.
The Umatilla House was a business hub too. Its huge safe served as the town’s bank for years. The bar room
(*reputedly the largest on the (West Coast) served gold miners and gamblers, cowboys and sheep-men, railroaders,
steamboaters, Army officers, politicians and businessmen-many a deal was concluded over a drink at the famous,
immense, ornate bar.
In 1859 the House was purchased by two Irishmen destined to be remembered as fondly as the establishment
itself: Dan Handley and Nicholas B. Sinnott. Their generous hospitality was legendary, and under their management
the hotel was a “gold mine.”
After their deaths in the 1890s its fame gradually declined. Steamboat travel diminished, the railroad station
relocated to a more fashionable part of town, and the grand old House grew shabby and decrepit. It was razed in 1929.
In its prime it had welcomed many a weary traveler, from the destitute to the renowned. Those signing
its registers included President Grant, General Sherman, Thomas and Mrs. Edison, Mark Twain and
entrepreneur George Francis Train, the man whose exploits inspired Jules Verne’s “Around the World in
Eighty Days”.--Source, Fort Dalles Museum archives
1
Fort Dalles Museum vehicle notes, “Property of The Museum Commission.”
Updated 4/5/2013
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2. Covered Wagon
ID #: D71-1976
Footprint: 6’ x 12’.5”
This vehicle was originally identified as a Conestoga Wagon.
Museum records have been corrected to “covered wagon”.
Accession card file description says: “Date received: March 2,
1971; Object: Conestoga, Wagon with Tongue. Listed as a Gift.
Condition is listed as “Good.” Description/Size: L. 132”; 2-50
dia. wheel, 1-24” wheel; 2-42” dia. wheel; 2-12 spoke wheels,
metal tire painted yellow; Unpainted wooden wagon bed and 1
metal hoop - 2 wooden hoops. W W co. #30 on bed.2 A
newspaper clipping reporting on the parade entries for the Fort
Dalles Frolics, dated Sept. 10, 1928, says: “A covered wagon of
1843, drawn by an ox team.3” “Covered Wagon, which came
across on the Oregon Trail. The bed has been rebuilt, but the rest
is original. A portion of the bed still retains some of the blue
paint. The Oregon Trail Wagons traditionally had blue wagon
beds, red wheels and white tops.4”
3. Logging Trailer (Ivan Collins)/ Pipe Wagon
ID #: D71-1975
Footprint: 6.5 x 13
Accession card describes this wagon as a donated gift. Date
received: March 2, 1971. Condition is listed as “Poor, wheels
rotting.” Description/size: L. 180” approx;., W. 68”. 4 wheels,
39” dia. x 5”; metal tire; wide tongue (wood); wood & metal; 12
spoke wheels.5 “This Baine wagon was first used as a logging
wagon at Goldendale, Washington. Later it was sold to a rancher
near Wasco (in Sherman County, about 25 miles east of The
Dalles) where it and six other wagons were connected together as
a “train”, pulled by an old “Case” tractor; used to haul 700 sacks
of grain to the warehouse in Wasco in one trip. Still later it was
used to carry a cook shack from field to field to feed threshing
crews.6
2
Fort Dalles Museum Accession card file.
Newspaper clipping, The Dalles Chronicle/Optimist, dated Sept. 10, 1928.
4
The Dalles Chronicle, “Legion divided over wagon sale”, Monday, March 13, 2000, page A5.
5
6
Original card signage displayed on vehicle.
3
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4. Dump Wagon (possibly Watson Belly Dump)
ID #: D71-1981
Footprint: 6.5 x 14.5
Belly Dump Wagon, used for road building. Accession card says:
Date received: 2 March 1971; Gift, Condition “Good; Empties
from hinged bottom; Description/size: Bed L. 138” x 44”; 2
Wheel dia. 38”; 12” metal rim; 2 wheel dia. 47”-15” metal rim;
Red painted wheels.7” The Dump Wagon was one of two cityowned wagons used to haul fireworks to the banks of the
Columbia River for the American Centennial celebration of
1876.8 The Dump Wagon has been identified by John R.
Middleton, great-grandson of Mr. David Watson, as possibly
being a “Watson Dump Wagon. The Watson Dumping Wagon
was developed in Stratford, NY by David S. Watson. As demand
for these wagons increased Mr. Watson moved the operation to
Canastota NY where he became one of the largest employers in
the area. During World War 1 he delivered 15,000 wagons to the
European effort in France.9 Paula Kuttner says she was told that
the city’s dump wagons were previously used in construction of
Portland’s Bull Run watershed.
