Dodson is an unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about 4½ miles (7.2 km) east of Multnomah Falls and one mile west of Warrendale, in the Columbia River Gorge on Interstate 84/ U.S. Route 30. [2] It is across the Columbia River from Skamania, Washington. [2] Dodson is within the Cascade Locks ZIP code.
Dodson was a railroad station on the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company line (today owned by Union Pacific) named for Ira Dodson, who was an early settler in the area. [3] [4] Dodson station was moved several times and was once located near present-day Warrendale. [4] Circa 1885 the station was also known as "Dodsons". [5] Author Ralph Friedman says Dodson is a "hamlet that time and tracks have passed by". [6] At one time Dodson had a gas station and a motel. [7] Bonneville Grade School in Dodson closed in 1996 because of declining enrollment. [8] [9] The school also served the students of Warrendale and Bonneville. [8]
Dodson was the site of the McGowan salmon cannery and a fish wheel c. 1900. [7] [10] In February 1996, a series of massive debris flows, resulting from the same severe weather that caused flooding in the Willamette Valley, occurred between Dodson and Warrendale, destroying homes and blocking the railroad and I-84 for several days. [11] [12] A 1.65 acre parcel in the landslide area was bequeathed to the Friends of the Columbia Gorge Land Trust, which hopes to convey the property into public ownership. [13]
45°36′19″N 122°02′08″W / 45.605395°N 122.03564°W
Dodson is an unincorporated community in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about 4½ miles (7.2 km) east of Multnomah Falls and one mile west of Warrendale, in the Columbia River Gorge on Interstate 84/ U.S. Route 30. [2] It is across the Columbia River from Skamania, Washington. [2] Dodson is within the Cascade Locks ZIP code.
Dodson was a railroad station on the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company line (today owned by Union Pacific) named for Ira Dodson, who was an early settler in the area. [3] [4] Dodson station was moved several times and was once located near present-day Warrendale. [4] Circa 1885 the station was also known as "Dodsons". [5] Author Ralph Friedman says Dodson is a "hamlet that time and tracks have passed by". [6] At one time Dodson had a gas station and a motel. [7] Bonneville Grade School in Dodson closed in 1996 because of declining enrollment. [8] [9] The school also served the students of Warrendale and Bonneville. [8]
Dodson was the site of the McGowan salmon cannery and a fish wheel c. 1900. [7] [10] In February 1996, a series of massive debris flows, resulting from the same severe weather that caused flooding in the Willamette Valley, occurred between Dodson and Warrendale, destroying homes and blocking the railroad and I-84 for several days. [11] [12] A 1.65 acre parcel in the landslide area was bequeathed to the Friends of the Columbia Gorge Land Trust, which hopes to convey the property into public ownership. [13]
45°36′19″N 122°02′08″W / 45.605395°N 122.03564°W