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Wallowa Oregon County Courthouse.jpg

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Joseph, from above

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Town and working fields

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The valley from Mount Howard

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Enterprise, from above

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A night out begins here

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Enterprise street corners

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A place for the next chapter

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The working landscape

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The folds of the prairie

Rick Swart, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife · 2015-11-15

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Winter on Zumwalt Prairie

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A road across the prairie

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A horned lark on the Zumwalt

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The river at Imnaha

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A bend in the road, Imnaha

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Following the Imnaha

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The everyday buildings of Lostine

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Water through Lostine

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Summer on the Lostine

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Above the Lostine River

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A still moment on Wallowa Lake

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · 16 May 2012

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The lake, in spring

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Mountains, twice

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · 16 May 2012

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First light at Fish Lake

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · 31 August 2017

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A barn beneath the mountains

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · 20 June 2016

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An alpine mirror

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Glacier Peak, reflected

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A Joseph street detail

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Wallowa city hall and fire station

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The EM&M building

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Wallowa Lake's East Moraine: Securing a Community Legacy

Wallowa Land Trust · YouTube upload: 2019-08-30

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External player and provider thumbnail
Checked 2026-09-13
Automatic captions; not a verified transcript.

Bob Webb: Preserving our History & Family Stories

Josephy Center · YouTube upload: 2026-03-15

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External player and provider thumbnail
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Automatic captions; not a verified transcript.

Building Community Series: Healthcare

Josephy Center · YouTube upload: 2025-04-30

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Automatic captions; not a verified transcript.

Building Community Series: Religion

Josephy Center · YouTube upload: 2025-07-06

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Hawkins Sisters: Minam Stories

Josephy Center · YouTube upload: 2025-09-12

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Lostine Canyon Forest Health

Wallowa Resources · YouTube upload: 2020-02-26

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Building Community Series: Main Street Business

Josephy Center · YouTube upload: 2025-06-12

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InSight OnSite - Oregon Timber Culture

Capital Community Media · YouTube upload: 2018-02-05

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Automatic captions; not a verified transcript.

Tamkaliks Film

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland · YouTube upload: 2025-07-03

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My Journey on The Promise Road-Maxville, Oregon, a Deep West Video by Gwendolyn Trice

Western Folklife Center · YouTube upload: 2009-03-24

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Wallowa Lake Kokanee

Wallowa Resources · YouTube upload: 2021-09-14

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Wenix Red Elk "Áwtni Tk''átat (First Foods)"

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland · YouTube upload: 2021-04-07

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Woodlands & Watersheds Festival 2024

Wallowa Resources · YouTube upload: 2025-03-03

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Workforce Housing - Wallowa County Community Meeting (8/31/2023)

Wallowa Resources · YouTube upload: 2023-09-12

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Oregon Historic Cemeteries and the 1879 Robbery of Old Chief Joseph’s Grave

Wallowa History Center · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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Hells Canyon Songs Project- Gary Eller

Wallowa History Center · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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On To Higher Ground: a Deep West Video by Gwen Trice

Western Folklife Center · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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David Weaver- The Ku Klux Klan Comes to Wallowa County 1920-1925

Wallowa History Center · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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Maxville, Oregon - Past, Present, Future: a Deep West Video by Gwendolyn Trice

Western Folklife Center · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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Destination Oregon: M. Crow General Store in Lostine

Central Oregon Daily News · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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The 1866-67 Survey of Wallowa County, Oregon and Nez Perce Resistance

Wallowa History Center · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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tamaalwit: natural law

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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The Wallowa Story

Wallowa History Center · YouTube upload: Unconfirmed

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Home in 2046: research sources

Original documents behind the future conversation. See how each is cited on Home in 2046.

Vital Wallowa Indicator Project: 2009 Baseline Assessment Report

Oregon State University Extension Service and Rural Studies Program, with Wallowa Resources, NEOEDD and The Ford Institute for Community Building

Printed p.4 (Box 1, 2006 vision; framework and June 2008 forums); p.9 (migration by age); pp.20–21 (Indicator 6, child care arrangements, 2009 survey, n=98 children); p.32 (seasonal homes); pp.34–35 (Indicator 12, living-wage ratios, 2007); p.36 (Indicator 14, balance of trade, 2007); pp.42–43 (Indicator 19, working landscapes); pp.49–55 (civic involvement); pp.58–59 (Indicator 26, community trust); p.60 (summary); p.62 (survey methods)

February 2010; data vintages 2000–2009
Checked 2026-09-14

Economic Opportunity Analysis: 2021 — Wallowa County

Wallowa County Board of Commissioners; prepared by PARC Resources with Oregon DLCD and Business Oregon

Printed p.2 (public process); p.10 (Table 2, school enrollment by district 2009/10); pp.14–15 (Tables 7–8, transfer payments 45.3% vs 29%); p.25 (county portrait); p.28 (lumber volume); p.70 (housing chapter); p.74 (Table 17, housing-authority rent figures)

2021 (TAC meetings June 2020–April 2021)
Checked 2026-09-14

Community Needs Assessment

Northeast Oregon Economic Development District

Printed p.14 (Built & Natural Environments); p.17 (Economic Development challenges)

May 2021; interviews January–early March 2021
Checked 2026-09-14

Oregon Voices Data Summary: Wallowa County

The Ford Family Foundation, with ECONorthwest and PSU Regional Research Institute

Pages 1–7; p.2 open-ended quotations; p.4 community participation; p.5 health items (medical and dental providers, substance abuse, mental illness); p.7 services

April 2023; fielded from summer 2021
Checked 2026-09-14

Coordinated Population Forecast for Wallowa County, its Urban Growth Boundaries (UGB), and Area Outside UGBs 2023–2073

Population Research Center, Portland State University, for the Oregon Population Forecast Program (Marquez, Sharygin, Loftus, Alkitkat, Montcho, Swanson and Wilde, 2023)

