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Eighty years ago in Hood River: "No ringing of church bells or the shrieking of sirens followed receipt of the news that the long-promised invasion of Europe from the west

Last week’s History Mystery, above, shows the closure of The Dalles Dam on March 10, 1957. It appears to show the last trickle of flowing water, perhaps taken from the

Lake Celilo’s Recreation Facilities Grow

Pacific Lamprey have existed for more than 450 million years, but they are struggling to survive dams, drowned waterfalls, and industrial degradation.

Long ago, or so the story runs, Coyote happened upon an impressive waterfall. Five sisters had lived near this place since ancient times, and Coyote,...

The ancient relationship between the otherworldly fish and Northwest tribes is also the future of freshwater conservation.

HistoryLink.org By Phil Dougherty The Dalles Lock and Dam (The Dalles Dam) is one of the 10 largest producers of hydroelectric power in the United States. Since its first generator went online in 1957, the dam has produced more than 9.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. Today [2021], its 22 generators in its 2,089-foot-long powerhouse produce enough electricity to power 800,000 homes. The dam is the second of eight on the Columbia-Snake Inland Waterway, a 465-mile river highway that allows...