The Dalles Chronicle February 16, 2003 (Text Only) Last week's photo, proved a stumper....we thought leaving the date in the lower right corner might give a clue. But with both buildings in the background no longer around, it was too tricky. The picture shows the excavation for the former The Dalles Post Office, which was remodeled last year after Amerititle purchased the building. The two-story, dressed Tenino sandstone building in the classical style is sometimes credited as the first federal building constructed in the city of The Dalles. That's true if the word "completed" is substituted for "constructed." Work on The Dalles mint antedated the post office by nearly 60 years, but it stopped being a federal project when construction was halted following the loss of the mint-master on a ship from San Francisco. The former post office was one of nine constructed in Oregon between 1910 and 1920. 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.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/for recently updated information regarding Wasco County Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail