Wallowa County, Oregon Genealogy

United States &gt; Oregon &gt; Wallowa County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.wallowa.or.us/

Wallowa County Courthouse 101 S. River Street Enterprise, OR 97828 (541) 426-4543

Quick Facts
Wikipedia

11 February 1887: Wallowa county was created from Union County.

Named for Wallowa River. Lewis and Clark Expedition journals recorded Wil-le-wahas the name.


 * Records Held at the Courthouse

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Wallowa County Court House as of July 2004.


 * Record Loss:

Cities
Enterprise | Joseph | Lostine | Wallowa

Communities
Bartlett | Eden | Evans | Flora | Fruita | Grouse | Imnaha | Lewis | Maxville | Minam | Paradise | Promise | Troy | Zumwalt

Neighboring Counties
Baker | Umatilla | Union | Idaho counties: Adams | Idaho | Nez Perce | Washington counties: Asotin | Columbia | Garfield

Biography
Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.


 * 1) 35 years on Smith Mountain
 * 2) My days in northeast Oregon : a memoir of wagon trains &amp; pack strings in the 1890s
 * 3) Angel from Paradise : the life &amp; times of a Wallowa County cowboy
 * 4) Of men and mountains

Cemeteries (Rural and General)
Asotin County, Washington, cemeteries; some Garfield and Columbia County, Washington and Wallowa County, Oregon cemeteries : their history and headstone inscriptions

Census

 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Farms - Ranches

 * 1) Wallowa County brand book, 1921 May 1
 * 2) Index to chattel mortgages, Wallowa County, Oregon, 1913-1931

Gazetteers

 * 1) Origin of Wallowa County place names

History

 * 1) About Wallowa County: people, places, images
 * 2) An Illustrated history of Union and Wallowa counties: with a brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon   -(LAR)
 * 3) The old and the new: history of the post offices of Wallowa County
 * 4) The Wallowa country, 1867-1877
 * 5) The History of Wallowa County, Oregon
 * 6) Historical sketches of Wallowa National Forest
 * 7) Reminiscences of Wallowa County
 * 8) Wallowa, the land of winding waters
 * 9) Carving the north end wilderness : Flora
 * 10) Bits of Wallowa County lore
 * 11) This valley : (Wallowa Valley)
 * 12) The flora country; the hardships and struggles of the Matt Devin family as pioneers in northern Wallowa County, Oregon.
 * 13) Gateway to the Wallowas
 * 14) From The Wallowas
 * 15) Pioneering in the Wallowas : four frontier tales
 * 16) Heritage of the Wallowas : life as it was
 * 17) Wallowa County, the Northwest's most scenic area; a land of beauty and opportunity
 * 18) Memories : a nostalgic look at life in northeast Oregon
 * 19) Wallowa County, Oregon : a capsule history
 * 20) The story of Wallowa Lake
 * 21) The forgotten grist and flour mills of Wallowa County, Oregon : a history of the eight grist or flour mills that have operated in Wallowa County, Oregon
 * 22) Wallowa County, Oregon : the land of peace, prosperity and happiness

Maps

 * 1) Map of Wallowa County, Oregon, 1922
 * 2) Metsker's atlas of Wallowa County, Oregon, 1935

Newspapers
See Enterprise, Joseph and Wallowa for the newspapers published in these cities.

Periodicals

 * 1) Signal mountain : Wallowa County's own historical magazine

Schools

 * 1) School days in the Wallowas : a history of the ninety-one schools and communities, past and present, of Wallowa County, Oregon

Vital Records

 * 1) Wallowa County, Oregon, marriage records, 1887-1983
 * 2) Coroner's inquest, Wallowa County, Oregon, 1906-1915

Many early marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Voting Records

 * 1) Election voter register, Wallowa County, Oregon, 1902, 1906, 1914

Websites

 * The Wallowa County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Wallowa County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Wallowa County (backup site)