5. Wheelbarrow
ID #: D71-1985
Paula Kuttner said this old wooden wheelbarrow might be
the one supposedly used by the Hudson’s Bay Co.
Footprint: ?
7
“Antique wagon collection may roll again,” article by Dan Spatz, The Dalles Chronicle, In The Company of Excellence special
section, February 2002.
9
John R. Middleton, Website, http://watsonwagon.tripod.com
8
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6. Fresno Scraper #1, 2-Horse (2-Wheeled)
ID #: D71-1979 (both Fresno Scrapers given duplicate
Accession #)
Horse-drawn, 2-wheeled. Museum Notes listed as “Museum
Commissiom; Things in the Sheds at th e Museum, Fort
Dalles, Dated Sept. 4, 1970” says: 2--2 Wheel Scrapers
outside shed 10.
Footprint: 6 x 7
?
D71-1983
Scraper, Wheeled - Accession card says: Date
of donation: 2 March 1971. Gift. Condition: “Good.” Description/Size:
“Scoop 39” x 36”; 2 wood wheels 38” dia.; 12 spoke; Horse drawn; 1
doubletree; 2 singletrees; metal, Handtrip; Wood tongue.
7. Fresno Scraper #2, 2-Horse (2-Wheeled)
Accession #)
Accession #)
Horse-drawn, 2-wheeled. Museum Notes listed as “Museum
Commissiom; Things in the Sheds at th e Museum, Fort
Dalles, Dated Sept. 4, 1970” says: 2--2 Wheel Scrapers
outside shed 11.
F ootprint: 6 x 7
?
D71-1984
Scraper, Wheeled - Accession card says: Date of donation: 2
March 1971. Gift. Condition: “Good.” Description/Size: Scoop 39” x 32¼”;
2 wood-metal banded wheels; dia. 39”; Red painted wheels; Horse
drawn scoop; Metal hand trip.”
8. Slip
ID #:
F ootprint: 6x7
The Slip Scraper is currently stacked on top of the Fresno Scraper
due to lack of room.
10
11
Museum notes: Museum Commissiom; Things in the Sheds at th e Museum, Fort Dalles; Dated Sept. 4, 1970
Museum notes: Museum Commissiom; Things in the Sheds at th e Museum, Fort Dalles; Dated Sept. 4, 1970
Updated 4/5/2013
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9. Dalles-Prineville “N.P. Express” Stagecoach
ID #: American Legion Post #19 Collection
Footprint: 6’ x 14’
Location: Building 1 - Wooden Shed
The Dalles-Prineville Stagecoach “Mud-Wagon” possibly dates
back to the gold rush days12.
The paint scheme and lettering, though not original, have none-theless been worn by this vehicle for much of its lifetime and as such
have become a part of its history for several generations. This is a
vehicle that is almost completely intact with most of its original
fabric existing. Historically it is a fine example representing the
staging era and settlement of the west, especially central Oregon
and of the development of the surrounding local countryside and
towns. The “N.P. Express” lettering probably stands for Northern
Pacific Express, a subsidiary of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company which carried both express and United States Mail via
railroad and overland stage routes.13 Museum notes say: S.Coach
used to run between T.D. Prineville - Driver shot off seat during hold-up?14 A guidebook published in 1940, titled:
Oregon, End of the Trail says of the vehicle collection: One of
them, a stagecoach that once carried President U.S. Grant, bears
bullet holes from early-day bandit raids15.
William H. McNeal’s “History of Wasco County” says: The
above Wells Fargo stage was later on The Dalles to Prineville run
and Jess M. Gray one of the original drivers on The Dalles to
Shaniko division of that run and also known as The Dalles to
Canyon City run (1899-1910) drove that stage at different times on
both the parade and its former regular runs. He now (1952) lives in
Mosier. He is the last of the old stage coach drivers still living and
drove for a time, (1910-1914) on The Dalles to Wapinitia run and freighted from Shaniko to Central Oregon with an
8-horse “jerk line” team and 2 wagons16. American Legion President Bob Cimmiyotti related this tale about the
Dalles-Prineville Stage: “This is the story, rarely told. The wagon was long missing from The Dalles and a search was
made for it. It was known what area it must be in and it was finally located. When located, Past commanders Harold
Sexton and Eugene Elton were ring leaders and four other courageous vets with a pickup and car, traveled deep into
Jefferson County. After dark they hooked the coach to the pickup and with the taillights of the car behind, headed for
The Dalles. Their greatest effort was to reach the Wasco County line. Having accomplished this, their work had just
begun. The power of the pickup was hardly a match for the steep and crooked grade of Cow Canyon. After going as
far as they could, the wheels were blocked and from then on it was “rev the motor; put in gear; heave and push and
block again.” Some areas were it could travel alone, someone would go back, retrieve the car, pick up the tired crew,
soon to catch up with the stalled vehicles again. From there it was “rev, heave, push and block” until they reached the
top of the hill. After several more hours they arrived at The Dalles with their prize.17”
12
Source: Bob Cimmiyotti story
Source: Gary Manning, Survey of Fort Dalles Vehicles, April 2009
14
Fort Dalles Museum vehicle notes, “Property o f The Museum Commission.”
