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WALLUSKI
[WÔL•Æ•SKɪ]
noun
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1. Wallooskee River: a
winding, 10-mile tributary
of the Youngs River that
flows downhill southwest
of Astoria to dump into the
river at the mouth of Youngs
Bay.
2. Olney-Walluski: com-
mon name of the unincor-
porated territory due south
of Astoria on the Nehalem
Highway, which includes
the Olney-Walluski Fire &
Rescue district.
Though never a proper
town or settlement, Walluski
was a census district until
1950. The Walluski School
served the area between
1892 until it burned down in
September 1921 in an acci-
dent involving students emp-
tying the wood stove at the
end of the day. The area was
the former location of the
Clatsop County Poor Farm,
where the indigent, disabled
and aged traded labor for
room, board and medical
care. Walluski has also been
the site of Oregon State Uni-
versity’s Astor Agricultural
Experiment Station, Clatsop
Community College’s farm
and is currently home to the
Clatsop County Fairgrounds.
3. Walluski Western: a
local farm machinery and
equipment manufactur-
er, specializing in silage
baggers. Founded by Steve
Cullen, the company is now
more widely known as the
Versa Corporation.
4. Walluski Soil: a gov-
ernment-recognized soil se-
ries whose source is located
500 feet west of Lewis and
Clark Road.
Origin
The area takes its name
COURTESY COLUMBIA RIVER ESTUARY STUDY TASKFORCE
About 52 acres of former pasture along the western bank of
the Walluski River near Astoria is slated for restoration into
wetlands.
from Wallooska, head of
a small band of Clatsop
Indians, who, as the sole sur-
viving member of his family,
ceded his land — which
stretched as far south as Sad-
dle Mountain — to the U.S.
Government in August 1851
in exchange for cash, mer-
chandise and other miscella-
ny totaling $1,800. The land
was desirable for being rich
in timber, and a mill was
soon constructed. Wallooska
was also permitted to live
out the rest of his days upon
the land. The area and river
were subsequently known as
Walluski until the Board of
Geographic Names officially
changed the spelling of the
river to “Wallooskee” in
1975, though businesses,
roads and organizations
continue to use the former
spelling, which many locals
appear to prefer.
“U.S. Rep. Suzanne
Bonamici has secured a
provision in the federal
Water Resources Develop-
ment Act to clear the way
for restoration of 52 acres of
wetlands along the Walluski
River by the Columbia River
Estuary Study Taskforce.”
— Edward Stratton, “Fed-
eral legislation helps local
wetland project,” The Daily
Astorian, Monday, June 11,
2018
“The Walluski school-
house in district No. 26, near
the Astor experiment station,
was destroyed by fire about
6:30 o’clock last night. The
loss was about $1200 on the
building and $1000 on the
contents, with $800 insur-
ance.”
—“Walluski School
Burns,” The Sunday Ore-
gonian, Sunday, Sept. 25,
1921, P. 6 CW