Bohn's Printing 1904
The Dalles was experiencing its first expansion when Adam Bohn founded Bohn's Printing, an organization that for over a century and through four generations has been closely identified with the progress and development of the city. The story really begins back in 1900 at Ilwaco, Washington, where Mr. and Mrs. Bohn made their home, with their daughter Hazel, and younger son Charles. Adam Bohn owned a small weekly newspaper, where for many years he published the Pacific Journal and made a mark for himself as a journalist. The Newspaper plant was typical of small weeklies of that day - cases for type that was set by hand, the customary marble encased make-up “stone,” a groaning old flatbed press powered by a gasoline engine. Yet the newspaper that came off the antiquated equipment was outstanding. For with the keen knowledge of what his readers wanted, Bohn selected his assistant editors with care. At one time Samuel L. Simpson held the desk on the Pacific Journal. At another time the editorial pen was wielded by Vance Hutchinson. Both later became nationally known writers. Disposing of his newspaper in 1903 due to political interest, he moved his family to the Willamette valley. There they remained while he looked around for a permanent location.
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