This left just the JV and Rockhouse cafes. She recalled they spoke Basque among themselves and had their own idioms in English. Among the intriguing aspects of back country exploration almost anywhere in the Western states are the ghost communities. There is a road in from the top of Blue Canyon, and a few years ago when I’d bought a new Toyota 4 Runner, I thought I’d drive in. An Illustrated History of Baker, Malheur and Grant Counties. Miller and Janet lived at Red Butte, just downstream from the cemetery, and judging from census records, had five children–three boys and two girls. (Idaho/Oregon/Nevada). For several years now I have been wanting to visit the place. At dawn I was startled awake by the bawling of a cow peering through my rear window. The drive to Jordan Valley was smooth and the passing landscape was still surprisingly green. It was after 1:00PM and the air had grown considerably hotter. It was Lara, however, who provided the unexpected reaction a few days after returning to Portland when she came to me with a small booklet she had made and asked me to write on each page the biographical information of the occupants of each grave, beginning with my mother. It was only as I made it around to the front of the house that I found attached to the building the Bureau of Reclamation information sign that identifies the place as "Hattie Harrell's Island Ranch" with no mention of Barney. Images common to both reminded me of those found elsewhere that have been identified as supernova. The visit to the Eiguren place was an excellent introduction into the lessons of rural life. The feeling of accomplishment and more importantly the sense that one has given a missing ancestor a helping hand toward immortality borders on the ineffable. But if one follows a map and even road signs in search of one of these places, what he often finds is merely a junction or perhaps an old abandoned school building, such as that at Sheaville on Highway 95 about ten miles north of Jordan Valley. So true have I found that, I never mutter a single epithet loading or unloading this slender but heavy beauty that is longer than my 4Runner. Complete citations may be found in the Sidebar under RESOURCES: HISTORY, CULTURE, GEOGRAPHY & GEOLOGY, Posted on 02/07/2017 at 08:00 AM in Malheur County, Owyhee history | Permalink The trip was an unsuccessful one, they were attacked by the Indians, several of the party were wounded, others were killed, and still others fell sick. After the eighth grade I moved to Weiser, Idaho where there were no Basques, though I had a several classmates of Japanese descent and a few of Hispanic origin. I took off the watch and attached it to a belt loop where it would be shaded by the tail of my white Columbia Omni-Shade shirt and unaffected by my body heat. Gaiser’s dissertation does explain, however, a point that has piqued my curiosity as I have gone through the 1980 BLM interviews with early residents of the Owyhee Canyon. Conflicts over land use and resources led to the indigenous peoples being pushed aside. The following day a man dropped off a quarter of beef from Frank on their porch. In any event Sofie and Lara were able to get within twenty feet of them; the two sides stood and studied one another until the animals moved off to join the rest of the herd. Many here express low regard for the Madrid government and its leaders and they chafe under its regulations. My favorite part was obviously riding Cheks and I bet Lara’s favorite part was riding Captain (aka Captain Sassy).”. In early June I hauled my trailer and boat down to Leslie Gulch and was pleased to find the campground nearly empty but for a few responsible adults. "What would the birds that eat those other things do then?" They failed to return to the rendezvous near the Boise River and were never seen again. The highlight of the Burns stay wasn’t the food, however, but the motel swimming pool where Sofie met a young boy her age traveling with his German grand parents. One Ontario businesswoman fairly screamed at me and even took down my name simply because I had asked whether she favored protection for the Owyhee Canyonlands. The headwaters of the Owyhee River are found in Elko County in northeastern Nevada. My family's connection with the Malheur country extends back many years. This area was the territory of Western Shoshone, Northern Paiute, and Bannock peoples and their ancestors for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Americans. I was thrilled. This trip … Off the Rafts. Granted, this is a generalization, and there are many who do not fit this characterization. I'll let Sofie describe the meeting: “After that we drove back to Jordan Valley. I explained to them the different people and told them a bit about the family history I have been writing, causing Sofie to interject, “I want a history too!”  “This is your history,” I replied. In his final weeks in office, he designated several outstanding landscapes and historical sites as national monuments. [Sources:  Bureau of Reclamation Site Information Signage; 1980 BLM Interviews; Arkansas County Marriage Index, 1837-1957; Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950; US Census, 1910,  Arkansas, Roll: T624–44, p. 18; US Census 1940, Oregon, Roll: m-t0627-03372, p. 5A; Find a Grave 13870233; Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Accession nos. They probably married within a day after Hattie got off the train. This wasn’t to be merely a camping trip. On the 19th we returned to Portland stopping in Pendleton on the way to get bandanas to complete their western outfits at the Hamley Saddle & Western Store, a local landmark. Makes it seem so sad to me that I can’t meet so many wonderful people. 