McNary Townsite, “home town” for the Army Corps of Engineers, hundreds of administrative employees, and some contractors – under construction two miles east of Umatilla. These homes were shipped by barge from wartime housing in Vancouver, Washington, and placed on pedestal-type foundations. The buildings, purchased from the federal housing administration, were transformed to “freshly painted, newly insulated, modern day” dwellings. Notice the Columbia River in the background. Courtesy of Army Corps of Engineers