A place,
in all its layers.
Wallowa County, through its places, its past, and the people who call it home.
Wallowa, in motion.
Wallowa Lake's East Moraine: Securing a Community Legacy
A film from Wallowa Land Trust’s campaign to protect the East Moraine, the ridge overlooking Wallowa Lake. Read the context ↗
Understand the place.
Investigate its records.
Shape what comes next.
Published by Portland Civic Lab. Free to read, with no advertising.
The lives inside the landscape.
The apartments above Main Street
In 1935, Enterprise debated tearing the EM&M down. The county repaired it for housing. Nine decades later, keeping the building useful is again a question of roofs, wiring, money—and the homes inside.
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After the hail
Plywood arrived from Joseph. Small grants were organized in Lostine. Then Wallowa faced a different deadline: getting damaged homes repaired before winter, with money and skilled labor on different schedules.
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The long way home for Wallowa beef
A ranch needs a processor. A processor needs enough customers and skilled cutters. A restaurant needs cuts it can buy. Two Wallowa beef stories reveal how much of an agricultural economy happens after the animal leaves the pasture.
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Read the country.
Many communities. One county.
56 researched records, 1,708 state registrations and the county taxlot map. A registration is a starting inventory, not a confirmed business.
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- The apartments above Main Street14 September 2026
- After the hail14 September 2026
- The long way home for Wallowa beef14 September 2026
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