P.5 (methodology, held-constant assumptions); p.9 (births and deaths); p.10 (Figure 5, net migration); p.11 (age structure); p.14 (Table 2, UGB and area-outside-UGB estimates and forecasts: Enterprise 2,058→2,279, Joseph 1,160→1,274, Lostine 260→253, Wallowa 902→864, unincorporated 3,011→2,290, 2020→2040); p.17 (Appendix A questionnaire, Franz Goebel); p.18 (Table 5, age table)

June 25, 2023
Checked 2026-09-14

Decennial Census population counts, Wallowa County, Oregon: 2000, 2010, 2020

U.S. Census Bureau

Tables DECENNIALSF12000.P001 (P001001), DECENNIALSF12010.P1, DECENNIALPL2020.P1 (P1_001N), geography 0500000US41063

April 1 counts, 2000, 2010, 2020
Checked 2026-09-14

American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2020–2024, Wallowa County: Data Profiles DP03, DP04, DP05 and Detailed Table B25004

U.S. Census Bureau

DP04 total, occupied and vacant units and median value; B25004_006E seasonal vacancy (±130); DP03_0062E median household income

2020–2024 five-year estimates
Checked 2026-09-14

Fall Membership Report 2025-26 (with 2015-16 for comparison)

Oregon Department of Education

Worksheets ‘District 20252026’ and ‘District (15-16)’, Wallowa County rows: Enterprise SD 21, Joseph SD 6, Wallowa SD 12, Troy SD 54

October 2025 count; file posted February 12, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, annual averages, Wallowa County (area 41063), 2022–2025

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Rows agglvl 70 (county total), 71 (by ownership), 74–78 (by NAICS); disclosure_code N marks suppressed cells

2025 annual averages (2022–2024 also cited)
Checked 2026-09-14

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, annual averages, Wallowa County (area 41063), 2015

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Rows agglvl 70 and 71

2015 annual averages
Checked 2026-09-14

July 2026 Employment and Unemployment in Oregon’s Counties

Oregon Employment Department

P.2, second paragraph

August 25, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

1,791 Acres of Wallowa Lake’s East Moraine Acquired for Wallowa County

Wallowa Land Trust

Headline; ‘Push to protect moraine receives broad support’; ‘A Community Legacy’

January 21, 2020
Checked 2026-09-14

Final Hurdle Cleared to Permanently Protect East Moraine Community Forest

Wallowa Land Trust

Paragraphs 2–3; Katy Nesbitt quotation

February 8, 2023 (signing January 26, 2023)
Checked 2026-09-14

Wallowa Memorial Hospital 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment — Executive Summary

Wallowa Memorial Hospital and partners; hosted by OHSU Oregon Office of Rural Health

‘Community Priorities’; ‘Aging Population’; ‘Outmigration for Care’; ‘Biggest Gaps in Service’

2025 (PDF created November 26, 2025)
Checked 2026-09-14

2024 Community Health Assessment Report

Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization

Printed p.70 (Wallowa County profile); p.71 (Childcare and Housing tables, footnotes 3, 7, 8)

2024 (data accessed November 2024; child care access figure 2019 vintage)
Checked 2026-09-14

Governor focuses on housing issues in Wallowa County visit

Wallowa County Chieftain (Bill Bradshaw and Mike McInally); served at lagrandeobserver.com

Body text; Nels Gabbert quotation

May 6, 2023 (meeting May 5, 2023)
Checked 2026-09-14

Enterprise projects: EM&M building

Working Homes LLC

EM&M Building, paragraphs 1–3

Undated page; acquisition July 2024
Checked 2026-09-14

Working Homes advances housing, building preservation projects in Wallowa County

Elkhorn Media Group (Shannon Weidemann)

EM&M paragraphs and ‘Current upgrades’ list

September 2, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Interdependence in Wallowa County (from the 2020 TOP report ‘Cornerstones: Economic Mobility and Belonging in Oregon’)

Oregon Community Foundation

Section ‘A community goal to support youth with economic opportunities’; endnote 10 (Opportunity Atlas)

2020 report; page undated; underlying data 2017–2020
Checked 2026-09-14

Strategic Planning — Nez Perce Wal’áwa Homeland 100-year strategic plan

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland (nonprofit)

‘Our Story’ (1989 date, 323 acres); pull quote attributed ‘Taz Conner, 1994’ between ‘Our Guiding Values’ and ‘Our Mission’; Goal ‘Reciprocal Relationships’ (10-, 30-, 100-year horizons; ‘address barriers to return’); funders list

Adopted 2023
Checked 2026-09-14

About Us — Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland (nonprofit)

‘Who We Are’ (self-description); ‘Our Work’; ‘Organizational History’

Undated page; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

History — Nez Perce Tribe

Nez Perce Tribe

‘Treaties’ section

Undated page; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Fisheries Resources Management — Nez Perce Tribe

Nez Perce Tribe, Department of Fisheries Resources Management

Opening paragraph; ‘Production Division’ project list (Lostine River Supplementation Project)

Undated page; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Restored Coho Salmon Run Supports Tribal, Sport Fisheries in Northeast Oregon for First Time in Decades

NOAA Fisheries, West Coast Region

Paragraphs 2–3

November 13, 2020
Checked 2026-09-14

Snake River Basin Adult Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring 2021 Annual Report

Nez Perce Tribe, Department of Fisheries Resources Management (copy hosted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

P.4 (weir operation dates); p.26, Table 3 (Lostine River tributary escapement 914, 95% CI 746–1,164)

