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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I9_patimasa-tiicamna_Umatilla-OR.html
In 1855, Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens and Oregon Territory Indian Superintendent Joel Palmer convened a treaty council in present-day Walla Walla, Washington with Yakama, Nez Perce, Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla bands and tribe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I8_cayuse-umatilla-and-walla-walla-homeland_Umatilla-OR.html
This land will always be home to the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla people. The land is used by and shared with relatives and neighbors such as the Palouse, Wanapum, Yakama, Wishxam, Wyam, Tenino and Nez Perce.
In 1805 and 1806, Lewis and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I1_the-umatilla-rapids_Umatilla-OR.html
The Corps of Discovery descended the Columbia River in five dugout canoes made from pines felled at the mouth of the North Fork of the Clearwater River in Idaho.
Before McNary Dam harnessed this segment of the mighty Columbia, the river plunged …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I0_the-lewis-and-clark-expedition_Umatilla-OR.html
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM244S_david-r-koontz_Echo-OR.html
David R. Koontz was a born in Gallia County, Ohio on September 20, 1829, and was buried here about September 10, 1852. He was the seventh child and youngest son of Martin V. Koontz, bridge builder and carpenter, and Lydia Rickabaugh. The Koontz fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM244P_stansfield-rest-area-oregon-trial-kiosk_Echo-OR.html
(Six panels dealing with the Umatilla River Crossing portion of the Oregon Trail are found at this kiosk)
The Road Forks
Early Oregon Trail emigrants crossed the Blue Mountains and traveled north to re-provision at the Whitman Mission o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM244B_covered-wagon-museum_Echo-OR.html
The Wagon and Team
Wagons for trail travel were of the simplest construction, they cost $85.00 each. They were light, strong, and carried on sturdy wheels. It was recommended that wheels be made of bois-d'arc, osage orangewood or white oak.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2447_jack-dempsey_Echo-OR.html
Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler or Nonpareil, held the heavy weight title from 1919 to 1926. However what few people realize is that as a young man he traveled the rails and lived in hobo camps such as one located along the river in Echo. The hob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2446_umatilla-county-jail_Echo-OR.html
This building was the first county jail built in Umatilla Landing in 1865 & abandoned when the county seat moved to Pendleton in 1868. Joseph Cunha moved it to Echo & use it as a smoke house. Shirley Cunha Snow donated the building to the city in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2445_the-blockhouse_Echo-OR.html
From our little castle 100 feet square ... we commended operations early the following morning, and are now in a picket, 100 feet square, seven feet high, and have one blockhouse half-built. — Luke, an Oregon Mounted Volunteer, from letter d…