Old Oregon Trail Lives Again For Troop 661
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Raising the colors at the mouth of Willow Creek.
Boy Scouts . of Troop 6C1
followed the Old Oregon Trail as
It makes its way across Morrow
County during Spring vacation.
History lived for the boys as
they camped at the mouth of
Willow Creek as many of the
early pioneers did before them.
While they were here Larry
Smitton of Pendleton who is a
member of the Oregon Histor
ical Society and a retired
member of the Oregon State
Highway Dep't. mapped out the
old Oregon Trail in this area.
As the boys backtracked, they
marked sites in Juniper Canyon
and visited Wells Springs at the
old Wagon stop. Here they put
up new markers and picked up
debris. They marked the old
cemetery where Col. Gilliam is
buried at the site of an old
Indian battle a short distance
from Wells Springs.
Sunday they followed the trail
from the W. W. Weatherford
Historical marker on the
Condon-Arlington Highway
across Eight Mile and Four
Mile Canyons to Cecil. Enroute
they cooked lunch over sage
brush fires just as the early
emigrants did on the Oregon
Trail 1842 - 1859. The boys
learned an estimated 20,000
people died along this 2000 mile
trail from Independence, Mis
souri across the Continental
Divide to the Columbia River as
far as Rowena Bluffs. Emi
grants at this point were faced
with the unhappy choice of
surrendering most of their
possessions as payment for
passage to the river men or
making a winter crossing of the
Cascade Range on the Barlow
Toll Road.
The Boy Scouts visited an old
Indian Campground at Carty
Springs in Juniper Canyon and
dug for arrow heads. Ron Ward
and Del Piper found some
pretty good ones.
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The Flaming Arrows dug right in. They marked the site of Col.
Gilliams grave. From L front row: Kenney Howard, Troy
Simmons, Jay Devin, Coleman Devine, Craig Howard. Back row:
Bruce Young, Scott McEwen, Ron Ward, (not pictured-Charlie
Rawlins, Senior Patrol leader)
Morrow County 4-H Leaders
Urged to A ttend Forum
Wide Selection of
Nowly Arrived Stock
Couches, Chairs, Pole Lamps,
Swag Lamps, Dar Stools,
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End Tables, Carpet Roll Ends
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The Rams did a bang up job. Now Juniper Crossing has a new
look. Front row L to R: Kenney Gochnauer, Lee McCarl, Erin
Noble, Steven Marlatt, Ron Young. Back row: Perry Wilson, Dale
Holland, Mark Piper, Randy Cole, Terry Toll.
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Troop 661 is convinced that
everything possible should be
done to preserve the Old Oregon
Trail. They found many deep
ruts that are still visible. They
feel that parts of the old trail
should be kept for future study
of Oregon's history.
Glen Ward supervised the
cleaning and burning of dead
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1 mission property at the mouth
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'picked up all of the litter in the
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previous campers. A lew bold
ones went swimming in Willow
Creek.
The historic outing filled the
requirement for their Historic
Trails Award. Adults accom
panying the boys were Scout
master Del Piper, Glen Ward,
Dail Turner, Herman Winter
and John Gochnauer.
Future Campouts
April 14 the Boy Scouts will go
to Camp Hancock to the Fossil
Beds to study the geology of the
area for Geology merit badges
and related advancements.
May 25 they go to Thorn Creek
Hilton (Del Pipers cabin) to
study fish and wildlife and
conservation. The boys will
work on archery, camping and
cooking.
June 29 they will go to Alder
Creek for camping, cooking,
forestry, hiking, insect life and
nature.
July 8 Camp Wallowa for one
week. Approximately 25 boys
from Heppner will make the
trip.
"It's The Real Thing" is the
theme of the 3rd Annual
Northeast Oregon 4-H Leaders'
Forum, reports Jerry Brog,
county Extension agent. The
Forum will be held April 7 in
Morrow Hall, BMCC, Pendle
ton, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
The Forum will feature four
workshops designed to improve
4-H leaders' ability to work with
youth. Workshop topics include:
"Communication-Telling It
Uke It Is," "Involving Older
Members," "New Tricks for
Experienced Leaders," and
"N.I.W.-A Philosophy of Youth
Development." A tour of BMCC
will be offered during one
workshop session for those
Forum participants who wish to
see the college facilities.
Other program features, ac
cording to Brog, will include
"Mini-Lessons" by Mrs. Lynne
Breese, 4-H State Staff, O.S.U.,
Corvallis, and a report of new
challenges to youth leadership
by Mrs. Gail McKinnis,
Summerville, who just returned
from the Western States 4-H
Leaders' Forum.
All 4-H leaders in Grant,
Wheeler, Gilliam, Malheur,
Baker, Wallowa, Union, Mor
row and Umatilla Counties are
invited. Leaders who have not
already done so should pre
register with their county
Extension office prior to the
Forum.
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A real bunch of Beavers put up their sign at Wells Spring. Front
row from left: Herman Winter, Tim Hedman, Russell Roark,
Delbert Turner, Back row: Chris Wright, Jerry Baker, Steve
McLaughlin, Scott Groshens.
Where Will the Garbage Go?
Ugly, smelly dumps which
are environmentally detri
mental and a public health
hazard will soon be a thing of
the past.
Are garbage collection rates
going to increase? Will private
citizens still be able to drive to
the local landfill and dump their
own garbage? Or will the local
landfills be closed and only one
regional site be operating by
1975? Are residents of the area
going to be required to separate
glass, metal and newspaper and
other recyclable materials for
salvage collectors?
A county-wide planning pro
gram to determine the answers
to these questions and others
concerning solid waste man
agement is about to begin in
Morrow County and will be
discussed at a public informa-
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tional meeting in Heppner
on April 3, 1973 at 7:30 p.m., in
the Morrow County Courthouse,
Heppner, Oregon 97836.
The public meeting which
comes early in the planning
stages for solid waste reuse and
disposal in Morrow County is
aimed at informing the public of
the goals of the solid waste
management plan which is
currently being developed and
providing an opportunity for
citizens to discuss problems,
suggest new programs or criti
cize the suggested planning
goals.
The meeting will be con
ducted by members of the local
solid waste advisory com
mittee, local persons involved
in solid waste management
planning, representatives of the
state advisory committee and
Oregon Department of Envi
ronmental Quality.
The Morrow County solid
waste management study is
aimed at eliminating existing
solid waste practices that
create health and environ
mental hazards. It will also try
to plan for recycling 25 percent
of the solid waste in the county
by 1975 and 90 percent of the
county's garbage by 1982.
Morrow County's disposal
sites are currently being oper
ated as open burning dumps.
The study will determine where
new disposal sites should be
located and the way to best
serve people in the outlying
areas. Also the plan will
consider the proposed popula
tion increase in the North
County area from the Eoard
man Project and recreational
wastes generated on United
States Forest Service lands.
The solid waste management
study is being financed through
a grant from the Oregon
Department of Environmental
Quality which is working with
the counties and Councils of
Government around the state to
develop plans including reuse
and recovery as well as
improved methods of disposal.
The local informational
meetings are sponsored by the
state Citizens' Advisory Com
mittee on Solid Waste Manage
ment. The CAC includes 35
private citizens, businessmen
and government officials from
all over Oregon who have been
working with th- DEQ for
almost a year studying the
various aspects of reuse and
disposal.
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