Historic Hood River
“The Way We Used To Get Our Fuel”
Notes
Mystery here: This image is captioned, “This is the way we used to get our fuel 1912.” It looks like the firewood is stacked on the curb, and the horse-drawn wagon contains some sort of machinery, but I’m not sure what the machinery might have to do with the stack of firewood. Ideas?
This image is on a postcard with a pair of messages on the back, both written in the same hand, one in ink and another in pencil. I think this is the correct order:
Dear Rhoda, I can come any time. We are not going to move this month, when you kneed me telegraph & I will start at once. Helen
Message 2:
Send the money & I will come next week. Say just how things are when you send the money. I would like to stop in Portland one day.
The postcard is postmarked 1919, and the caption seems to be the same handwriting as the message. The postmark is from Hood River, and it is addressed to a Mrs. Mortimer in Roseburg.
Rountree Rouse
That looks a lot like our house on 4th & Prospect. The back/porch/sunroom is missing but could have been added later. I have conflicting dates as to when it was built… 1907 and 1923. This would suggest the earlier.
Pat A
A hit and miss engine running a log splitter.
But which flywheel is the engine and which is the splitter, I see a belt running between the two flywheels.