Last Updated on February 19, 2013 by 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, […]
Last Updated on January 30, 2012 by 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
Last Updated on February 12, 2012 by 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
Last Updated on November 21, 2011 by 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
Last Updated on January 4, 2012 by 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,
Last Updated on January 30, 2012 by 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
Last Updated on February 19, 2013 by 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
