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"Union County Courthouse, 1912 - The town of Union wrestled the county seat away from La Grande in 1874, and a new courthouse was built (above). It was the center of county business until 1904 when La Grande regained control. Later, this building was…

City Hall, La Grande, Oregon - built in 1904. Later, the Union County Courthouse.

"City Hall, La Grande, Oregon - built in 1904. Later, the Union County Courthouse."

"La Grande (Union County) - September 22-23, 1902. A balloon ascension, in connection with the County Fair in 1902 brought out the people from miles around the Grande Ronde Valley and from Wallowa County as well. Here, exhibit booths are set up on…

"Mining camp, Baker County Oregon (Nevada King Group?)"

"The Glenn and Woodward Families cross[ed] the plains from Iowa in 1859. The Tolbert Glenns settled near Summerville where they reared four sons and four daughters. This was the first cabin [in] Summerville, built by "Grandmother" Myers' father -…

"Old cabin at Minam (Wallowa County) - circa 1915. [Note the doorway that has been boarded over with part of an inverted sign.]"

"Tollgate, Oregon - circa 1900-1910 - View of main buildings and the toll gate for which the area was named." [See: Union County Historical Society, 1961 Annual (page 2) for additional information.]

"Troy, Oregon (Wallowa County). Ice jam above Troy as it appeared January 31, 1920. Jam occurred on Grande Ronde River December 25, 1919." A man in a buggy pulled by a 2-horse team travels through a deep channel that has been cut through the snow and…

"East Oregon Lumber Company Trestle in the Sled Springs area, Wallowa County - circa 1912."