Back before Welches became a destination it was a ranch, Samuel Welch and his son Billy homesteaded adjoining 160 acre sections of the Salmon River Valley on the southern side of Mount Hood.
Uncle Sam Welch’s Ranch in Welches Oregon
Mrs M.E. Henderson’s Crown Point Chalet
Leaving Latourell and returning to the vicinity of the Chanticleer Inn she acquired a site on a promontory of land that would soon be the site of the Vista House, and a very popular stopping point for automobile tourists. It was here she decided to build The Crown Point Chalet.
Cal Calvert and His Airplane
There was one photographer from Portland Oregon who was especially creative in how he would entice customers to pose for their portraits. His name was Charles :”Cal” Calvert and he specialized in fast postcard photos. He advertised himself as “Cal Calvert the 10 Minute Post Card Man”.
Mt Hood Indian Pageant
In 1947 a soldier that had returned from the war had the idea to set up a fort and to recruit Indians from Umatilla to come and setup and encampment and show tourists the ways of the Native American. He and his wife Virginia, with help from friends, put all that they had into building the Mt Hood Indian Pageant.
Buster Brown at Paris Fair in Hood River
Here’s an antique postcard depicting a crowd that had gathered in the street in downtown Hood River, Oregon.