Dee, Oregon

[3] In addition to the large sawmill, Dee had a privately owned water works and electric lighting system, as well as a general store, shops, and a hotel.

[3][5][6] Dee was sold to the Edward Hines Lumber Company in 1958 and they dismantled the town.

[5] Besides logging, Dee's economy is also tied to the fruit-growing industry of the Hood River Valley.

The area was one of the primary communities in the Hood River Valley farmed by Nikkei—Japanese migrants and their descendants.

[4] They also worked at the mill and lived in the company housing on both sides of the East Fork Hood River, which passes through the town.