Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
The Dee Mill is an urban salvage sawmill near Hood River, Oregon. The mill gathers trees slated for removal and turns them, one by one, into lumber, tabletops, and other custom products.
The history of The Dee Mill mirrors the history of logging in the Pacific Northwest. The mill started in 1906 and built a company town, Dee, to house hundreds of workers. But as the lumber industry collapsed, Dee emptied out.
“Out here in Hood River, if you bring up The Dee Mill, people will say, ‘My gran used to work there.’ Our mill is a team. It’s not about any one of us, it’s about all of us.”
The mill was sold to various different owners and eventually closed. It burned down in 1996. In reopening The Dee Mill as an urban salvage mill, they hope to bring life back into the area.
Learn more about Dee Mill and other GO THERE stories at danner.com/GO-THERE
The Dee Mill is an urban salvage sawmill near Hood River, Oregon. The mill gathers trees slated for removal and turns them, one by one, into lumber, tabletops, and other custom products.
The history of The Dee Mill mirrors the history of logging in the Pacific Northwest. The mill started in 1906 and built a company town, Dee, to house hundreds of workers. But as the lumber industry collapsed, Dee emptied out.
“Out here in Hood River, if you bring up The Dee Mill, people will say, ‘My gran used to work there.’ Our mill is a team. It’s not about any one of us, it’s about all of us.”
The mill was sold to various different owners and eventually closed. It burned down in 1996. In reopening The Dee Mill as an urban salvage mill, they hope to bring life back into the area.
Learn more about Dee Mill and other GO THERE stories at danner.com/GO-THERE
