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OREGON
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the stain
And in mans wavs, the southeastern comer has
morn in common with stains other than Oregon
Visitors to ttie region mav he surprised to find
that from a media standjKiint, southeastern Ore
gon is more closely related to Idaho than to Ori
gan's media centers in Portland. Salem and Ku
gene
Television and radio stations come from Boise
instead of Portland or 1-Tigene, and the Idaho
Slalrsman newspaper is more widely read in
mam parts of the region than the Oregonian
The other widely used media sources are local
newspapers in Lakevu-w Burns and Ontario, or
satellite television dishes, most of which don 1 re
(five programming from am Oregon sources
But [M-rhaps a more obv ious difference is the
region's landst ape which is in mam wavs
unique in Oregon i he topography of southeast
rrn Oregon doesn't resemble anything west of the
(last rides And while sharing some similarities
with areas of the rest of eastern Oregon, the
southeastern turner contains many landforms not
found elsewhere in the state
In a general sense, the entire region is part of
what geologists < all the basin and range provint e.
an area that Int hides mut h of the southwestern
United States The province is distinguished by
alternating mountains and valleys both typically
running in a linear, north south pattern
The basin and range landscape is mainly the re
sult ol faults which are i rat ks m the earth's < rust
i rented by tensions under the surlai e Many of
the faults in the basin and range have caused
blot ks of the i rust to displace vertic ally, with one
block rising in elevation and the next lowering
The resulting pattern of alternating mountains
and valleys c an be seen throughout Oregon's Hig
Country and is espoc hilly impressive in the larg
(ault hlcK k mountains sui li us Stei ns Mountain
and Hart Mountain
These fault-bloc k mountains also usually have
one side that drops off steeply while the other
side is much more gradual The west slopes of
Steens Mountain, lor example when seen from
I rene liglen. aren't very steep But when seen
from the Alvord Desert on the cast suit* the
mountain rises almost vertic ally
The Alvord Desert is part ol tile Valiev or ha
sin, which was formed at the same time Steens
Mountain w as is mg uplifted tiv the faulting pro
cess Such basins are found at the base of all the
fault bliM k mountains
The other predominant physical feature of On
gon’s Big Country is w hat Raymond Mutton tails
the geography of spate Tins term aptly di
sunites the vast distances that separate southeast
ern Oregon residents Nowhere else in Oregon are
traveling times and distum es so gre.il
In the rural areas surrounding luigent-. lor ex
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more than an hour's drive from the r itv The rural
residents in many wavs have the fu st of Ixith
worlds isolation from the problems of tfte big i.itv
vet fairly i Iom> proximity to its benefits
But in Oregon s southeastern corner, with only
three towns having more than 100 residents, sim
ple trijis to the gnu erv stort' Imm ome half-day ad
ventures
And unlike the western side of the stale, roads
more often than not are unpavmi Combined with
the unpredictable and commonly inclement
weather, the sense of isolation becomes even
more palpable
The many ranches in the region are certainly
some of the most isolated outposts of human hab
itation in (tie stale
!'he Whitehorse Ranch near the Nevada border,
for example, is more than 150 miles from Bums,
the nearest population center
The Aivord Ranch at the base of Steens Moun
tain. which was founded in the lHOOs and is one
of (lie largest and oldest ranches in southeastern
Oregon, is more than 100 miles from Burns
Because trips to the region's three largest towns
are such lengthy undertakings, the numerous tiny
communities spread across Oregon's Big Country
take on common ial and social imporlance far be
yond what their modest populations would inch
(ate
Most towns with fi'wi'r than 1.1)00 residents in
western Oregon .ire lucky to have more than a
small convenience store and mavltc .1 gas station
lor example. VVagontire, located along U S
Highway .015 and l>0 miles south of Burns, has a
population ol just two. William and Olgte War
ner Vet the town's only residents operate a fully
stoi ked grocers store, a recreational vehicle park
with electric hook ups and a nicely landscaped
four-unit motel
for the ranchers living around VVagontire, and
for motorists traveling the lonely highway Be
tween Lakey lew and Burns, the town is a verita
ble oasis in the desert, as It has the only gas
pumps in the 85 mile stretch between Valley
f alls and Riley
West of the Has; ,ides, sui h small conglomera
tions of buildings rarely have names, much less
stores and motels
However, in Oregon's Big Country they serve
not only .is supply c enters lor the region's isolat
ed res tents, hut also as soc iuI centers where gos
sip is exchanged and mail puked up (on Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays only in some
areas)
As interesting and unique as Oregon's south
eastern corner is geologically and geographically
and as untouched hy humans as its far-reai h
ing distanc.es are it is nonetheless a region
made even more interesting hy the people who
choose Its isolation as a place to live I'll look at
some of those people in the conclusion to tins se
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