August 1, 2022 (spawn year 2021)
Checked 2026-09-14

East Moraine Community Forest Multi-Use Management Plan

Wallowa County / Wallowa Lake Moraines Partnership

Rangeland — Status p.41 (Yanke Family Trust 2015 plan, 100–125 cow-calf pairs south of the elk fence); p.43 (committee recommendation of 80 cow-calf pairs on the southern pasture for August and September 2022); Management Actions pp.45–46 (rotation system, $75,000 permanent-fence estimate, ‘one of the most significant barriers’)

July 2022 (PDF created August 25, 2022)
Checked 2026-09-14

How virtual fencing could change rangeland management

Oregon Public Broadcasting, Think Out Loud (Gemma DiCarlo; host Dave Miller)

Transcript; Pete Schreder on costs, training and the East Moraine pilot

September 3, 2024 (updated September 10, 2024)
Checked 2026-09-14

Virtual Fence Technology — Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center

Oregon State University, College of Agricultural Sciences

Introductory text; blurb under ‘Part 3 – Up and Running’

Undated page; describes a January 29, 2025 workshop
Checked 2026-09-14

Where’s the grass-fed beef?

Cory Carman, published by PERC (Property and Environment Research Center)

Paragraphs 5–7

February 24, 2011
Checked 2026-09-14

About Us — Carman Ranch

Carman Ranch Direct

‘Ways To Buy’ (Cow Share; Wholesale)

Undated page; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Forests — Wallowa Resources

Wallowa Resources

‘All-Lands Approach to Forest Health’, 2024 metrics block

Page carries ‘2024 metrics’; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Eastern Oregon town damaged by hail storm recovers together

Oregon Public Broadcasting, Think Out Loud (Sage Van Wing; host Dave Miller interviewing Mayor Gary Hulse)

Transcript; Hulse on the number of homes damaged

August 25, 2022
Checked 2026-09-14

State sends millions to Eastern Oregon to deal with storm damage, pollution

Oregon Public Broadcasting (Antonio Sierra)

Opening Wallowa section, before ‘Nitrates and flooding’

September 29, 2022 (Emergency Board meeting September 23, 2022)
Checked 2026-09-14

Honor UMCOR Sunday & OR-ID Disaster Response on March 15

Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference, The United Methodist Church

Bulleted list ‘OR-ID Conference UMCOR response by the numbers’, fourth bullet

February 18, 2026 (grant period October 2022–April 2023)
Checked 2026-09-14

Wallowa County Microgrid Plan (filed as public testimony document 122821 on HB 2066)

ProtoGen, Inc. for Wallowa Resources Community Energy Program; filed by Wallowa County (John Hillock)

P.1 (CESP adoption December 20, 2023); Executive Summary cost table; p.42 (biomass, interconnection); p.43 (Limitations); p.44 (Engage Pacific Power, $300 review)

Plan dated February 2024; filed February 6, 2025
Checked 2026-09-14

Community Energy Plan and Microgrid pages — Wallowa Resources Community Energy Program

Wallowa Resources Community Energy Program

‘Community Review Panel’ (energy-plan page); opening status sentence (microgrid page)

Undated pages; latest dated item November 2023; microgrid one-pager coded July 2024; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Workforce Introduction

Robert Barclay et al., Flex Monitoring Team

P.5, opening Wallowa Memorial paragraph

March 2025
Checked 2026-09-14

Maxville Milestones

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Entries under ‘2015’, ‘2018’, ‘2023’, ‘2024’

Timeline entries 2008–2026; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Our Story — ‘Breathing Life Into A Ghost Town’

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Paragraphs 3–8 (population, Bowman-Hicks, segregation, 1933 closure)

Undated page; references 2012; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Maxville Collections

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Video Collection and Oral History Collection blocks

Collection index; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

About — Valley Bronze of Oregon

Valley Bronze of Oregon

‘Our History’; ‘Careers With Us’

Undated; site footer © 2025; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Steve Parks — Oregon Culture Keepers Roster

Oregon Folklife Network, University of Oregon

‘Bio’ section

Undated profile; retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Three minutes with … Justin Doherty

Wallowa County Chieftain, via Historic Oregon Newspapers (University of Oregon Libraries)

Page A9, headed Public Works, City of Joseph

February 7, 2018
Checked 2026-09-14

Library district fails

Wallowa County Chieftain (Paul Wahl), via Historic Oregon Newspapers

Page A1, paragraphs 2–6

May 23, 2018 (vote May 15, 2018)
Checked 2026-09-14

Books, continued from Page A1

Wallowa County Chieftain, via Historic Oregon Newspapers

Page A9, ‘BOOKS’ continuation

August 8, 2018
Checked 2026-09-14

3 years after joining the Greater Idaho cause, Wallowa County votes to stop talking about it

Oregon Public Broadcasting (Antonio Sierra)

Body text

May 21–22, 2026 (URL path May 21; page shows May 22)
Checked 2026-09-14

Rich Wandschneider: A ‘greater’ — and wealthier — Wallowa County

Wallowa County Chieftain (opinion column)

Body text

May 17, 2023
Checked 2026-09-14

Tamkaliks Celebration — Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland (nonprofit)

Sections ‘Tamkaliks: Beginnings’ (1990 first powwow, 1998 move and naming), ‘Tamkaliks 2026 Schedule’, ‘Tamkaliks Celebration & Friendship Feast’

Undated page carrying the 2026 schedule (July 17–19, 2026); retrieved September 14, 2026
Checked 2026-09-14

Research and public records

Oregon active business registrations

Oregon Secretary of State

Principal-place-of-business records only. A registration is not evidence of a currently operating storefront. Community names are not a substitute for a county-boundary match.

registry
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: registry

Wallowa County government

Wallowa County

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: county

Property assessment and official records

Wallowa County Assessor

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: assessor

State forestry tax-lot display

Oregon Department of Forestry

Display-only service. Record queries are not enabled. County data currency varies; this is not a historical boundary reconstruction.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: parcels

