Notes
In the 1940s if you needed construction material in Hood River you would go to Cascade Avenue. On the SW corner of Cascade and 4th you would find CC Patrick & Co., and on the SW corner of Cascade and 5th you would find Tum-A-Lum. Portland based C.C. Patrick purchased Emry Lumber in 1926 and renamed it. We saw an earlier view of this building in this image. I'm not sure when they closed, but this image is from the late 1940s or 1950s.
Category: [Downtown Hood River]
Tags: 4th_Street Cascade_Avenue CC_Patrick_Lumber Emry_Lumber lumber Patrick
Comments
I remember gazing at that king on the sack while my dad was in the post officee. I was fascinated with the way that jolly old soul had been put to commercial use. The wholetime I lived in Hood River...from 1944 jntil 1958, I neversaw a single piece of coal. Not even in my Christmas stocking! Who do you suppose bought it and butned it ? We were so amply supplied w ith sawdust and wood chunks that we didn't need to burn rocks.
Barbara Parsons on 17th June 2022 @ 9:23pm
That question came to my mind also Barbara.....I fondly remember grandparent Sheirbon's sawdust burner home furnace on Cascade Avenue.
The OR&N 197 steam locomotive that ran in the Gorge was converted from coal to oil in the 1920s.
Arlen L Sheldrake on 18th June 2022 @ 9:15am
I also pondered the question about coal. I live about 40 miles from Hood River. In one of our out-buildings, there is a large, very heavy stove. It was here when we bought the place. I think it is a coal burning stove, which I thought was odd, since I also live in an area of ample wood supply.
L.E. on 18th June 2022 @ 10:34am
Coal burns much hotter and longer than wood, maybe stoking one a day or less. Utah coal is bituminous which is the soft coal. It burns more dirty than anthricite.
nels on 19th June 2022 @ 10:22am
Were there any blacksmiths or farriers still operating in the area?
JEC on 19th June 2022 @ 3:27pm