15
Oregon, End of the Trail, compiled by Workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of
Oregon; American Guide Series, Illustrated Sponsored by the Oregon State Board of Control, Binfords & Mort, Publishers,
Portland publ. 1940; page 245
16
History of Wasco County, William McNeal (The American Legion Frolics).
17
“Legion saved vehicles”, letter to the editor written by Bob Cimmiyotti, The Dalles Chronicle, Dec. 21, 1999
13
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10. 1910 Hotel Dalles Wagonette Omnibus
Footprint: 6 x 14
The Hotel Dalles Bus, built around 1910, carried passengers to
and from the train depot. Hotel Dalles eclipsed the Umatilla
House. Source: —Bob Cimmiyotti story.
Sign on the vehicle says: Bus built 1910, carried passengers to
and from R.R. Depot, which at the time was at First and Madison
Sts. Also to and from steamer landing. Newspaper clipping, dated
Sept. 10, 1928, reporting parade entries of Fort Dalles Frolics
says: The Dalles hotel bus of 1890-1910, also preserved, along
with the Umatilla house bus, at the historical building18. Letter to
the Editor, written by R.J. “Bob” Cimmiyotti, dated Dec. 21,
1999, titled “Legion saved vehicles” states: “I noted in The Dalles
Chronicle (12/2/99) the articles the Legion planned to sell. They
do not own the Hotel Dalles bus, never have and never will. This
is the story as told to me by the WWI veterans: Mr. Pat Foley,
owner of Hotel Dalles, was very proud of his bus and kept it well
preserved within his hotel. When the vets approached him to put
his bus on parade, already knowing their possible future intent, he
told them they could have it for display and parades but no
amount of money was to take it from the historical area of The
Dalles. The vets made that promise and to the best of my ability, I
keep that promise.19” “The Hotel Dalles Bus, which was built
around 1910 and carried passengers to and from the Railroad
Depot. 20”
Footprint: 6 x 12
11. Peoples Market Wagon
People’s Market Meat and Delivery Wagon, which was
used by one of the local markets around the 1920s to deliver
goods. 21”
18
R.J. “Bob” Cimmiyotti, President American Legion Post #19, The Dalles Chronicle, Dec. 21, 1999, Letter to the Editor
“Legion saved vehicles”
20
21
19
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Other — Sign: The Dalles California Highway
ID #: D71-2123
Footprint: 15” Sq. (Wall)
Accession card says: Acq. 3 March 1971; Condition: Good, Used
on old Stage Road; Object: SIGNS, Highway (2); Description: 15”
square set in diamond shape; “n-S” Marker; the Dalles-California
Highway; Punched and painted on metal22.
ID #: D71-1985 (Not on Eric’s initial inventory list) - not sure of location
Wheelbarrow
Footprint?
Accession card says: Date received: 2 March 1971; Gift. Condition: “Fair”; Description/Size: L. 56” x 23”; Metal bed
& wheel & stand; wood handles. Handwritten Initials on card say: VBW23
Wheelbarrow
Footprint?
Accession card says: Date received: 2 March 1971; Gift. Condition: “Poor”; Manufacturer: General; Country: USA;
Location: Akron, O.; Description/Size: Metal bed, flattened out; Wood handles. Handwritten Initials on card say:
VBW24
Wheelbarrow, Wood
Footprint?
Accession card says: Date received: 2 March 1971; Gift. Condition: “Poor”; Description/Size: L. 70” x 34” Wheel
15” dia. Wood all wood, metal bolt, Flat bed.25
Ox Yoke
Footprint?
Accession card says: Date received: 2 March 1971; Gift. Condition: “Fair”; Description/Size: L. 60” x 10”x6½”; All
wood except metal eye; 4 bow holes, no bows.26
22
24
25
26
23
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Vehicles stored in Building 2 (metal)
12. Trap, Horse-drawn
ID #:
Footprint: 6 x 12
13 Buckboard Buggy
ID #: D71-1971
Footprint: 5’ x 9’ (black frame)
One buckboard is listed as a gift having been donated by A.L.
