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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1972)
Looking Around the County f.-tV - i '"! (. : "-rJ A . . 4 " -' .- "i" " .'-''.--. Whoa I Is Still King. font, from p 2 who came to the area from Maine. Otlier uarly settlers at or near Ella Center were John Handy, Johan Troedson, Charles Jaynes, George Cra ne, and the Van Cleves, and William Parsons. CASTLE ROCK A P.O. established at Castle Rock in 1883 which lasted until 1926; however. It is pro bably the first place In Mor row County included in Ore gon Historical records. It was named for a rock for mation along the river that seemed to resemble a castle. In 1847 a wagon train of 13 families camped there. Buffalo skin clad Pawnees approached the train, apparently out of curiosity. As they left they revealed their true purpose by stam peding the team and stock. Several shots were fired, trail ropes grabbed and the animals retrieved. Later two men from this train, who had asserted with bravado that they would kill an Indian dur ing the trek to Oregon, were approached b Pawnees as the travelers were out hunting. The Indians forced the men to disrobe, threw their boots back at them, as boots were I In this Centennial Year, j i remember: l 1 yTCT! J ? 2rlsc2kft QUALITY WORK J fKJuM REASONABLE PRICES ' I PV 124 N. MAIN S l m -X,N HEPPNER' 0R- f Complete Body Repair Custom Painting Bill Brannon 676-9955 useless to Indians, and then chased them at a fast clip back to the wagon train. There was a ferry there later and hay was ferrliid ta sheep raisers on the Washing ton shore. Before the rail roads, a stage coach line ran south to Heppner. The magazine West Shore of October 1883 stated, "Castle Rock now contains an express office, postoffice, saloon, dwelling, school, etc. The growth of western towns is wonderful." When the O.K. & N. was established, Cas tle Rock flourished as a ma jor shipping depot for Morrow County. It's small school building was later moved to Boardman; its postoffice ciosed; and the two-story business building destroyed by a fire in 1930. ATWOGD In the fall of 1883 three postoffices were established in the county, Atwood toward the eastern side, Castlerock at the far north, and Eight mile in the south west. Atwood' s first postmaster was Henry C. Thomson an uncle of Phebe Bartholomew. The Atwoods were her mater nal grandparents who had set tled on Butler Creek in 1853 near what was then called Emigrant Crossing and then became Atwood the present Lexington-Butler Creek high ways join there. The post office was discontinued in 1888. ETCHTMILE The Eightrn'le P.O. wasac tive from 1883 until 1941. It is reported to have been located in eight different hom es before a building for it was built in 1912 at the Ei ghtniile Center, near a gener al store and the school which was built in the 1880's. A listing of early settlers in the Eightmile community includes; Moses Cantwell, Ellhu Stanton, Jacob Young, Harvey Vaughn, Richard Rob ison, Luther Huston, Bill Be- cket, Riley Hunkers, Olof Hergstnmi. diaries Ander son, Oliver I'lerson, John Allstott, M,irlln and James Gerkin, Pete Hrenner, G" rge J it nk t it. M 'I Humphrey, Clifford Jones, l.ee and John Cantwell, Charles and find Ingram, Francis Courier, Le onard Farmer, Frank and Case Fuqua, Jerome Young, and Wes Uranium. ADAMSVIIJ.K, ALPINE, GOOSEBERRY, IONE AND SALINEV1LLE In 1HH4 five new postof fices came Into lielng. Ad amsville under postmaster Silas Miles was consolidated with Hardman In 1885. Al pine's first postmaster was G.H. Parsell. The postoff ice in this Sand Hollow com munity was discontinued In 1894 after which its mall was sent to the Galloway Post office. The old school at Alpine is still standing. GOOSEBERRY'S first post master was Isaac R. Esteb. There was a tri-weekly stage which ran to Arlington via Fletts and Olex and carried the mail. This P.O. was discontinued in 1918. The Valby Church is a historic feature of this community. Some early gooseberry bushes which grew and flou rished near a spring on Hail Ridge gave the community its ("out on pg 5 Warm Wishes on Heppner's 100th Anniversary! tS yC- i XSttW 'f; J Ml' I: i Ruggles - Boyce Insurance Agency "For all your insurance needs. "
