An Illustrated History of Baker Grant Malheur and Harney Counties: With a Brief Outline of the Early History of the State of Oregon (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Illustrated History of Baker Grant Malheur and Harney Counties: With a Brief Outline of the Early History of the State of Oregon<br><br>Early Explorations - Settlements in the Sixties - Military Camps - Fight with the Indians 1865 - Pioneer Saw mill Man A. H. Robie - First Plowing - In 1867 - Cattle brought Into the County in 1869 - Mail Service Prior to 1874 - Daily Mail in 1880 - Excellent Ranges - Bannock and Piute Raid in isis - Abandonment of Fort Harney - Pacific Livestock Company - Miller Lux - In?ux of Settlers from 1883 to 1885 - Warfare between Cattlemen and Settlers - The Harney Valley Items - Organized in 1889 - County Boundary Lines - First Election - Burns the County Seat - Discovery of Gold in the Northern Portion - Roller Flouring Mill Built Financial Troubles in 1893 - Organization of Troop A O. N. G. - Return of Prosperity in 1897 - High Water -shooting of Peter French - Good Times in 1898 - Population - Assessor''s Summary - County Fair in 1900 - Railroad Surveys - Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road Company - Quotation from Judge Gilbert - Swamp Land Contest - Recession of Lake Malheur - The Harney Valley Improvement''<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.