“Bud Cates”. Accession card #D71-1971 provides a physical
description: 2 40” dia. small wheel; 2 45” dia. Lge wheel; Overall
L. 108”x59½”; 2 seat & box painted black; Wheels & frame (red)
rubber tires; 1 horsedrawn vehicle with shafts. Condition listed as
“Good”.27
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14. Handcart
ID #: D71-1978
Footprint: 4.5 x 7
Accession card says: Date received: 2 March 1971; Gift.
Condition: “Fair”; Description/Size: L. 76” overall x 32”; 2 wheel
42” dia. 16 spokes, metal bands on wheels, wood & metal.28
Record in Past Perfect lists Accession # A-131. Description says:
Two wheel wooden handcarts were donated by The Dalles Cherry
Growers Association in 1968, via Lewis Nichols, per meeting
minutes March 26, 1968. Not sure which carts these are in
reference to.29
28
29
Past Perfect file, Accession #A-131; D1971-178 Handcart.; catalogued by hh 05/15/2001.
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15. Hearse - Colonial Mortuary (Portland)
ID #: D71-1997
Footprint: 6 x 14
Accession card says: Date received 2 March 1971; Gift; Source:
Oregon Historical Society. Object: Hearse; Date: 1870;
Condition: Good; Horse drawn hearse; Used in Portland Circa
1870 - donated to the Oregon Historical Society by Colonial
Mortuary. Description/Size: L. 147” x 64”; Black finished wood,
glass sides and end. Horse drawn. High seat, black curtains with
fringe and 6 tassels; 2 wheels 41” dia. 14 spokes; 2 wheels 48”
dia. 14 spokes; Entire body mounted on 4 large springs 30.
16. The Dalles Hearse (circa) 1880
Footprint: 5.5 x 14
The Dalles Hearse, dates back to the 1880s. The sides were
originally glassed in, and there was a small door in the back to
slip the casket in.
17. Buckboard
30
Footprint: 6 x 10.5 (natural wood frame)
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18. U.S. Mail Wagon
Footprint: 6 x 8
Lettering painted on vehicle reads: U.S. Mail Rural Free Del.
Route No. 2, No. 15. Listed under “American Legion Frolics”
from Wm. McNeal’s “History of Wasco County” says: A horsedrawn mail cart showed how service was rendered to the farmers
in 190531.
19. Surrey
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Footprint: 6 x 10
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20. Moody Surrey
Footprint: 5.5 x 10
This surrey was once owned and driven by Governor Zenas Ferry
Moody (1832-1916) who lived in The Dalles. Moody was
Surveyor of The Willamette Meridian, Founder of the Town of
Umatilla, Republican Governor of Oregon 1882-1887.
21. Hansom Cab
Footprint: 6 x 13
Hansom Cab, built in 1884. The cab was driven by C.N. Wiley
who was based off the old Wand & Oaks livery stable (present
site of the Civic Auditorium.) As a young man Wiley reportedly
said he drove a different cab in Illinois prior to the Civil War,
when two of his passengers were Abraham Lincoln and Stephen
Douglas, traveling en route to one of their historic “LincolnDouglas debates”. After retirement, Mr. Wiley drove the Hansom
Cab in downtown parades, reportedly making his final appearance
in 1927. An article published in The Dalles Chronicle (sic), dated
Sept. 10, 1928 says: “Bill” Wiley’s cab, which Wiley drove for
years on the streets of The Dalles, and which last year proudly
carried him in the Frolics parade for the last time, in a depiction
of Wiley’s stagecoach tour of Wisconsin with Abraham Lincoln
and Stephen Douglas during the Douglas debates. This cab was
presented to the American Legion by Wiley before his death, and
will be preserved at the Historical building 32[Fort Dalles
Museum].
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22. Ford Model T Roadster (1925)
ID #: Ladd Henderson Collection
Footprint: 6 x 12
A sign above the vehicle says “1925 Ford Model T roadster,
Special Equipment: disc wheels, Henderson Sure-skid brakes”
(Paula Kuttner says this last is probably a joke by the former
owner, the late Larry Henderson.)
Eric Gleason reports: “Just a note on the vehicles of Ladd
Henderson. He is now in Pacific City, he moved from Hood River
a couple of years ago. Also the Model T was his brothers car, it
was not part of the Legion Collection, they brought it over to take
the place of the curved dash Oldsmobile (ca 1904), that is part of
the Legion Collection, that they took away to restore 5 - 6 years
ago.” (email 09/24/10)
23. REO Automobile (1907)
The words “Post 19” The Dalles are painted on the side of
the hood of the car and the year 1907 painted on the front.
