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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 .
Approximately half of the survivors moved to the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho. Chief Joseph last visited Wallowa County in 1902, [3] and died two years later. 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 ...
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 .
Apr. 28—JOSEPH — The South Wallowa Lake Community Firewise Committee is set to host a wildfire community awareness event at Wallowa Lake on Saturday, May 7. The event is a part of Wildfire ...
It is just south of Oregon Highway 351, from which an unpaved drive enters the property through a gateway in a stone wall. The main feature is a circular earthen platform, lined with a low stone retaining wall. At its center is the memorial marker to Old Chief Joseph, a mortared stone pillar, with a bronze relief of the chief's head on one side ...
Transportation buildings and structures in Wallowa County, Oregon (1 C) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Wallowa County, Oregon" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.