History of the Columbia River Valley from The Dalles to the Sea By Fred Lockley, Volume 1, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company 1928 Research Not Offered. Volume 1 comprises over 700 pages of Portland area, Hudson's Bay, Native American, Klickitat County, Wasco County, Hood River area....history. Lots of names. Worth finding a copy in a library. Page 928: "In 1857 the residents of The Dalles sent Col. N.H. Gates to the Legislature to introduce a bill for the incorporation of a city to be known as Fort Dalles. The Legislature passed the measure, which was signed by Governor Curry, and in 1857 the Village of The Dalles became an incorporated city. Col. N.H. Gates wrote the charter. The legislature granted the charter to Dalles City on June 26, 1857. This charter has been amended at various times since, the principal changes having been made by the Legislatures of 1859, 1862, 1868, 1870 and 1880. The first officers elected to serve under the charter, which was granted on June 26, 1857, were N.H. Gates, president of the board, with E.G. Cowne, R. Hall, B.F. McCormick, and P. Craig. C.R. Meigs was recorder, and Orlando Humason treasurer. The new charter, which was granted in 1859, was written by Orlando Humason, and it extended the city limits to the second bluff and provided for the election of regular city officials in place of trustees. Among the principal places of business in 1858 were The Umatilla House, A.J. Nixon, proprietor; The Cushing Hotel, restaurant and lodging house, N.H. Gates, proprietor; The Wasco Hotel, A.H. Curtis, proprietor; W.D. Bigelow, grocery store; Bradford and Company's steamboat office; The Mount Hood Saloon, B.F. McCormick, proprietor; Powell and Company, saddle and harness shop; Trevitt and Cowne, saloon; James McAuliffe, grocery store; W.C. Moody's assay office; P. Craig, drug store; H.T. Isaacs, general merchandise store; R.R. Thompson and Company, warehouse; J.Juker, cigar store; and W.L. DeMoss, bakery." [Photos of Major Granville B. Hall, Commander at Fort Dalles; Judge Joseph Gardner Wilson, First Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial District; William M. Hand, editor of The Mountaineer, Lt. First Oregon Cavalry; and Col. James K. Kelly, first mayor of Dalles City.]