Footprint: 6 x 11
24. Buick Automobile
Footprint: 6 x 12
Museum Notes listed as Cars and Wagons At the Fort Dalles
Museum, dated Sept. 4, 1970 says: Buick 1911? Olds 1902 orig.33
33
Cars and Wagons At the Fort Dalles Museum, dated Sept. 4, 1970
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25. Knox Touring Car (1907?/1911?)
Footprint: 5.5 x 12.5
Conflicting information about year of manufacture. Sign says:
1907 Knox touring car. Knox Automobile Co. - Springfield, Mass.
30” road Horsepower” About $2500.00. new. Published articles
say it’s a 1911 Knox.
Article published in The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Saturday,
April 29, 1922 titled: “Two Views of Malcolm Moody’s Knox,
The Oldest Car in The Dalles Still in Operation” pictures the Knox
and owner Malcolm A. Moody at the wheel. The article says:
“Time does not seem to have impaired the vigor and serviceability
of Malcolm A. Moody’s sturdy old Knox, the first water-cooled
Knox automobile shipped west of the mountains. It was away back
in 1908, back in antiquity as far as automobiles are concerned, that
Moody read and believed almost all the good things that were
printed about the Knox automobile, and forthwith sent an order for
one to the factory at Springfield, Mass. The car arrived in due time,
and with Dr. J. A. Reuters air-cooled Knox was one of the only
two cars of that make in this vicinity for a long time.
“This old Knox, which is still owned by Moody, is a five
passenger car, with all the copper and other almost unwearable and
unbreakable materials in it that car manufacturers built into cars in
the early days of the automobile industry. It was equipped with the
same tonneau, or back seat, shown in the accompanying views, and
also, with a rumble seat that could replace the tonneau with a
“quick change” operation. The price of this old car was $4,000, f.o.b. the factory.
Never Overhauled. During its long and active life this car has never been overhauled. It has been frequently
repaired, but the repairs were always of a minor nature, except the first one, which was made necessary by an accident
on the old county fair grounds when Moody was putting his new car through a severe pulling test through a sandy
road. He drove this car for [number missing] years and estimates that he undoubtedly covered 50,000 miles, over
some of the worst roads in the world. He never made any long trips in it, but it was put to the most severe tests in the
short jaunts over “hill and dale” in this vicinity.
Three years ago Moody retired his Knox, but a year or more ago, L.M. Martin, local automobile repair man,
brought it out of its retirement, and has been making good use of it ever since. “I don’t have a bit of trouble with it,”
said Martin, and while it is not exactly a good looker, I believe it is more reliable than a great many cars now in use.”
“Not Woman-Broke. Here is an odd fact connected with this old Knox: Moody says it has never been broke to
women. In other words, no woman has ever driven it, and so Miss Lillian Schassen, of The Chronicle office, who is
seen at the wheel in one of the pictures shown here, enjoys the distinction of being the only woman who has ever
handled its wheel.
“Moody thinks the world of his old car, and intends to keep it in his possession, and to pension it when L.M.
Martin decides to turn it back into his charge.34”
According to Paula Kuttner, Malcolm Moody (the “Merchant Prince of The Dalles”) was Governor Moody’s son.
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The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Saturday, April 29, 1922
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26. Studebaker Electric (1901)
Footprint: 5.5 x 9
Signs on display say “1901” but the 1 has been painted on the
front sign to resemble a 4. The sign on the back of the vehicle
says 1901. The story as told by Paula Kuttner is that Larry
Henderson told her this vehicle is actually a 1904 Studebaker and
that made it more valuable than the 1901, so someone changed
the sign on the front. Museum Notes listed as Cars and Wagons
At the Fort Dalles Museum, dated Sept. 4, 1970 says: StudeBaker
Electric - 1901.35
35
Cars and Wagons At the Fort Dalles Museum, dated Sept. 4, 1970
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Vehicles displayed in the Anderson Barn
27. Buggy (Cart?)
ID #: American Legion Post #19 Collection?
Footprint: 6 x 9
28. Milk Wagon
Footprint: 6 x 10
Front page article, published in The Dalles Chronicle, dated
Thursday, March 11, 1965 shows the milk wagon. Lettering on
the wagon reads: CITY DAIRY, Milk, Cream, M. Scherrer.
Caption says: Pioneer vehicles from the impressive local
collection, including the M. Scherrer” City Dairy Wagon, have
been moved to the Ft. Dalles Museum grounds where they will be
housed in new display area. Lew Nichols, Wasco County-Dalles
City Museum Commission chairman (pictured), reports that
display structure is nearing completion36. Leona McManman’s
husband Orval was the person who was instructed by Gladys
Seufert to paint over the identifying information.
