By Michele Smith
The Times
History of Depot and Rail Transportation Now Online
Eight month effort for museum director
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Dayton's historic railway depot.
DAYTON-Dayton Historic Depot Museum Director Tamara Fritze has spent the last eight months researching the history of the 1881 Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Depot, better known as the Dayton Historic Depot, and looking into the significance of the depot to the local community, from the time it was built in 1881, until 1934, when passenger traffic to the depot ceased.
"We as a community should know how important to our town the depot was. It changed the lives of people who lived here," said Fritze.
Before rail transportation, grain, and other agricultural products, had to be hauled...
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