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NAME: Dee COUNTY: Hood River ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Some snow in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Best to visit in spring, summer or fall |
COMMENTS:
South of Hood River via OR281 approx. 9 miles.Turn west at "Lost Lake" road;Dee was at the intersection. REMAINS: Some remains of the mill still stand. Several houses are still in the area; "Dee Flat" above the old town site is mostly orchards. Nearby are some remains of the old Davenport lumber flume. |
| Built in 1906 by the Oregon Lumber Company to serve the families of the mill workers, Dee was named for a company vice president, Judge Thomas D. Dee of Ogden, UT. Built along the company's Mt. Hood Railroad, Dee appeared in Ripley's Believe It Or Not as the "Backdoor Community"; the houses faced the tracks, not the street. In the late 1950s the town was dismantled. Submitted by: Melanee Gillette |
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