29. Studebaker Wagon
ID #:
36
Footprint: 6 x 10.5
The Dalles Chronicle, March 11, 1965, page 1 photo and caption.
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30. Wheel Chair 1
ID #:
Paula Kuttner said one of the two wheelchairs was once
used by Mrs. Anderson, the other has been at the museum
for years.
Footprint: 2.5 x 4
31. Wheel Chair 2
ID #:
Footprint: 2.5 x 4
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32. Railroad 3-Wheel Speeder
ID #: D71-1977
Footprint: 6 x 7
Accession card says: Date received: 2 March 1971; donated as a
gift, Condition listed as “Fair; Used on Railroad”,
Description/Size: L. 72” x 66” approx; 2 wood wheels; handpropelled; chain drive.37 Paula Kuttner says Orval McManman
assembled the RR speeder from a box of parts found in the
vehicle building.
Footprint:
33. Sleigh
Location: Building 3 Anderson Barn
ID #:
This sleigh was outside the Anderson barn for years and
became covered from ivy growing nearby. When the ivy
was trimmed in 2009, the sleigh was discovered and brought
into the Anderson barn.
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34. Fresno Scraper 3, (4-Horse)
ID #:
Horse-drawn scraper used on the Anderson Homestead.
Footprint:
Location: Anderson Barn
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Stored in the Anderson House
35. Large Wheel Bicycle
ID #: D71-1970
Footprint: 6 x 7
Location: Anderson House
Accession card says: Date received: 2 March 1971; BICYCLE,
Large Wheel. Date 1890. Gift, Source: Williams Family.
Condition: “Good”. Description/size: Dia. Lge Wheel 54”; Dia.
small wheel 17½”; metal, wire spoke wheels.38 Newspaper
clipping reported on the Fort Dalles Frolics parade, says: “A high
wheel bicycle of 1880. (Providing E.M. Williams lets us take it
again. We busted a pedal on it last year.)39
38
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Legion Saved Vehicles
(or How the American Legion got the vehicles)
Letter to the Editor, published 12/21/1999 in The Dalles Chronicle40
With respect to those historical vehicles up on the museum grounds and with my participation as adjutant in the
American Legion for many years, I would like to clarify a few questions. through my association with the veterans of WWI,
you’ll find their stories as told to me within my letter:
The question has often been asked “How did the American Legion get the vehicles?”
This is their story. When the boys went overseas during WWI to countries hundreds of years older than their homeland,
they saw what they thought to be worthless pieces of old relics and wooden wheeled carts being bought and sold by collectors for
unbelievable prices. When they returned home in 1919 they found their hometown making money, pickup trucks and cars zipping
through the streets and these old vehicles discarded in alleys and backyards. Then they organized American Legion Post #19.
Through their experiences overseas, they recognized future financial stability in the preservation of those discarded vehicles.
They went to the owners and asked for their wagons. Most were happy to have them hauled away. They stored them in an old
livery stable on the one-time military grounds taking them out from time to time for parades in their Fort Dalles Frolics. Through
the years of the Depression the old stable deteriorated. In the early 1950s WWI and WWII veterans, hating to see the deterioration
of these old vehicles, scrounged together enough money for materials to erect a Quonset Hut. Through long hours and hard work,
the building was completed. At long last those vehicles had the respect they had earned. Believe it or not (with the exception of an
old Portland hearse within) every piece of equipment on the grounds today was sheltered within that building. some years later,
with the assistance of the museum commission and with work from the American Legion members, that old building, that once
served as storage space for the surgeon’s quarters, got a new roof and was prepared for better display of the large horse-drawn
wagons.
The letter from American Legion Post #19 is a sham (“These pieces of history are gradually deteriorating.”) Humbug!
Preservation of the same, started 47 years ago and they have deteriorated little since. Deterioration took place during prior years
when exposed to sun, wind, rain and snow. Sheltered as they are, the vehicles can stand another 50 plus years with little
deterioration. Read the next paragraph in their letter and you’ll see where their interest lies.
I noted in The Dalles Chronicle (12/2/99) the articles the Legion planned to sell. They do not own the Hotel Dalles bus,
never have and never will. This is the story as told to me by the WWI veterans: Mr. Pat Foley, owner of Hotel Dalles, was very
proud of his bus and kept it well preserved within his hotel. When the vets approached him to put his bus on parade, already
knowing their possible future intent, he told them they could have it for display and parades but no amount of money was to take
it from the historical area of The Dalles. The vets made that promise and to the best of my ability, I keep that promise..
Now with regard to the old Dalles-Prineville stagecoach, ask anyone in The Dalles and they assume it has always been here.
