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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221G_railroad-to-a-brighter-future_Burns-OR.html
Back in the early 1920's you may have left the dirt streets and wooden sidewalks of the town of Burns, to walk in these woods, where untouched ponderosa stood tall.
But in a few short years, one of the biggest ever timber sales in the United St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221F_rocks-rails-and-railroad-ties_Burns-OR.html
When the railroad was being built the forest here was a busy place with trees being felled to make ties, and rock being blasted for ballast. In February 1927, forest ranger G. C. Blake reported:
"Yesterday I made the trip from Burns...to the en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16TM_the-terrible-trail_Burns-OR.html
Weary Oregon Trail emigrants, eager to ease travel or gain mileage, often attempted cutoffs and shortcuts. While many of these alternate routes proved successful, others did not—they became roads to ruin for some and the end of the trail for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16TG_fort-harney_Burns-OR.html
Fort Harney, on the former Malheur Indian Reservation, was named for Gen. Wm. S. Harney, who took command of the Military Department of Oregon, Sept. 13, 1858. The fort was established Aug. 10, 1867, and became a permanent Military Post. By order …