Oregon assessor map viewer

Oregon Department of Revenue

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: ormap

Wallowa County communities and directory

Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: chamber

Enterprise community introduction

Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: enterprise-town

Joseph community introduction

Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: joseph-town

Lostine community introduction

Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-town

Troy, Flora, and the Grande Ronde

Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: north-county

Enterprise city government

City of Enterprise

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: enterprise-city

Enterprise buildings: library and OK Theatre

City of Enterprise

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: enterprise-history

Enterprise School District 21

Enterprise School District

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: enterprise-school

Writing and the West

Fishtrap

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: fishtrap

Brewery and brewpub in Enterprise

Terminal Gravity Brewing

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: terminal

Hospital, clinics, and senior living

Wallowa County Health Care District

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: hospital

Stewardship, education, and rural livelihoods

Wallowa Resources

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: resources

Support and contact information

Safe Harbors

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: safe-harbors

Working landscapes and the East Moraine

Wallowa Land Trust

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: landtrust

Testimony on working agricultural lands, March 14, 2023

Kathleen Ackley / Oregon Legislature

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: ackley

Joseph city government

City of Joseph

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: joseph-city

Joseph Public Library

City of Joseph

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: joseph-library

Joseph Charter School

Joseph School District

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: joseph-school

Arts, learning, and gathering

Josephy Center for Arts and Culture

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: josephy

Library collections and exhibits

Josephy Library of Western History and Culture

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: josephy-library

The Archivists come to town, July 4, 2012

Rich Wandschneider / Josephy Library

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: archives-essay

Audio and visual archives

Josephy Library

Recordings remain with their original host. Links are provided; republication permission and full checked transcripts have not been obtained.

oral history
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: recordings

First Bank of Joseph and Wallowa County Museum

Wallowa County Museum

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: museum

First Bank of Joseph historic-site record

Oregon State Historic Preservation Office

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: bank-register

Valley Bronze: production and history

Valley Bronze of Oregon

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: valley-bronze

Valley Bronze foundry location

Joseph Chamber of Commerce

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: bronze-address

Stein Distillery: from grain to glass

Stein Distillery

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: stein

Joseph tasting room

Stein Distillery

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: stein-location

Chocolate making in Joseph

Arrowhead Chocolates

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: arrowhead

Natural History Discovery Center

Wallowology

The site announces that the center is closed for the 2026 season while presentations continue. Older opening information also remains on the page.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: wallowology

Wallowa County historical collections

Wallowa History Center

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: history-center

History and continuing cultural life

Nez Perce Tribe

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: tribe

The Wallowa homeland today

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: homeland

The history of the Homeland organization

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: homeland-history

Wallowa County historical records inventory

Oregon State Archives

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: county-inventory

Wallowa Lake documentary photograph, September 2017

Rick Obst / Wikimedia Commons

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lake-photo

Enterprise postcard, circa 1912

Unknown photographer / Wikimedia Commons

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: enterprise-photo

East First Street in Joseph, April 2013

Visitor7 / Wikimedia Commons

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: joseph-photo

Address geocoding, current public benchmark

U.S. Census Bureau

Coordinates are interpolated from address ranges, not surveyed building or parcel locations. Acquired September 13, 2026.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: census-geocoder

Parish introduction and history

St. Katherine of Siena Catholic Church

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: st-katherine

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: its history

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: maxville

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: contact and location

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: maxville-contact

Wallowa Lake's East Moraine: Securing a Community Legacy

Wallowa Land Trust

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. This 2019 campaign film predates the January 2020 public acquisition. Follow the East Moraine record for the subsequent history; the campaign’s proposals are part of that earlier moment.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-east-moraine-community-legacy

Tamkaliks Film

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. Published by Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland, an independent nonprofit organization. Its inclusion does not imply a partnership with the atlas or authorship by the Nez Perce tribal government.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-tamkaliks-film

My Journey on The Promise Road-Maxville, Oregon, a Deep West Video by Gwendolyn Trice

Western Folklife Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. A film by Gwendolyn Trice, presented in its original recording. This is existing, attributed work, not a new atlas interview.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-the-promise-road-maxville

Hawkins Sisters: Minam Stories

Josephy Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. Date conflict: YouTube lists an upload on September 12, 2025, while the publisher’s description labels the talk August 26, 2026. The recording date needs confirmation.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-hawkins-sisters-minam-stories

Building Community Series: Main Street Business

Josephy Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. The publisher describes this as an April 2025 conversation in its Building Community series. Business details reflect that discussion and may have changed.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-main-street-business

Wenix Red Elk "Áwtni Tk''átat (First Foods)"

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. Listen to the speaker’s account in the original recording. The atlas’s introductory text is editorial context, not a transcript or quotation.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-wenix-red-elk-first-foods

Building Community Series: Religion

Josephy Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. The publisher dates the discussion June 10, 2025. This is one conversation, not an inventory of the county’s faiths or a statement on behalf of every member of a community.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-building-community-religion

Building Community Series: Healthcare

Josephy Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. A recorded 2025 discussion. Follow current service records and providers for today’s contact details and availability.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-building-community-healthcare

Bob Webb: Preserving our History & Family Stories

Josephy Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. The publisher dates the talk November 18, 2025; the video was uploaded in March 2026. Those are separate dates.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-bob-webb-family-stories

Workforce Housing - Wallowa County Community Meeting (8/31/2023)

Wallowa Resources

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. Recorded August 31, 2023. Proposed projects and plans in this meeting must not be read as current approvals or completed developments.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-workforce-housing-community-meeting

Lostine Canyon Forest Health

Wallowa Resources

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. An earlier published film, uploaded in 2020. It does not establish the current condition of every part of the canyon.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-lostine-canyon-forest-health

Woodlands & Watersheds Festival 2024

Wallowa Resources

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. This recording concerns the 2024 festival and was uploaded in 2025. It is not an announcement of an upcoming event.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-woodlands-watersheds-festival