Not so. This is their story, rarely told. That wagon was long missing from The Dalles and a search was made for it. It was known
what area it must be in and it was finally located. When located, Past commanders Harold Sexton and Eugene Elton were ring
leaders and four other courageous vets with a pickup and car, traveled deep into Jefferson County. After dark they hooked the
coach to the pickup and with the taillights of the car behind, headed for The Dalles. Their greatest effort was to reach the Wasco
County line. Having accomplished this, their work had just begun. The power of the pickup was hardly a match for the steep and
crooked grade of Cow Canyon. After going as far as they could, the wheels were blocked and from then on it was “rev the motor;
put in gear; heave and push and block again.” Some areas were it could travel alone, someone would go back, retrieve the car,
pick up the tired crew, soon to catch up with the stalled vehicles again. From there it was “rev, heave, push and block” until they
reached the top of the hill. After several more hours they arrived at The Dalles with their prize. Now I ask you, who owns it? the
veterans request was that it should forever be a piece of history within The Dalles.
through the years, the American Legion has oft times met financial problems but worked them out. With pride in our possessions,
no thought was ever entertained to seek financial stability through the sale of any of our vehicles. With the assurance that the
antique cars would never be removed from the Dalles, no one interceded when they received an offer of an amount far greater
than the collector’s appraisal, who recommended if they could get that sum they had better sell. With these funds the Legion
burned their mortgage and has invested funds. Let’s Leave It There!
R.J. Cimmiyotti, Past Commander
American Legion Post #19, The Dalles
Editor’s note: This letter was originally submitted Dec. 7, prior to a Legion meeting on this subject.
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ARTICLES, NOTES & COMMENTS
“Under the heading of new business it was reported the American Legion are expecting an appropriation from the
Government and will rebuild the sheds that protect the old wagons. They will also put in a cement driveway. This
…osition was.. a motion resulting in …[faded type and bad photocopy are not clear. Might be able to read original.]”
— Wasco County - Dalles City Museum Commission Board Minutes, dated Dec. 14, 1943, Page 138.
“John Lundell asked about the old vehicles stored in the tin building which is on the west side of the lot of the Fort
Dalles Museum. A discussion followed about the status of the vehicles. Some of the vehicles belong to the American
Legion. The rest are under the care of the Museum Commission. The American Legion was given their vehicles for
use in Fort Dalles Days. Permission was granted from the Oregon Historical Siciety to construct the tin building and
was constructed by the American Legion. the wooden building on the west side of the Fort Dalles lot was constructed
by the Museum Commission. …A letter was read by Lewis Nichols concerning the certification of qualifications by
the Oregon Historical Society to the State Highway Department of the two Museums here at The Dalles [Fort Dalles
and Winquatt museums], and stating they were qualified for State Highway funds.” — Wasco County - Dalles City
Museum Commission Board Minutes, dated Oct. 28, 1969, pages 44 and 46. Present: John Lundell, Leslie Martin,
Chuck Tayes, Lloyd McLeod, Lewis Nichols, and Gladys Seufert. Mrs. Ray Harmon was a guest. [Minutes written by
Gladys Seufert, Secretary].
“The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as read. Lewis Nichols suggested that additional information
should be added concerning the American Legion vehicles, and it was that the Legion pays $1.00 per year rent for
storage of the vehicles and this sum is paid to the Oregon Historical Society.” —Wasco County - Dalles City Museum
Commission Board Minutes, Nov. 23, 1960, page 47; Present: John Lundell, Jeanne Hillis, Lloyd McLeod, Lewis
Nichols, and Gladys Seufert. Mrs. Ray Harmon was a guest, [Minutes written by Gladys Seufert, Secretary].
“Dolph Kimsey was appointed to find out about the ownership of the vehicles in the sheds on the Museum property at
Fort Dalles. Some belong to the American Legion and some to the Museum Commission..” —Wasco County - Dalles
City Museum Commission Board Minutes, Feb. 1970, page 67, written by Gladys Seufert. [Minutes written by Gladys
Seufert, Secretary].
“Phil Pashek asked about the status of the tin building on fort Dalles stating he had been told there was a life-time
contract involved with the American Legion. As none of the Museum Commission knew of any such contract Gladys
Seufert was appointed to find out about such a contract if it existed.” —Wasco County - Dalles City Museum
Commission Board Minutes, Oct. 2, 1973, [Minutes written by Gladys Seufert, Secretary].
