The Dalles Chronicle July 20, 2003 History Mystery Photo (Text Only) Guessers for last week's mystery sorted themselves into three catagories: the Lyle (Washington) bunch, the Miller's Island {situated in the Columbia River near the Deschutes river-transcriber's note} crowd and the Maryhill (Washington) gang. As it happens, the latter were correct, as John Thomas brought in a book with the caption naming the photo as showing the Maryhill ferry in 1906. Other winners were Ruth Wilbur, Pat Arthur, Eugene Tsubota and Paulen Kaseberg. Eugene Tsubota added, "My father was raised in Bingen (Washington) and moved to Maryhill in the early to mid-1930s. He used to tell me stories of all the sheep manure they used to truck down from the Columbia Hills to help build up the soil...I think the shot is from a place the locals call 'the cove'. There is still some of the sandy beach there, but the shrubs have mostly taken over now." Paulen Kaseberg said his wife's father operated the ferry, hauling mostly sheep, livestock, wood and lumber. He remembers a copy of this picture hanging in the Imperial Hotel in Portland. For picture information contact Rodger Nichols, 541-506-4603; e-mail rnichols@eaglenewspapers.com or fax: 541-298-1365. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Historic The Dalles Days October 3-5, 2003 Contact: 541-296-2231 tdacc@gorge.net 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.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson _________________________________________________________________ Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es