Great Southern Railroad Depot

John G. Heimrich established the Great Southern Railroad in 1904. The 41-mile line left The Dalles and followed Fifteen Mile Creek to Dufur, then followed Pine Creek where it terminated at Friend. The railroad carried passengers, mail, express, wheat and forest products and its revenues peaked in 1910. The regular passenger train left Friend at 8 a.m., arrived at The Dalles in time to connect with a noon train on the O.R.& N., and arrived back in Friend in the evening. This depot, built in 1915 to replace an earlier depot destroyed by fire in 1910, is one of the very few remnants of the Great Southern Railroad. In the 1940s, it was moved a short distance from its original location to where it is now. Today it is a gift shop and apartments.