Wallowa Lake Kokanee

Wallowa Resources

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. Uploaded in 2021. No caption track was listed when checked; a verified transcript has not yet been added to the atlas.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-wallowa-lake-kokanee

InSight OnSite - Oregon Timber Culture

Capital Community Media

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. Published in 2018. Exhibition details in the recording describe that presentation and are not current opening information.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-oregon-timber-culture

Building footprints · 2021 study

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

DOGAMI O-22-03: 9,703 footprint polygons and 9,708 assessment points are distinct inventories from the 2021 risk study. Building characteristics are historical study inputs, not current assessments.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-buildings

Road centerlines

US Census Bureau

2025 TIGER/Line release, selected or clipped to the county. Release year does not establish the observation date of every feature.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-roads

Lakes and water areas

US Census Bureau

2025 TIGER/Line release, selected or clipped to the county. Release year does not establish the observation date of every feature.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-water

Streams and water lines

US Census Bureau

2025 TIGER/Line release, selected or clipped to the county. Release year does not establish the observation date of every feature.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-streams

School districts

US Census Bureau

2025 TIGER/Line release, selected or clipped to the county. Release year does not establish the observation date of every feature.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-schools

Mineral assay locations

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

DOGAMI assay location records. They do not establish mineral ownership, reserves, or allowed extraction.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-assays

Surface-water rights

Oregon Water Resources Department

OWRD places of use, clipped to the county. Coverage omits some irrigation-district and other rights. A mapped water right is not proof of current availability or transferability. Holder names and private contact fields are omitted.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-water-rights-surface

Building risk-study points

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

9,708 building points from the 2021 risk assessment. Population estimates, private owner fields, and historical map-taxlot identifiers are not exposed.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-building-assessment

County boundary

Wallowa County

County-published public service. Service edit date is not a legal effective date.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-county

City limits

Wallowa County

County-published public service. Service edit date is not a legal effective date.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-cities

Urban growth boundaries

Wallowa County

County-published public service. Service edit date is not a legal effective date.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-ugb

Fire districts

Wallowa County

County-published public service. Service edit date is not a legal effective date.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-fire-districts

Wilderness areas

Wallowa County

County-published public service. Service edit date is not a legal effective date.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-wilderness

Livestock districts

Wallowa County

County-published public service. Service edit date is not a legal effective date.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-livestock

Voting precincts

Wallowa County

County-published public service. Service edit date is not a legal effective date.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-precincts

Enterprise zoning · 2023

Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development / GEO

Enterprise coverage only. Joseph, Lostine, Wallowa and unincorporated county are not provided in this public statewide release. Consult current local zoning before determining allowed uses.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-zoning

Mineral occurrences and historic workings

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

MILO historical mineral occurrences, prospects and mines. Presence is not evidence of an economically recoverable deposit, mineral ownership, or permission to mine.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-minerals

Public land management

Oregon Department of Forestry / GEO

Public-land management compilation. A management polygon does not establish public access or the ownership of subsurface minerals.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-management

Mapped geologic faults

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

DOGAMI OGDC 8 mapped fault traces. The public layer does not establish activity age, earthquake probability, or a site-specific setback.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-faults

County taxlots

Wallowa County

All 8,611 features in the county public service. OBJECTID identifies the source feature; lot suffixes repeat and are not complete assessor IDs. Area is calculated from geometry. Service-wide edit date is not an individual boundary survey date.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-parcels

Census tracts

US Census Bureau

2025 TIGER/Line release, selected or clipped to the county. Release year does not establish the observation date of every feature.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-tracts

Groundwater rights

Oregon Water Resources Department

OWRD places of use, clipped to the county. Coverage omits some irrigation-district and other rights. A mapped water right is not proof of current availability or transferability. Holder names and private contact fields are omitted.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-water-rights-ground

Geologic units · OGDC 8

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

DOGAMI Oregon Geologic Data Compilation release 8. County-clipped bedrock and surficial units compiled from maps of differing scales and dates. Not a site investigation or a mineral-rights inventory.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-geology

Soil map units · SSURGO

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

USDA NRCS Soil Data Access county-intersecting map units, clipped to the county boundary. Participating survey catalogs last restored August–September 2025; field observations vary in date. Map-unit summaries can contain several soil components. They are not parcel-specific testing, zoning, septic approval, or a development determination.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-soils

Wetlands and deepwater habitats

US Fish and Wildlife Service

USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, May 2026 state release clipped to Wallowa County. Mapping imagery dates vary; see the wetland mapping dates layer. Not a jurisdictional delineation, permit decision, or evidence that unmarked land is dry.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-wetlands

Mapped riparian areas

US Fish and Wildlife Service

USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, May 2026 state release clipped to Wallowa County. Mapping imagery dates vary; see the wetland mapping dates layer. Not a jurisdictional delineation, permit decision, or evidence that unmarked land is dry.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-riparian

Wetland mapping dates

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Project metadata accompanying the May 2026 USFWS National Wetlands Inventory download. Image year and scale describe source evidence, not a field inspection of an individual parcel.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-wetland-surveys

Lostine Pharmacy — Oregon Historic Sites Database

Oregon State Historic Preservation Office

Building description, medical and lodge history; listed November 24, 2014. Historic uses are not current service listings.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-pharmacy-nr

Incorporated Cities: Lostine

Oregon Secretary of State

Incorporated December 28, 1903; official city profile.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-bluebook

Lostine River: Telling the Restoration Story

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Upper Lostine Minimum Flow Agreement, project history and links to technical evidence.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-flows

Telling the Restoration Story: The Lostine River

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Interactive maps, video, hatchery and habitat-restoration context.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-storymap

Fisheries Resources Management

Nez Perce Tribe

The Tribe’s own description of its fisheries program, including Lostine supplementation.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: nez-perce-fisheries

