150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 3 CLOUD CAP INN FINEST RESORT IN OREGON A WASCO COUNTY RESORT - So many people are absent from The Dalles, at the coast, in mountain camps and elsewhere, that if society people were inclined to be merry these days they couldn't do so on a large scale. Out of town amusements began early this year. The devotees of the camp fire and the lovers of wild woods and babbling streams are legion. Sliced bacon and pheasants, mountain trout and bad coffee, seasoned with the spice of novelty, piles high the festive boards. Wasco county, as has been remarked before, has not all the summer resorts in Oregon, but we claim all that any of the others have, of a fascinating character, and much more besides. Cloud Cap Inn, from which the writer has just returned, is certainly the finest spot on the Pacific coast for a summer outing. Mr. Moody's coaching party reached there, direct from The Dalles, at 8:45 last evening. Mr. Jud. S. Fish's coaching party met them about three hour's drive (up the grade) this side of Cloud Cap at 6 p.m. Having experienced the pleasure of being one of Mr. Fish's party, readers of THE CHRONICLE will in due time be furnished with a detailed history of Cloud Cap; its picturesque and lovely surroundings, 7,000 feet above the sea level, at the edge of the timber line, where the cooling breezes from the perpetual snow capped summit of Mount Hood; just at the back door; invites you to a seat with field glass in hand to take in the marvels of nature in all her intense moods of majestic grandeur. The road is the finest in the world, and the merry talk of the coach, as we spin along, told a story which will bear repeating. July 25, 1892. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program