A wonderful visitor video from “Another Vintage Day”

The Dalles—population 13,385—is on the east end of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, where you’ll find nearly 80 waterfalls. That much we knew already. But we didn’t know that the Gorge tied for sixth place—next to the Bavarian Alps and Scottish Highlands—in the National Geographic Traveler’s list of 133 Destinations in the World.

Thank you to Northern Wasco County PUD who donated manpower and trucks to transport this 34 foot 10-1/2 inch long pine log to our Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum's parking lot from Fort Dalles Museum.

In the mid-1800s, pioneers traversing the Oregon Trail sometimes disrupted and threatened native American populations along the way, leading to tension.

So, the government built forts to provide safe haven for the settlers.

One such fort exists in The Dalles.

It now serves a very different purpose; a reminder of the past, which informs the present.

In this week’s Destination Oregon report, Dave Jones takes us to the Fort Dalles Museum.