“THE OLD FORT DALLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM, SW. corner 15th and Garrison Sts., occupies the
last remaining building of the Old Fort Dalles group. The museum contains Indian artifacts and American history
material, including arrows, stone bowls, baskets, beadwork and old articles of furniture brought across the plains in
covered wagons. Pioneer vehicles owned by the American Legion and stored in sheds near the museum, are exhibited
annually at The Old Fort Dalles Frolics. One of them, a stagecoach that once carried President U.S. Grant, bears bullet
holes from early-day bandit raids. —Source: Google Books, keywords: old fort dalles historical society”, Oregon,
End of theTrail, compiled by Workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of
Oregon; American Guide Series, Illustrated Sponsored by the Oregon State Board of Control, Binfords & Mort,
Publishers, Portland publ. 1940; page 245
“Horses were easier to get in those days for parade purposes than they are now so more of that type of vehicle could
be featured. The Legion never did provide a descent [sic] place with any protection from the weather for the vehicles
so many of them have fallen into ruin by general neglect. During the PWA days the city took charge of them and reconditioned them as a PWA project and for a few years they looked good but lack of a protective storage place as
since brought them the same condition as the old PWA days found them. I f the storage problem is not solved it won’t
be long until these vehicles will all be only a memory.
“Many of the old automobiles were reserrected from the junk heaps of Wasco and Sherman counties by Bert
Agsten, W.H. McNeal, Harold Sexton, Lisle Minion, Linn Crighton and others. About all that was necessary was to
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ask for them in the name of the Legion, for parade purposes, and they were graciously given. Lisle Minion and linn
Creighton were “head mechanics” for the old smokers. Linn would gather up all the surplus car batteries in town for
the old electric car.
“Malcolm Moody’s Knox could always be depended upon to tow the boiling smokers in case they “choked up”
and died of pneumonia. Many of these old cars are now housed in local garages by their owners free and are therefore
kept in much better condition than the wagons.41” —Source, Wm. H. McNeal’s History of Wasco County, The
American Legion Frolics
“Antique car enthusiasts are putting the old vehicles in American Legion Post 19’s collection into good condition
again, in project headed by Joe Forest. With help of volunteers from the post, work is now being concentrated in the
1911 Knox (left), a prestige car in its day. Car has been sanded, ready for repainting, and motor is tuned up and in
running order. Shown examining high-wheeled machine are Forest, Bob Prellwitz, Dick Eastman, Wallace Kinney
and Gilbert Young. Car labeled “1907) is a Reo of that vintage and with exception of radiator, now being repaired, is
ready to roll. Car on right is the familiar 1902 Olds, the one that chugged through downtown streets during Veterans
Day parade last November. Dick Eastman is in driver’s seat with Prellwitz standing alongside. Legion post has a
number of historic vehicles. Some of them lacking parts that are now difficult to replace. Post commander Kinney is
seeking information on the old cars so it can be presented when vehicles are put on public display. In addition to cars
pictured above, the post owns a 1903 Buick and a Detroit electric car believed to have been manufactured about 1909.
Summer sheet Metal hopes to be able to replace some of the missing metal work on the cars. Eastman has volunteered
help with the upholstery, and Mid-Columbia Radiator Service has offered to do the necessary radiator work. —
Source: undated newspaper article, probably The Dalles Chronicle. Photos appear to be est. 1940’s era.
“Old vehicles have been moved and arranged, a process shown under way in the new display area at the Ft. Dalles
Museum, the surgeon’s quarters from Ft. Dalles. Wasco County provided euipment for loading and hauling a steam
pumper, and Les Schwab Tire Center provided an air compressor and operator to inflate tires of antique automobiles.
Some of the horse-drawn vehicles in the local collection date back to early pioneer days42. —Source: The Dalles
Optimist, March 18, 1965, Page 3; photo and caption.
“There are approximately 20 items under contention, from wheelbarrows up through some of the large wagons, all of
which have been stored at the Fort Dalles Museum since the 1950’s.” — “Legion remains divided over old wagons,”
Shannon Becker, reporter, The Dalles Chronicle, March 17, 200043.
“The wagons [at Fort Dalles Museum] are a very valuable resource. The vehicles are a good representation of the
vehicles used during the growth of the Fort Dalles and the City of The Dalles area. These vehicles represent a diverse
cross-section of the vehicles that were used in Oregon as a whole. Many of these vehicles are in a remarkably wellpreserved state, with some having the original paint and markings. These vehicles were used and some even built in
The Dalles area.” --Rob Lewis, wagon maker, Orenco Wagon Company
41
—Source: The Dalles Optimist, March 18, 1965, Page 3; photo and caption.
43
“Legion remains divided over old wagons,” Shannon Becker, reporter, The Dalles Chronicle, March 17, 2000
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