Genealogy Projects tagged with Wasco County on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Wasco County, Oregon

    Celilo Falls on the Columbia River served as a gathering place and major trading center for the local Native Americans, including the Wasco, Paiute, and Warm Springs tribes, for thousands of years. These rapids came to be named Les Grandes Dalles de la Columbia or "The Great Falls of the Columbia" by the French Canadian fur traders. The Dalles initially served as a way station on the Oregon Tr...

  • Odd Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Oregon

    In Wasco County, take Cherry Heights Road up the hill from West 6th Street to West 13th Street past St. Peter's Cemetery on the right hand side. The driveways is about 100 yards beyond West 13th Street on the left hand side. This cemetery was called Sunset Cemetery until the Odd Fellows took it over in 1885. The GAR and Wasco County Cemeteries are next to the IOOF Cemetery. Wasco County Townshi...