A photograph of the exterior of the Troutdale Reading Room in 1909, a small, two-toned wooden building. A free-hand sign on the building side reads 'Free Reading room.' There are two or three adjacent buildings. The location is rural and the road is unpaved. A river (Sandy?) and wooded hill is in the background. Telephone wires are above. The Troutdale Reading Room formally opened as a free and public institution on April 7, 1908. During its first year, circulation reached 3,398 items and 224 new members joined. The staff hoped to reach the farming community east of Sandy with the installation of a new rural telephone connection. By 1910, book circulation reached 6,469 items that year.