Manuscript of Wallowa River and Valley

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Mss 6031-B

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Manuscript of Wallowa River and Valley

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  • 1953 (Creation)

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1561 numbered pages (1582 pages total)

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(1870 - 1953)

Biographical history

John Harland Horner (1870-1953) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved to Enterprise, Oregon, in 1911. A life-long bachelor, he served as Wallowa County's deputy assessor from 1918 to 1924, before being elected county assessor in 1924. Horner also had a long-standing interest in the history of Wallowa County. For more than thirty years, he collected historical information and interviewed most of the area's early settlers and local Native Americans. His research resulted in an unpublished manuscript of more than 1,500 pages titled Wallowa River and Valley. Horner committed suicide on July 13, 1953, at the age of 83

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An unfinished typescript with hand corrections of J. H. Horner’s work, Wallowa River and Valley. The manuscript details the history of the Wallowa Valley region in northeastern Oregon from approximately 1805 through 1950. The document includes extensive details on the origins of many place names in the region. The manuscript also includes a history of the Nez Percé people and their cultural traditions which Horner wrote in collaboration with Otis Halfmoon. Topics covered in the manuscript include Chief Joseph and the events of the Nez Percé war of 1877, settlement of the Wallowa Valley region, and local participation in World War I and World War II. John Harland Horner (1870-1953) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved to Enterprise, Oregon, in 1911. He served as Wallowa County's deputy assessor from 1918 to 1924, before being elected county assessor in 1924. Horner also had a long-standing interest in the history of Wallowa County. For more than thirty years, he collected historical information and interviewed most of the area's early settlers and local Native Americans.

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Split into the following folders:
Box 1 Folder 6: pages 1 - 100
Box 1 Folder 7: pages 101 - 200
Box 1 Folder 8: pages 201 - 300
Box 1 Folder 9: pages 301 - 400
Box 1 Folder 10: pages 401 - 500
Box 1 Folder 11: pages 501 - 600
Box 1 Folder 12: pages 601 - 700
Box 2 Folder 1: pages 701 - 800
Box 2 Folder 2: pages 801 - 900
Box 2 Folder 3: pages 901 - 1000
Box 2 Folder 4: pages 1001 - 1100
Box 2 Folder 5: pages 1101 - 1200
Box 2 Folder 6: pages 1201 - 1300
Box 2 Folder 7: pages 1301 - 1400
Box 2 Folder 8: pages 1401 - 1500
Box 2 Folder 9: pages 1501 - 1561

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In Copyright-Educational Use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

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  • English

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