Restored Coho Salmon Run Supports Tribal, Sport Fisheries in Northeast Oregon

NOAA Fisheries

2020 report. A dated account of a return, not a current run count or fishing regulation.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-coho

Lostine River — Wild and Scenic Rivers

National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

Headwaters, glaciated valley and fisheries description.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-wild-scenic

Southfork Grange #605

Southfork Grange

Organization’s mission, educational activity and community lunches.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: southfork-grange

Lostine Farmer’s Market

Southfork Grange

Page advertises its 2026 season. Verify schedules with the organizer before travel.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-market

City of Lostine — events and meeting notices

City of Lostine

Includes explicitly dated 2017 library, recycling and council notices. These are historical records, not current events.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-civic-events

M. Crow & Company General Store

Travel Oregon

Profile dates establishment to 1907 and ownership transition to 2013. Dirty Freehub’s description instead says 1906; founding date needs original business records.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: mcrow-profile

The M Crow General Store

Dirty Freehub

Six-minute film listing. The provider hosts the recording; acquisition status is tracked separately in the research collection.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: mcrow-film-page

History Tidbit: Soda Fountains

Marilyn Hulse / Wallowa History Center

Written April 2024, posted July 26, 2024. Local retrospective; store identifications refer to the author’s account.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: whc-soda

History Tidbits: Lettuce Mania

Marilyn Hulse / Wallowa History Center

Written May 2023, posted November 8, 2023. Describes the 1923–1939 lettuce experiment.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: whc-lettuce

History Tidbits: Wallowa County Diversity

Marilyn Hulse / Wallowa History Center

Written March 2023, posted November 8, 2023. Community-history account, not a census of current identities.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: whc-diversity

History Tidbits: The Petition of 1901

Marilyn Hulse / Wallowa History Center

Written October 2023, posted December 7, 2023. Attribute the account; the original petition and federal response require further research.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: whc-petition

History Tidbits: Nez Perce in Lower Valley

Marilyn Hulse / Wallowa History Center

January 3, 2024; describes Benjamin Curtis’s photographic collection. Photographs remain with the holder pending item-level permissions.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: whc-lower-valley

Maxville

Gwen Trice / Oregon Encyclopedia

Updated July 18, 2023; labor, segregated housing and schools, and descendants’ history.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: maxville-trice

Hello Neighbor

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Storysharing project recorded from 2021; named accounts have their own contexts. No Atlas interviews or partnership implied.

oral history
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: hello-neighbor

Maxville Oral History Collection

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Index names six elder interviews. Some item links returned 404 during this pass; index access does not establish preservation of a recording.

oral history
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: maxville-oral-index

Chinese Massacre at Deep Creek

Greg Nokes / Oregon Encyclopedia

Updated June 1, 2026. Distinguishes evidence, disputed victim totals, court records and memorial history.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: deep-creek-nokes

Resources and Research Tools

Wallowa History Center

Directory of newspapers, Horner papers, historical works and libraries. A collection directory is not item-level acquisition.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: whc-research-tools

The Wallowa Story

The Wallowa Story / Wallowa History Center

1987 narrated slide presentation restored and screened in 2022; film, transcript and slide links. Treat as a historical interpretation.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: wallowa-story-restored

The Wallowa History Center and “Lessons from the Findleys”

Rich Wandschneider / Josephy Library

May 20, 2026; a named author’s interpretation of the Findley book. Original book and newspaper series are separate research targets.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: findley-review

People Like Us

People Like Us

Organization’s own description of rural 2SLGBTQIA+ support; September 2026 event notice read on September 13, 2026. An event notice is not confirmation that it occurred.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: people-like-us

First Presbyterian Church, Lostine

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Denominational directory record. Historical activity and current worship times need separate sources.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: lostine-presbyterian

Destination Oregon: M. Crow General Store in Lostine

Central Oregon Daily News

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. This is a published feature about the store; it is not a current inventory of services or an Atlas interview.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-mcrow-destination

The Wallowa Story

Wallowa History Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. The hosting project links the complete transcript and annotated slides at https://www.thewallowastory.com/ . Read this as a historical interpretation made for the centennial, alongside later research.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-wallowa-story-1987

On To Higher Ground: a Deep West Video by Gwen Trice

Western Folklife Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. A filmmaker’s own account, preserved at its original publisher. No words have been transcribed or rewritten by the atlas.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-higher-ground-gwen-trice

Maxville, Oregon - Past, Present, Future: a Deep West Video by Gwendolyn Trice

Western Folklife Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. This recording is linked by Maxville’s own collection and hosted by the Western Folklife Center. Publication date and caption availability remain unconfirmed.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-maxville-past-present-future

tamaalwit: natural law

Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. The nonprofit presents this film in its own terms. Inclusion does not imply that the organization or any tribal government is a partner in the atlas.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-tamaalwit-natural-law

Hells Canyon Songs Project- Gary Eller

Wallowa History Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. This is a historical and musical presentation at the original publisher. Caption availability and publication date have not been confirmed.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-hells-canyon-songs

David Weaver- The Ku Klux Klan Comes to Wallowa County 1920-1925

Wallowa History Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. A historical examination of racist organizing, linked and published by Wallowa History Center. Its title’s dates describe the subject period, not the recording date.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-klan-wallowa-history

Oregon Historic Cemeteries and the 1879 Robbery of Old Chief Joseph’s Grave

Wallowa History Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. This historical presentation concerns grave desecration. The recording’s title and provider have been verified; a full transcript has not been acquired.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-cemeteries-old-joseph

The 1866-67 Survey of Wallowa County, Oregon and Nez Perce Resistance

Wallowa History Center

Provider-hosted YouTube recording. Original channel and collection context are recorded on the film page. Linked and published by the Wallowa History Center. The historical subject dates are distinct from the recording’s publication date, which is unconfirmed.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: film-survey-and-resistance

