Gathering at the Wapanitia Store - Circa 1896

Wapinitia's post office was established in 1878, at its location in Wasco County about 40 miles south of The Dalles, at the southern end of The Dalles - Wapinitia stage line.

By 1910, the town had grown to about 40 people, and served the larger area with a hotel, feed store, school, cemetery, sawmill, liquor store, and blacksmith shop. Today, only a few buildings remain.

This small, seemingly isolated store may not have survived even till 1910, but it clearly was important enough to attract a crowd for this photograph.

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