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Echo

  If you can find Stanfield you can find Echo and it is worth the effort.  Well maybe.  You have to appreciated this sort of thing.  The Umatilla river drifts lazily past the old blockhouse, and the old mission slowly crumbles.  It must have been all hustle and bustle when they needed that bank building.  Pretty peaceful now.

  The city maintains a nice little web page at: http://www.echo-oregon.com/.  They relate some interesting tales.

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This splendid old bank building attests to better times.

This blockhouse and park are near the edge of the Umatilla River.  That is Allen in the picture.  Photograph by Glennette.

Old Mission at Echo.  I could not get the light right that day.

Not only from a different age but a different culture.

This view from a slight rise above Echo shows how big the sky can be