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11-15-2022
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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.

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Tags: 1940s, Alva Day, historic marker, Meacham, Munra, railroad

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  1. L.E.

    15th November 2022 @ 07:50 AM

    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.

  2. L.E.

    15th November 2022 @ 07:22 PM

    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.

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