Historic Hood River

Notes

Here’s the last known image of the “Bridge House” as seen from the Hood River White Salmon Bridge,  June 16 1943.  The stonework behind the house is difficult to make out.  The land at this end of the bridge was raised with fill in the following decades in order to create a site for what is now the Hood River Inn.  While period mapping shows the house is at about 80 feet above sea level, I believe the Hood River Inn property is 90-100 feet above sea level.  That bluff behind the house is probably a good approximation of where the land level is today.  If you’re wondering about typical river/pool levels, here’s a handy site to see the current level.

The stone wall on the hill behind the house is labeled “Old Reservoir” on the Bonneville Dam survey.  I suspect that was water storage for the Lost Lake Lumber Company Mill from the early 1900s.

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