Historic Hood River
Meacham
11-15-2022
Notes
I thought the historic marker would make it easy to find a modern view of this location photographed by Alva Day in 1942, but there was a little twist. If you can’t read it, the sign says “Marker Temporarily Removed For Restoration”.
There is a tie to Hood River here, too. Grandma Munra, who is mentioned on the sign, was known for her cooking at the “Country Club Inn” in Hood River.
L.E.
Historic Hood River is where I first learned about Grandma Munra. But I think I learned about her and her eating establishment at Bonneville. There must be a photo somewhere in the HHR archives of her restaurant and the railroad at Bonneville.
She would have been getting up early, on a cold snowy morning like this photo and firing up the wood cook stove.
L.E.
Wikipedia has some good information about Henry A. G. Lee. “Henry A. G. Lee (c. 1818 – 1851) was a soldier and politician in Oregon Country in the 1840s. A member of Virginia's Lee family, he was part of the Fremont Expedition and commanded troops during the Cayuse War in what became the Oregon Territory. He also was a member of the Oregon Provisional Government and the second editor of the Oregon Spectator.”
Lee spent time at The Dalles, or Wascopam, where they built a stockade.
It amazes me how well traveled those men were through the Oregon Territory.