Last week we stumped the experts with a picture above of the William R. Menefee blockhouse about four miles above Dufur (Oregon). Complete with gun ports, the blockhouse was built in 1855 on advice of Major Granville O. Haller, commanding officer of Fort Dalles, as protection from hostile Indians but was never used for such. The wide front door was for storage of hay and as a cattle runway at a later date." The Dalles Chronicle March 10, 2002 Written permission to reprint History Mystery article given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser.