Lost Prairie Oregon

Cole, Claud Lindford – Obituary

Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Claud was the eldest child of Maud Ruthanar Burnap and Robert Lindford Cole. He was born at Prairie Creek, Oregon on August 24, 1888. Claud’s name sake was his paternal grandmother Catherine Lindford, 3rd wife of Rev. William Person Cole, AKA Wiley P. Cole Sr. His elementary schooling was started there and completed in Touchet, Washington, and in Lost Prairie, Oregon where he graduated from the eight grade. He then took a Teacher’s Examination which gave him his first teacher’s certificate. Claud taught in several out lying districts for the next few years, including Lost Prairie. … Read more

Fordney, William H. – Obituary

William H. Fordney, a former resident of the north end of Wallowa County, passed away at his home near Turlock, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 22, 1931. William Henry Fordney was born in Scotland County, Missouri, Feb. 18, 1863, and was at the time of his death aged 67 years, 11 months and 4 days. He came to the Lost Prairie country in 1887, with his brother, Peter Fordney, now deceased. The Fordneys lived in Wallowa County for many years. In the fall of 1907, William H. Fordney moved to California and purchased the land three miles from Turlock, which was his … Read more

Biography of George M. Cannon

Any work which purports to give in review the leading points in the career of the prominent citizens of Wallowa County would be open to serious criticism were there failure to incorporate within it an epitome of the life of the esteemed gentlemen whose name heads this article, and who has labored here constantly from the time of the early settlement of the north part of Wallowa County until the present, manifesting, meanwhile, commendable intelligence, activity and energy, together with uprightness and sound principles, which have commended him to the esteem and confidence of his fellows in every respect, and … Read more

Fordice, Willard D. – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon Willard Doke Fordice, 87, died Friday, May 16, 1997, at his home in North Powder. A funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Gray’s West and Co. Pioneer Chapel, Baker City. Forrest Turner of North Powder will officiate. Viewing will be until 8 tonight at Gray’s West, 1500 Dewey Avenue. Mr. Fordice was born on August 12, 1909, to Willard B. and Hattie (Cole) Fordice in Lost Prairie. He married Lela May Gray at the Methodist Parsonage in Wallowa on February 23, 1934. They homesteaded in the Lost Prairie area and then ranched … Read more

Biography of Lorenzo Bacon

Who can estimate the labor performed, the hardship endured and the deprivations to those that first opened up this section of the country for their fellows and for the advent of civilization? All praise to men and women who leave pleasant homes in the east, cross the weary plains to settle in the wilds of nature and build homes for themselves. Of this worthy number, especial mention must be made of the distinguished gentleman whose name heads this paragraph, and who was one of the earliest settlers, if not the first settler, on Lost Prairie, in the northern part of … Read more

Halsey, Child – Obituary

The first death in this vicinity caused by Spanish Influenza was the four year old son of William Halsey who lives on upper Prairie Creek. The death occurred Saturday and comes as a hard blow to the parents and friends of the little boy. The funeral was held Sunday. Wallowa County Reporter, Wallowa County, Oregon, Thursday October 31, 1918 One death has occurred due directly to the disease. The three year old son of Mr. and Mrs.William Halsey of Prairie Creek was taken ill Friday afternoon and died Saturday night, Oct. 26, 1918. The membrane in the throat of the … Read more

Hallgarth, Scott – Obituary

Scott Hallgarth, one of the North End pioneers, after a short sickness departed this life, Thursday afternoon, September 27, at his home in Lost Prairie. Mr. and Mrs. Richards, son-in-law and daughter of the deceased, came in from the Grande Ronde valley to attend the funeral which took place Friday afternoon. Services were conducted in the M.E. church by Rev. Lines, after which the remains were interred in the M.E. Cemetery. Mrs. Hallgarth accompanied her daughter home the last of the week and will perhaps make her home in the Grande Ronde valley. Wallowa County Reporter, Wallowa County, Oregon, October … Read more