History Mystery Photo January 16, 2005 By Rodger Nichols of The Chronicle (Text Only) What a response to last week’s photo. Yes, it was The Dalles Hotel… Nedra Fought recognized it well because “that’s where Frank and I were married 65 years ago. My parents were married there in 1912, which gave us the idea.” Terray Harmon remembered that Helen Pattee operated a beauty salon there for many years. Geri Whitmeyer said her Uncle Eddie lived there for 30 years and worked at the railroad station across Second Street. Doris Fleck said her Aunt Rosina worked there as a secretary in the 1920s. Jake Grossmiller’s grandmother, Mary Grossmiller, was one of the last hostesses in the downstairs coffee shop and his cousin Dan Grossmiller worked for the company hired to demolish the building in 1967. A crane was used to lift a TD-6 Caterpillar to the the hotel roof. “It knocked down the elevator head and created a ramp to get it down to the top floor where it started knocking out walls.” He said bricks were salvaged and cleaned because they had been presold to a construction company in Reno, Nevada. “Part of The Dalles Hotel is still around, scattered all over Reno,” he said. John Foley noted his family’s long history with the hotel, which was built in 1910. His grandfather, Pat Foley, brought the building in 1920 and it was kept in the family until 1963. “In 1928, he bought Thornton Lakes, which became Foley Lakes,” Foley said. Milk from cows that grazed near the lake and catfish from the lake itself were both used at the hotel restaurant. John’s Uncle Pat and Uncle Jerome ran the hotel at different times, as did his father, Tom Foley, founder of Spooky’s Pizza and other local ventures. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program