Trinidad

Trinidad was originally a railroad stop in the 1890's and was named Trinidad by workers for the Great Northern Railway due to its geological and physical similarity to Trinidad, Colorado. This was once a thriving town with a bank and a school. The Smith Brothers General Store is the only building remaining from the old town. The White Heron Winery is located on the hill above the town.

Below the town is Crescent Bar which is a popular recreation area on the Columbia River. The area was carved out of the basalt by the glaciers from the last ice age. The town is beginning to become less of a ghost town as more people are moving in and building homes here.

The Lost Trinidad Gold

There is a legend of the Lost Trinidad Gold. In the 1870's A group of miners heading back home to Portland, Or from the British Columbia gold fields was attacked by Indians near Trinidad. They were able to stash the gold in the cliffs and escape. The story tells of countless people looking for this lost treasure. It is reported that the gold was found in the 1980's.