Photographs, maps, diaries, objects, and oral histories connected to the county.
The Wallowa Wild and Scenic River, photographed in May 2017 by the Bureau of Land Management. Community context for this record.
Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington · 2017-05-25 · Public domain · Image & source ↗The center preserves local historical material and makes it accessible through its research library, interpretive center, and publications. It occupies historic Forest Service buildings in Wallowa.
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VideoFrom Wallowa History Center · Date unconfirmed
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VideoFrom Wallowa History Center · Date unconfirmed
VideoFrom Wallowa History Center · Date unconfirmed
VideoFrom Wallowa History Center · Date unconfirmed
Fishtrap began with a question about whose West was being represented. A library, a Grange hall and a few drawers of saved papers tell related stories about making room for the county to describe itself.
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Lettuce fields, a horse-powered carousel, firewood shipped to Dallas, and a general store with its own radio: making a living here has meant trying new combinations of local skills and distant customers.
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Chinese miners’ efforts to obtain justice, a petition to restrict return, and the people who kept local papers show that an archive is not a neutral pile of facts. Its silences have histories too.
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