Abstract Oral history interviews collected by the Center for Columbia River History as part of the development of online exhibits about five communities in the Columbia River Basin: Camas, Washington; Cottage Grove, Oregon; Columbia Slough, Oregon; Umatilla, Oregon; and Sandpoint, Idaho. The exhibits focused particularly on changes in the communities since the 1930s, when construction of large hydroelectric dams in the basin began. The Center for Columbia River history was a joint project of the...