Welcome to the Oregon Trails site for Wallowa County!

This site is available for adoption!

Website updated November 18, 2007

My name is Shauna Williams and I am the host of the State of Oregon page in the Genealogy Trails project. The goal is to offer tons of free genealogical information on each page. While the Illinois Genealogy Trails page is 7 years old, the rest of the states are just starting out and we need your help. Perhaps you would like to Volunteer to host a county in Oregon, or even take on another state. Visiting the volunteer page on the main Genealogy Trails site will tell you everything you need to know. Even if you don't want to do that I would love to have any source data you have used in your own search to add to these web pages. I need all your help! Even with the pages un-hosted I will be glad to put your information online so please feel free to email me with any questions, comments or information.

Don't forget to go to the main Genealogy Trails site through the logo above to see what information is available for other states.
 

"This rather isolated area was claimed by the Chief Joseph band of the Nez Perce as its hunting and fishing grounds. The Nez Perce used the word “wallowa”
 to designate a tripod of poles used to support fish nets. In 1871, the first white settlers came to Wallowa County, crossing the mountains in search of livestock feed in the Wallowa Valley. The area had been part of Union County since 1864 but it was carved from that county in 1887 by a legislative act." 
Oregon Blue Book
 

Surrounding Counties:

Baker     Umatilla     Union
 

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