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Minam

An entry into the county’s river country.

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Wallowa Lake and the mountains, seen from the county park at the north end. Regional landscape context for this record.
Wallowa country

Wallowa Lake and the mountains, seen from the county park at the north end. Regional landscape context for this record.

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · 16 May 2012 · CC BY 4.0 · Image & source ↗

Minam appears in the county chamber’s community guides. This record establishes a place for river-related histories, services, and contributed accounts to connect.

Coverage is introductory. Locations and historical claims will be added with their sources and dates.

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The wider landscape.

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A road, fence, and open prairie on the Zumwalt.View photograph
Zumwalt Prairie

A road across the prairie

Rick Swart, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife2015-11-15
Glacier Peak reflected in Glacier Lake, in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.View photograph
Eagle Cap Wilderness

Glacier Peak, reflected

Matthew Tharp / U.S. Forest Service2012-08-11
The Wallowa Wild and Scenic River, photographed in May 2017 by the Bureau of Land Management.View photograph
Wallowa River

Wallowa Wild and Scenic River (34998394195).jpg

Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington2017-05-25
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Land & water

Hawkins Sisters: Minam Stories

From Josephy Center · 2025

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What the atlas holds for Minam today: one sourced introduction and no other researched record, no state business registrations, 3 photographs and no first-person account.

What we are asking

  • What histories connect people to the river at Minam?
  • Which services, if any, exist at Minam, and where do people go for the rest?
  • What do people remember about Minam that no published record holds?
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