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Arlington is located at the intersection of Interstate 84 and Oregon Route 19. I-84 travels west towards Portland and east towards Boise, Idaho; OR 19 connects Arlington to Condon and U.S. Route 26 near Dayville. [44] The Port of Arlington [45] offers access the Columbia River water way and hosts
The Arlington Club is a private social club organized in 1867 by 35 business and banking leaders of Portland in the US state of Oregon. First called the Social Club and later renamed the Arlington Club, it offered its all-male, largely white membership consisting of banking and business leadership.
The hotel also operated under the name Arlington House. [3] Built between 1882 and 1886 by James H. Koontz, founder of Echo, the Arlington Hotel is one of the oldest extant buildings in town and one of the few large historic wood-frame buildings that remain in Umatilla County. The time of the construction coincides with the primary period of ...
The construction of dams, like The Dalles Dam, was central to the power supply of the region. The history of Oregon, a U.S. state, may be considered in five eras: geologic history, inhabitation by native peoples, early exploration by Europeans (primarily fur traders), settlement by pioneers, and modern development.
Helen Fedchak, curator of collections at Oregon Historical Society, carefully unboxes the Thomas Dove Keizur Wedding Socks on July 1. The 211-year-old socks, worn by at least four generations of ...
The Arlington Historical Society was founded in September 1956. It moved into the Hume school in 1960 and began an extensive restoration before opening the building as a museum in the early 1960s. The AHS continues as a non-profit organization supporting research, preservation, and education efforts related to the local history of Arlington ...
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 44 of those are found in Umatilla County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
Western Legal History Volume 2, Number 2, Chet Orloff, editor, 1989, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society; Portland's Public Art: A Guide and History, Norma Catherine Gleason and Chet Orloff, 1986, ISBN 0-87595-059-0; Willamette Heights: a history, 1980; Gifts that preserve Oregon's past for the future, 1980; Chapter and article contributions