“The Story Behind ‘Chicken Charlie’s’ Island” is the topic of the first program of the Original Wasco County Courthouse 2024 history forum. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
Last week’s photograph was identified by Karl Vercouteren and Marilyn Urness. A local family is shown, gathered around a miniature car: Grandfather Harlan “Hal” Fancher, and four of his grandchildren,
Lani Roberts recognized the man on the left in last week’s photo, above, as “my father, Bill Roberts, who worked in printing in The Dalles in the later 1930s.” The
THE DALLES — At their regular meeting on Nov. 27, The Dalles City Council had to vote to extend their meeting past the three-hour limit. The meeting was nearly four