Reliance Mt Hood Stages – First Autos to Mount Hood Reliance Mt Hood Stages – In the early days of the road to Mount Hood, after the immigrant era, the road allowed the burgeoning new city of Portland to access the mountain for recreation. Mountain climbing and hiking the trails in the foothills in those days … Continue reading Reliance Mt Hood Stages
A Message from William “Billy” Welch from the grave. A signature of William “Billy” Welch from 1902. This was prior to the establishment of Welches as a town. Billy seems to have been in a grim mood when he wrote this. Sadly his wife Mamie Kopper would die soon after. “Salmon River. Jan 8, 1902 … Continue reading A signature of William “Billy” Welch from 1902
A familiar restaurant remembered on the way to and from Mount Hood was Norma’s Bean Pot at Wemme, Hwy 26, circa 1961 – 1974. Operated by Norma Fay Waldron-McKean (1907 – 1999). Contributed by Peter Bellant.
Billy’s Milk Shed and his Welch’s Ranch Tokens. In the day and age of quick trips to the store for a gallon of milk as well as refrigeration to preserve the milk we sometimes forget that our ancestors didn’t have those conveniences. Billy Welch was a resort proprietor. He ran the Welch’s Ranch in a way as to … Continue reading Billy’s Milk Shed – Welch’s Ranch Tokens
Here’s a great early view of the old Welches Ranch at Welches Oregon. This view is after Sam had gone. You can see the store, post office, the dance hall and the white canvas tourist tents lined up along the road to the left of the Welch home. Billy’s cow pasture, which is now the golf … Continue reading Welches Ranch, Welches Oregon
