150 Years 1872-1886 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. March 30, 2007 page 3 CHAMBER FUN FACT: Did you know.The Gayer Jewelers building is the original site of the French & Co. Bank, built in 1879. It was one of the first banks in the territory east of the Cascades and served as a mecca to goldminers, sheep ranchers & cattlemen for hundreds of miles. The bank was razed in the late 1920s to make way for the Citizens National Bank. The bank building was eventually sold and has been home to a pharmacy & soda fountain and Lan's Camera prior to Scott Gayer purchasing the building in the mid-1970s and opening Gayer Jewelers. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program