Father and Son at the Deschutes River - 1904

A Ponderosa Pine provides a backdrop for this portrait of a father and son admiring the Deschutes River on a beautiful sunny day, over 100 years ago.

A major tributary of the Columbia, the Deschutes provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Oregon, gathering many of the tributaries that descend from the drier, eastern flank of the mountains. The river flows generally north, as do several other large Oregon tributaries of the Columbia River, including the Willamette and John Day.

-- This photo is restored and printed by Old Oregon.