Federal subsurface mineral interests

Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office

BLM federal subsurface-interest codes. These are distinct from surface ownership and mineral occurrences. None means no federal mineral interest in this compilation, not that no private or state mineral rights exist. Consult Master Title Plats and title records for a specific interest. Displayed acres are computed from county-clipped geometry, not recorded legal acreage. Source observation/update date is unspecified.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-federal-minerals

Wallowa County Economic Opportunity Analysis

Wallowa County

2021. Printed pages 25–28: vision, housing and economic goals. The analysis discusses entrepreneurship, working lands and housing alongside modest growth. Its proposals include rural housing opportunities as well as support for communities; it should not be read as agreement on one housing strategy.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: economic-opportunity

East Moraine Community Forest: acquisition and acreage

Wallowa Land Trust

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: east-moraine-forest

East Moraine conservation easement, January 2023

Wallowa Land Trust

Organization’s account of the signed easement; not a parcel-specific legal interpretation.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: east-moraine-easement

Historical mining case locations · closed

Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office

BLM MiningClaims closed-case layer, distinct from the smaller HUB recent-change extract. PLSS-derived case locations are often broader than staked boundaries; geocoding can omit cases. These closed cases do not establish current ownership or extraction rights. Claimant names are not acquired. Displayed acres are computed from county-clipped geometry, not recorded legal acreage. Source observation/update date is unspecified.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-historical-mining-claims

Surface management & ownership classes

Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office

BLM compilation of surface status. BLM states that ownership records outside federal lands are incomplete. Private land is classified without naming individuals or businesses; agency categories describe mapped status, not a title opinion, public access, or parcel-level beneficial ownership. Displayed acres are computed from county-clipped geometry, not recorded legal acreage. Source observation/update date is unspecified.

geographic
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: map-surface-status

Casting and fabrication services

Valley Bronze of Oregon

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: bronze-services

Steve Parks: bronze artistry and foundry operating

Oregon Folklife Network, University of Oregon

Undated profile; evidence of the trade and named operations, not a current operating census.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: parks-folklife

About Timber Bronze

Timber Bronze

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: timber-bronze

Classic Square Doorbell: materials and process

Timber Bronze

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: timber-bronze-process

Shelley Curtiss artist profile

Curtiss Studios

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: curtiss-studio

Categorized membership directory

Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce

Overlapping directory categories, not an exhaustive county business inventory or NAICS classifications.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: chamber-industries

Wallowa County annual employment and wages, 2022–2025

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

QCEW covered payroll employment. Suppressed values are unknown, not zero; establishments are not firms.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: qcew-wallowa

Oregon Voices: Wallowa County

The Ford Family Foundation

Survey began in 2021; summary issued in 2023. Pages 1–2: sample and themes; pages 3–7: responses. The summary combines 86 respondents: 77 from the random-household phase and 9 from an engagement phase. It records appreciation for landscape and neighbors alongside concerns about everyday services. These are respondents’ experiences, not a vote by the whole county.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: oregon-voices

Nez Perce Wal’áwa Homeland strategic plan

Nez Perce Wal’áwa Homeland

Adopted 2023. Presence and belonging; 10-, 30- and 100-year horizons. The organization’s plan connects homecoming with family life, work, cultural practice and stewardship over generations. It is a nonprofit’s own plan; the organization and sovereign tribal governments are distinct.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: homeland-plan

Wallowa Lake ceremony honors return of land to Nez Perce

Oregon-Idaho Conference, United Methodist Church · Greg Nelson

August 2, 2018; updated August 8. Account by the transferring institution. The fisheries management described is the plan at transfer, not a present-day habitat assessment.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: river-return-2018

Wallowa UMC returned to the Nez Perce Tribe

Oregon-Idaho Conference, United Methodist Church · Kristen Caldwell

April 30, 2021. Reports transfer of keys and deed, including the church lot and a lot behind it; future uses remained under consideration. Does not establish current use or imply a partnership with this atlas.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: church-return-2021

Three minutes with … Justin Doherty

Wallowa County Chieftain · Historic Oregon Newspapers, University of Oregon Libraries

February 7, 2018, page A9. Published interview, headed Public Works, City of Joseph. Employment and volunteer roles refer to the interview date. Quotation retains the speaker’s wording; no present-day employment claim.

oral history
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: doherty-interview-2018

Wallowa County Artist Eugene Hayes

Wallowa History Center · Marilyn Hulse

Undated local historical retrospective. Describes commercial signs, advertising montages, maps and commissions. The location of a surviving artwork does not establish public access or reproduction permission.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: gene-hayes-commercial-art

Fishtrap: Our History

Fishtrap

Organization’s undated retrospective: Rich Wandschneider, Kim Stafford and Alvin Josephy organized the first Wallowa Lake gathering in 1988. The conference theme is quoted as published.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: fishtrap-origins

Library district fails

Wallowa County Chieftain · Paul Wahl; Historic Oregon Newspapers

May 23, 2018, page A1. Contemporary report of the May 15 vote on Measure 32-41, funding background and arguments on each side; not a current library-service directory.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: library-vote-2018

Redistributing the county library collection · Books, continued from A1

Wallowa County Chieftain · Historic Oregon Newspapers

August 8, 2018, page A9, Books continuation. Distinguishes transferred literacy kits from proposed book placements and storage. Existing city libraries are distinct from the closing county library.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: library-collection-2018

Reclaiming Maxville: The Legacy of African American Lumber Workers in the Pacific Northwest

Forest History Society, with Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Digital exhibit curated by Yolanda Hester and Elizabeth Flowers, with Gwendolyn Trice and Sierra Newby-Smith. Locator: Working in Lumber, Ruth Carman’s recollection. Oral testimony is attributed as recollection, not silently converted into an independently dated incident report.

oral history
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: maxville-oral-exhibit

