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The Dalles was named by fur trappers for the French word for gutter. Here emigrants floated down the Columbia River in rafts through the stony river gorge.
The passage, with emigrants and their wagons crowded onto a small wooden raft, was often perilous.
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- 1851 - A post office is established at Dalles
- In 1853, the name was changed from Dalles to Wascopum
- 1854 - Dalles
Dalles, a post-office of Clackamas co., Ogn.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - Wascopum was incorporated as a city in 1857
- 1860 - the name was changed from Wascopum to "The Dalles"
- 1895 - Dalles / The Dalles
Dalles, dál, or The Dalles, a town, capital of Wasco £0regon, on the S. bank of the Columbia River, about 300 miles from its mouth, and 90 miles by...Read MORE... 
City Hall, The Dalles, Ore.
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The Dalles Hotel, The Dalles, Ore.
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1901 - ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. NARROW ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS ON O. R. & N. NEAR THE DALLES. NUTS PLACED ON RAILS SEND ENGINE AND MAIL CAR FROM TRACK - ENGINEER AND FIREMAN INJURED - PASSENGERS ARE UNHURT.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 6. - The eastbound passenger train, No. 2, on the Oregon Railway & Navigation, which left this city at 9 a.m., was wrecked 12...Read MORE...- 1911 - Heat causes train wreck.
The Dalles, Ore. - The warping of the rails by heat on the Oregon trunk road Monday afternoon caused the wreck of a southbound passenger train. LOUIS ...Read MORE... 
Second Street, The Dalles, Ore.
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1851 - A post office is established at Dalles
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In 1853, the name was changed from Dalles to Wascopum
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1854 - Dalles
Dalles, a post-office of Clackamas co., Ogn.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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Wascopum was incorporated as a city in 1857
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1860 - the name was changed from Wascopum to "The Dalles"
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1895 - Dalles / The Dalles
Dalles, dál, or The Dalles, a town, capital of Wasco £0regon, on the S. bank of the Columbia River, about 300 miles from its mouth, and 90 miles by... Read MORE...
1901 - ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. NARROW ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS ON O. R. & N. NEAR THE DALLES. NUTS PLACED ON RAILS SEND ENGINE AND MAIL CAR FROM TRACK - ENGINEER AND FIREMAN INJURED - PASSENGERS ARE UNHURT.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 6. - The eastbound passenger train, No. 2, on the Oregon Railway & Navigation, which left this city at 9 a.m., was wrecked 12... Read MORE...
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1911 - Heat causes train wreck.
The Dalles, Ore. - The warping of the rails by heat on the Oregon trunk road Monday afternoon caused the wreck of a southbound passenger train. LOUIS ... Read MORE...
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