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Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 23 of those are found in Wallowa County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
The author of Oregon Geographic Names, Lewis A. McArthur, said that although the origin of this name is disputed, he puts great weight in Levi Ankeny who supplied this information as he was "thoroughly familiar with the early history and tradition of the Wallowa Valley" and "on intimate terms with many Indians who knew the facts of the matter". [7]
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Wallowa County, Oregon" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Old Chief Joseph Gravesite is located at the northern end of Wallowa Lake, on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site with commanding views of the lake and surrounding mountains.It is just south of Oregon Highway 351, from which an unpaved drive enters the property through a gateway in a stone wall.
The Wallowa Ranger Station at 602 W. 1st St. in Wallowa, Oregon is a historic station built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009; the listing included five contributing buildings .
Wallowa County was the scene of perhaps the worst incident of violence against Chinese in Oregon, when in May 1887 a gang of rustlers massacred 10-34 Chinese gold miners in Hells Canyon. Of the seven rustlers and schoolboys believed to have been responsible, only three were brought to trial in Enterprise, where a jury found them not guilty on ...
The Hunter–Morelock House is a historic house located at 104 Holmes St. in Wallowa, Oregon.The house was built in 1903 for Charles A. Hunter, a Wallowa politician and businessmen; it was later purchased by J. P. Morelock, one of the founders and later mayor of Wallowa.
The Wallowa County Courthouse is the seat of government for Wallowa County in northeastern Oregon. The courthouse is located in Enterprise, Oregon. It was built in 1909–1910 using locally quarried stone. It is a massive High Victorian structure built of local Bowlby stone. [1] The courthouse was listed on National Register of Historic Places ...