Notes
These women seem to be enjoying the last hours of a lazy summer day on the Hood River delta. When this photo was taken circa 1915 the marshy sandbars at the confluence of the Hood River and the Columbia had several small shacks and considerable vegetation.
The delta was transformed dramatically first by the change in river level due to the Bonneville Dam, then the construction of the interstate highway, and next by the construction of the Port of Hood River. The Hood River delta was practically nonexistent through the 1980's and 1990s. Recent heavy deposits of sediment from the Hood River, especially during the flood of November 2006, have worked to rebuild a classic river delta. Vegetation is starting to take hold, though it will likely be some time before we see cottonwood trees this large.
But the real reason I posted this picture is to remind us that those warm summer days are just around the corner, not a moment too soon.
Category: [Downtown Hood River]
Tags: 1910s Davidson Fun_Friday
Comments
Once cottonwood trees get a start, they grow fast. It will be interesting to watch the delta. I bet it won't be as quiet and peaceful as this picture.
l.e. on 6th May 2011 @ 7:23am
Is that bridge in the distance the one that is still crossing the Hood today? If so, are we looking up river? That would put the subjects around where the present day pedestrian bridge is.(?)
andrew b on 19th May 2011 @ 12:01pm
The railroad bridge still exists, but the one behind it is the old wooden road bridge which was replaced in 1920 by the Columbia River Highway bridge. I think these women were somewhere between the current ped bridge and the Nichol's basin.
Arthur on 19th May 2011 @ 12:29pm