Dear Members and Friends, 

This month is a milestone for history preservation, the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center Museum and the William G. Dick Library uploaded two very special databases that is in the interest of  both historical and genealogical research. 
Long time coming, with a grant from the City of The Dalles, the photo archive and the Oregon – California Trail Inscription Database is now online and is available for the public. 

Over 30,000 photos from the Wasco County Pioneer Association and thousands of donated photos from area residents and journalists and the Jim Henderson Oregon – California Trail Emigrant Inscription Collection with over 5,000 trail inscriptions from Missouri to Oregon. We hope everyone will enjoy and utilize these in their family research. 

Links to these databases  – 

https://www.gorgediscovery.org/oregon-trail-collection

https://www.gorgediscovery.org/photo-archives