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Fort Dalles Museum, The Dalles, OR

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Fort Dalles Museum

A museum in The Dalles, Oregon, featuring an 1856 officers' residence, a large wagon and vehicle collection, and a late-19th-century homestead.

500 W 15th St, The Dalles, OR · The Dalles, OR

About Fort Dalles Museum

Fort Dalles Museum sits above downtown The Dalles in Wasco County and tells the story of the Columbia Gorge and the Oregon Trail. Its main building is the 1856 Surgeon's Quarters, a Gothic Revival officers' residence from the former U.S. Army post. Visitors can see period rooms, photographs, and objects about pioneer life, frontier medicine, and the town's growth as a river hub. The collection includes a notable group of 19th-century wagons, stagecoaches, buggies, a military escort wagon, and some early automobiles. The Anderson Homestead, a hand-built log farmhouse and barn dating to 1895, shows everyday settlement life. The site offers self-guided and guided visits, school and adult group tours by reservation, and a setting for weddings and events.

  • #Oregon Trail
  • #Columbia Gorge
  • #frontier history
  • #antique vehicles
  • #wagons

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