Early Wallowa Valley History and Chief Joseph Memory
A historical sketch recounts the Wallowa Valley in Nes Perce and Umatilla history, noting treaties of 1855 and 1863, Chief Joseph and leaders, and the 1926 reburial ceremony with Nes Perce and Umatilla participation. It traces early white settlement from 1871 to 1873 with key settlers like James Tulley, Erasmus Tulley, James Masterson, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallowa
U. S
United States
Joseph
Wallowa Valley
Three Feathers
White Bird
Big Thunder
Looking Glass
Stevens
Palmer
A. McAlexander
Middle Valley
Wallowa Lake
Francis McFarland
James Tulley
Grande Ronde
Erasmus Tulley
James Masterson
Stnck
Samuel Francis James Cox
Calhoun Cox
Findlay Wells McNall
Reavis
Peter Flammer
Rees Wright
Clayton Bramiett
Robert Masterson
William Masterson
Wesley W White
George Vail
P Powers
Bent Imery
Nicholas Webber Wiliam
Wallowa County’s Early Settlement and Town Foundations
The article recounts the 1880s to early 1900s development of Wallowa County Oregon. It covers Hiram N Williams building the first roller mill at Parsnip Creek in 1885, settlement influx tied to railways and stage lines, and early post offices at Wallowa and Lostine. It notes county creation in 1887, town naming shifts from Lake City to Joseph, Enterprise’s growth, and the emergence of Wallowa and Flora as towns with multiple early newspapers and publishers shaping local media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallowa County
Hiram N. Wilams
Parsnip Creek
la Grande
F. D. McCully
Union Covcnty
Walloway County
McCully
Union County
Joseph
Lake City
Matthew Johnson
Enterprise
Bennett Flat
R. F Stubblefield
John Zurcher
Franklin
Wallowa City
A M Wagner
Loetine
Alder
Lostine
G E. Laughlin
Ilinois
Flora
F 8S
Johnson
Sim
Ieee
C. T. McDaniel
Hte
Iayn
Mozithe
McDaniel
Couch
Record Chieftain
Wallowa
Wallowa Nérwa'naid
R. H. Jonas
Loutine Ledger Democrat
Gate City
WalloWan
Mr. Jonas
W. C. Marsh
Roy McNees
J. M. Bledsoe
Dea M. Major
Harold Hamsttreet
Roy Lovell
James A. Dement
All Towns Share in Paper History in Wallowa County
The report traces five towns in Wallowa County publishing papers since white settlement. It recounts Joseph Herald’s move to Enterprise in 1898, the Aurora paper in Enterprise, Wallowa Herald in Joseph evolving to Silver Lake Herald, and subsequent ownership shifts including Shutt, Black, Lowry, Flower, Cook, Smallwood, Crawford, Allen, and editor Shorb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Enterprise
Joseph Herald
Chieftain
Joseph
J A Burleigh
Aurora
W E Beers
Frank A Clarke
Wallowa Herald
Edward Pollock
G E. McCully
Silver Lake Herald
Thomas Gwillin
Herald
L. C. Henderson
The
J Shorb
Loetine
Loutine
W . Burleigh
A. E. Cray
Lee Morelock
H L Harzinger
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Tain
Willam McCormick
Henry Schaeffer
J. F Johnson
Jacob Sturgill
Summerville
Cove
Joseph F Johnson
Lapwai
Messegers
J H. Stevens
A. C Smith
Oregon
Department of the Interior
L. F Grover
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Bureau
O . Howard
First Cavalry
Stephen G Whipple
Fort Walla Walla
Island City Milling and Mercantile Company
J. M. Church
Wallow
Fiora
North End
Fiera
A. C. Cray
Fiera Journal
Bite —F. Skages
Mark Davis
J W. Boyd
Baker
Lester E. Smith
Buster” Smith
H. A. Mutch
Robert V. Chrisman
County
Gee
America
Oregon Mutual Life
Life Insurance
Fred Edwards
Ladier, Hall Local
Ana
Ran Oaias
All Tiue
World Air
Semple
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Chicago
New York
Kell Oat. B
M. Sieeging Ser
Rove
Faly
Seaton Park
Walter Spear
Enterprice
Underwood
Wallowa Co
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