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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 ...
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.
A weekly arts and culture newspaper named What's Happening was first published on September 16, 1982. It started as an effort to retain a particularly popular section, the events calendar, of the immediately previous alternative newspaper, the Willamette Valley Observer, itself a successor to the Eugene Augur. [10]
In December 2008, the Wallowa Valley Radio Broadcasting Corporation agreed to transfer the license for this station to Wallowa Valley Radio, LLC, for a cash sale price of $650,000. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] The transfer was approved by the FCC on January 27, 2009, and the transaction was consummated on March 1, 2009. [ 10 ]
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Wallowa was platted in 1889. [6] Wallowa is a Nez Perce word describing a triangular structure of stakes that in turn supported a network of sticks called lacallas to form a fish trap. [7] The Nez Perce put these traps in the Wallowa River below the outlet of Wallowa Lake. [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 .
Troy is an unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States at the confluence of the Grande Ronde and Wenaha rivers. Troy is west of Flora on Oregon Route 3 near the Washington state line. It is known for its excellent steelhead fishing, and has an RV park and two fishing lodges, several Airbnbs, as well as a resort and a ...