Harney County Small Diameter Tree Economic Summit · Wallowa Resources case study

High Desert Partnership · Dr. Brenda Smith

Summit October 8–9, 2014, Burns, Oregon; page 8, Collaborative Operating Model for Underutilized Wood, Nils Christoffersen. A contemporaneous summary of the presenter’s account, not an audited financial statement. Market destinations and product mix are historical.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: small-wood-summit-2014

Reaching Back for Truth

Oregon Humanities · S. Renee Mitchell and Joe Whittle

August 24, 2017. Reported profile with interviews and documentary photographs. Locator: Trice’s 2003 discovery, recorded interviews, the 2008 center, and encounter with Alvin Marsh. Images remain with the publisher; no republication permission inferred.

oral history
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: trice-reaching-back-2017

Enterprise projects: EM&M building

Working Homes LLC

Publication: undated. Locator: City of Enterprise; EM&M Building; paragraphs 1–3. Owner’s account; last remaining affordable claim is not an independently tested inventory.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-emmm-owner

Working Homes advances housing, building preservation projects in Wallowa County

Shannon Weidemann (McKone), Elkhorn Media Group

Publication: 2026-09-02. Locator: EM&M paragraphs and five-item Current upgrades list. Separate publication, but project account centers on Working Homes; no tenant interviews or independent completion inspection stated.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-emmm-2026

Neighbors Gather Together After Extreme Hailstorm in Wallowa

Rural Organizing Project; Kelli Bosak byline, Sidra/ROP sign-off

Publication: 2022-09-07. Locator: Opening update; reproduced appeal headed Hailstorm-Stricken Town of Wallowa Needs Help!, created August 14, 2022. Updated December 8, 2023. Fundraiser republication is not independent reporting. Damage/FEMA statements are organizer assertions, not an official eligibility determination.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-hail-appeal

Eastern Oregon town damaged by hail storm recovers together

OPB Think Out Loud; Sage Van Wing; Dave Miller interviews Gary Hulse

Publication: 2022-08-25. Locator: Transcript: insurance discussion; question beginning What have you already seen; Hulse answer on vouchers and plywood. Computer-created, volunteer-edited transcript; Hulse’s estimates remain attributed. Audio duration 10:46; quotation timecodes not checked.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-hail-radio

State sends millions to Eastern Oregon to deal with storm damage, pollution

Antonio Sierra, OPB

Publication: 2022-09-29. Locator: Opening Wallowa section, before Nitrates and flooding. Distinguish approved funding from completed repairs. Hulse’s testimony overlaps his earlier interview; legislative decision reporting adds a different evidence function.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-hail-funding

Wallowa County Community Food Assessment

Joshua Russell, RARE AmeriCorps; NEOEDD and Oregon Food Bank

Publication: 2012. Locator: Printed/PDF pp. 7–8 methodology; 12–13 6 Ranch; 16–18 processing and distribution. Year established internally by 2012 survey/report context; 2023 URL is upload path. Survey 133 respondents was not a probability sample. Regulations and businesses described historically, not current guidance.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-food-assessment

Growing the 16%

Western Organization of Resource Councils

Publication: undated. Locator: Printed/PDF p. 21, Stafford’s upgrade from custom exempt to USDA-certified; p. 2 publisher statement. Advocacy network recounts work by member Oregon Rural Action. Undated PDF, with summer 2012 event; not independent financial or employment audit.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-food-stafford

Workforce Introduction

Robert Barclay et al., Flex Monitoring Team

Publication: 2025-03. Locator: Printed/PDF p. 5, opening Wallowa Memorial paragraph; p. 4 Quality of Life. Short case study, no item-level source for Wallowa interview or outcome statistics. PDF extraction contains an unrelated 2021 text layer; visible March 2025 title governs.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-hospital-childcare

Enterprise Mercantile & Milling Company Building: National Register nomination

Sally Donovan and Adrienne Donovan-Boyd; National Park Service

Nomination received January 2012. PDF pages 15–16, City and County Intervention; section 7, architectural description. Historical reconstruction using newspaper articles and commissioner minutes; those underlying items were not separately examined for this edition. Building photographs credited to the preparers, summer/fall 2010; republication permission unverified.

archive
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-emmm-nomination

Where’s the grass-fed beef?

Cory Carman / PERC

February 24, 2011. First-person essay; paragraphs on institutional customers, processing costs, and distribution. Business experience and price changes are author-reported, not an independent financial audit.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-carman-2011

About us: three ways to buy Carman Ranch beef

Carman Ranch

Undated page examined September 13, 2026. Locators: Get Carman Ranch → Carman Ranch Direct, Cow Share, Wholesale. Producer description; no independent verification of profitability or environmental performance. Images remain linked at source, not licensed for republication.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-carman-channels

Honor UMCOR Sunday & OR-ID Disaster Response on March 15

Oregon-Idaho Conference, United Methodist Church

February 18, 2026. Locator: OR-ID Conference UMCOR response by the numbers, October 2022–April 2023 entry. Reports a $10,000 Wallowa grant, case manager serving 324 households, and 30 cases closed. Service counts are not a verified number of repaired homes; statewide totals are not Wallowa totals.

organization
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-hail-2026

Wallowa Memorial Hospital: 2025 community health assessment summary

Oregon Office of Rural Health / Wallowa Memorial Hospital

2025 assessment; PDF pages 1–2, priorities, housing and care access. Survey estimates and key-informant perspectives, not a housing inventory or a referendum. Summary combines data from different reference years.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-health-2025

Wallowa County QuickFacts: housing, population and business measures

U.S. Census Bureau

Read September 13, 2026. Locators: Age and Sex, Housing, Income & Poverty, Businesses. Age figures use V2025; housing costs/income are 2020–2024 estimates in 2024 dollars; nonemployer counts are 2023. Median gross rent is not a current asking rent. Web page examined; direct archival fetch returned 403.

official
Accessed 2026-09-13
Source ID: living-census-2025