Grant County, Oregon Trivia Tidbits

United States Oregon  Grant County  Trivia Tidbits


 * Aldrich Mountain, 44.37737°N, -119.45108°W, Named for Ellery Wood Aldrich, an early rancher. Aldrich, along with his son Elmer Oliver Aldrich, was one of a party of ranchers who encountered a band of marauding Paiute Indians in 1878. Young Aldrich was killed and his mutilated body was later found in Aldrich Gulch, 44.33403°N, -119.56525°W, was then named for him. The family name later transferred to Aldrich Mountain and the Aldrich Mountains to the east. Aldrich Creek, 44.45904°N, -119.45053°W, does not flow in the gulch but runs north to John Day River.
 * Aldrich Mountains, a range south of Dayville, Mount Vernon and John Day. Coordinates from west to east: 44.39348°N, -119.47025°W, 44.20404°N, -118.87328°W,
 * Little Aldrich Mountain, 44.39126°N, -119.45636°W, a summit in Aldrich Mountains range