Warrendale, Oregon

Warren Landing (1902)1902 view of the Warren Landing (later "Warrendale") and the steamships Tahoma and Dalles City.http://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=3750

Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

At 153.2 m. [West of Hwy. 730 Junction] BEACON ROCK, across the Columbia (R), is seen. Alexander Ross, the fur trader, called it Inshoach Castle. A landmark for river voyagers for more than a hundred years, it is now surmounted by a beacon to guide airplanes. A stirring chapter of Genevieve: A Tale of Oregon relates dramatic events that took place on its summit. A foot trail has been carved in its side from base to crest.

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/eaglecr.html

"Cannery owned by Frank M. Warren. The cannery, fishwheels, and launches owned by Frank Warren was a major force in the salmon industry. Frank Warren died in the sinking of the Titanic in April, 1912. His wife survived."

1890s, Warrendale, OregonDonaldson and Cramer, Fishwheels of the Columbia

"...the branch road at the underpass... leads to the former location of the Warren Cannery and a pulp mill. During the years Bonneville Dam was under construction, Erick Enquist built a number of cottages here to house construction workers flocking into the area to obtain work."

Mershon, East of the Sandy III, 53

Beacon Rock and Salmon Wheels, Columbia River Highway, OregonSawyer Scenic Photos, Inc. Beacon Rock and Salmon Wheels, Columbia River Highway, Oregon. Sawyer Scenic Photos, Inc, c. 1920.Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Libraryhttp://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3524681

"...courtesy a 1996 Bonneville Power Administration report: "the State of Oregon built a hatchery in a cannery at Warrendale in 1889." Another source reports that the Warrendale fish hatchery only functioned for a couple of years, and is mostly notable for being the first hatchery effort in the Gorge (in response to the collapsing fish runs at the time, presumably)."

Tom Kloster. "Splintercat" Pipeline along the Upper McCord TrailOregonHikers.org December 28, 2009.http://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=3750&start=10

Temporary Interpretive SignDedication Weekend. Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail: John B. Yeon to Moffett Creek Segment. September 14, 2013. A. F. Litt 2013

Warrendale Interpretive Sign

"Titanic Frank's" Columbia Legacy

From the 1820s to the 1930s, the Columbia River was the lifeblood of a regional fishing and canning industry. The big, untamed river churned as fish wheels scooped millions of pounds of salmon from the currents. Riverside canneries belched steam and smoke as laborers processed the fish and packed the cans that carried Columbia River salmon throughout the world.

At the industry's leading edge was Portland entrepreneur Frank M. Warren (1848-1912), whose Warren Packing Company cannery was located here at Warrendale. At its peak, Warren's company opened up to 14 fish wheels-about a third of the total number along the Columbia. The cannery employed as many as 150 people, most of them Scandinavian and Chinese.

Frank Warren's productive and influential life was cut short in 1912, when he drowned after helping others onto lifeboats during the sinking of the Titanic. After Warren's death, his children managed the Warren Packing Company until it closed in the 1930s.

Warrendale: "Titanic Frank's" Columbia Legacy Interpretive SignODOT - 2013 - Advisory Committee 2013 Year End Review Presentation

DETAIL - Warrendale: "Titanic Frank's" Columbia Legacy Interpretive SignODOT - 2013 - Advisory Committee 2013 Year End Review Presentation

Post Card (Original): 13. "Castle Rock" #512 Columbia River Highway, Ore, Cross and Dimmitt"This is an unused vintage Real Photo Post Card produced by early 20th Century photographers, Cross & Dimmit. The image was taken circa 1918. Photo post cards of this type were made between 1918 and 1940. As this post card is approximately 70 to 90 years old, minor imperfections and condition issues may be present." Friends of Vista House. From the collection of A. F. Litt.

Federal Writers' Project, 1939, Oregon Trail: The Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean

At the village of WARRENDALE, (14 pop.) are the North American Fox Farms. When litters exceed the average of from three to five, the little foxes here are frequently nursed by house cats.

Federal Writers' Project. Oregon Trail: The Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. 1939. Qtd. in Topinka. Accessed on May 6, 2020

I would be fairly certain that the North American Fox Farms is where Eva Arrington worked briefly, as mentioned in the 1943 article on her.

William D. Welsh, Forest Woman: Fire Warden's Job Is Lonely One But Eva Arrington Loves the Life

Some years ago, she was offered the job as a receptionist at a fox farm, but she tolerated this but a few days.

"I didn't mind the foxes so much, but you meet a better class of human strangers out there in the forest," she opines.

Forest Woman: Fire Warden's Job Is Lonely One But Eva Arrington Loves the Life By WILLIAM D. WELSH, Central Press Correspondent, PORTLAND, Ore. Publication: The Oshkosh NorthwesternLocation: Oshkosh, WisconsinIssue Date: Saturday, August 28, 1943Page: 8

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Salmon Wheel on the Columbia RiverLipschuetz and Katz. Oregon's Famous Columbia River Highway. Portland: Lipschuetz and Katz. 1920.University of California Libraries(https://archive.org/details/oregonsfamouscol00lips)