POLK'S WASCO COUNTY DIRECTORY 1910 page 148 - 149 SIMNASHO Population 10. A postoffice established in August 6, 1886 on the Warm Springs Indian reservation, sixty miles south of The Dalles the banking point, and forty-five south of Dufur, the Great Southern Railway shipping station. United Presbyterian Indian Mission in charge of J.A. Speer. Telephone connections with Warm Springs and Wapinitia. Stage to The Dalles via Wapinitia, with mail tri-weekly. SPEER J S, Postmaster. SMOCK First settled in 1885, on White river and Gate creek, forty five miles south of The Dalles, thirty south of Dufur, the shipping station and banking town. Baptist church. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s service TAYLOR A postoffice on Fifteen-mile creek, eight miles from Dufur, the banking and shipping point, and fifteen miles south of The Dalles. Has Dufur Local and Long Distance Telephone. Cotton Lydia Cotton Wm Dawson Grace TAYLOR ALBERT, Postmaster and General Merchandise Taylor Loie Taylor Verna 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 the page.