610329 (12/03/1917) & 718219 (11/10/1919)], Posted on 09/14/2019 at 05:40 PM in Archeology, Life in the Owyhee, Owyhee history, Owyhee river | Permalink Twenty minutes later and a half mile up the trail I checked again: 114º!!! Part of the designation includes the section of the river downstream from the Owyhee Dam, where the river flows through a remote section of deeply incised canyons surrounded by high canyon rims that are habitat for mountain lion, bobcat, Mule Deer, California Bighorn Sheep, and a large variety of raptors. For example, when her grandmother would sic the dog on chickens that had gotten into her garden, one of the boys would yell, “Throw the dog at them Mrs. Robison.”. When Europeans first traveled into the Owyhee country they found the Northern Paiute people living a nomadic life in the region. I had a great experience at Elias’ ranch, seeing what it was like to ride Western. Jesse’s father, William, who had emigrated from England in 1883, had homesteaded 152 plus acres in 1917. But the Owyhee Canyonlands didn’t make the cut. But for us–and especially Sofie and Lara–it was very special. Private Powerplants. It was named for three Hawaiian trappers, in the employ of the North West Company, who were sent to explore the uncharted river. Due to this the river and its region were named "Owyhee. We grew up in the region and I graduated from Weiser high school just downriver. On the Spanish version she found a stunning blog with pages about Basque emigration from Vizcaya in general and Leikitio in particular to the Owyhee–AMERIKANUAK Historias de la emigración vasca en América. And I continued to visit them up until Stacia  passed away in 1990. Ultimately the Owyhee Initiative resolved that problem for the Idaho portion of the Canyonlands. Mike Hanley, with Ellis Lucia, Owyhee Trails: The West's Forgotten Corner. There were even Chinese who supplied the cooks for the hotel her family ran. The Shavers are mentioned several times in the BLM interviews. [6] This invasion of Native American territory set off the 1864–68 Snake War. (See “Yes, Buffalo Did Once Roam Here.”), Posted on 09/17/2018 at 09:45 PM in Archeology, Owyhee history | Permalink Some have told me that kids aren’t interested and won’t be until they are much older, if ever. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas: On December 31, 1863, Owyhee became the first county created by the newly-formed Idaho territorial legislature. | The 800 foot rock wall was easily identifiable and is visible even on Google maps, if one knows where to look. When Silas Skinner, builder of the Skinner Toll Road between Silver City and the Owyhee River at Rome, and David Shirk were inspecting the road and stayed at the vacant house, and the two of them were able to fend off a party of Indians who attacked them in the night. Visitors possessed of a creative mind can wander about and reconstruct in their minds what people would have been doing in that spot several decades or even a century or more earlier. The first would be that of her son Robert’s new hired man, Remnant Stone Work from the Old Sheep Bridge. I didn’t ask, but I suspect Tim may have put her up to it. Hattie would later moved to Ontario, where according to the 1940 US Census, she lived with her widowed mother and cleaned houses for as much as seventy hours a week. Owyhee River Local History. Page is a prominent surname in the Watson area, though the relationship of Miller to any of the others isn’t clear to me. It proved invaluable to filling in the gaps and helping to understand just who and what these people I was studying were and what they had achieved. Owyhee River, river formed by the junction of several forks in the southwestern corner of Idaho, U.S. It looked like a tricky place to land in the canyon where the Hole in the Ground ranch was. [16], River in Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon, United States. Many families wanted their kids to be educated. I was particularly interested in the Griffith because when they were first married, Conley and Stacia leased it from Jesse Griffith, who had moved to Hermiston, and lived there for three years. Koldo San Sebastian turned out to be a very pleasant individual who, fortunately for me, spoke English. Not having brought water shoes, I left my boots on because of the rocky bottom. Extracted from "A historical, descriptive and commercial directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, January 1898." It seems that such developments would reflect a nascent desire for increased autonomy if not independence. Comments (0), In Search of the Roots of the I.O.N. In an effort to assuage local concerns, they have pointed to protections provided under the Wilderness Act of 1964 for ongoing economic activities such as grazing and mining. It flows north along the east side of the Independence Mountains of Nevada, passing through Wild Horse Reservoir and then cutting northeast past the north end of the range. I backed up into my grandmother, alarmed. But this is not the failing of one side. Not knowing how much farther I had to go, I turned back. While one cannot argue that it is a culture as old and as deep as say the Native American cultures of the area, it nonetheless warrants an effort to understand why the residents of Jordan Valley feel threatened and to reassure them and work with them. Due to this the river and its region were named "Owyhee." Tuesday took us to the part of the Canyon I really wanted to show the girls. To float the Owyhee River is to travel with this ancient natural force, to experience the stories it has etched into the land — a story of water … (internet archive).Prior to the spring of 1863, Owyhee County was an unexplored country, inhabited only by bands of hostile Indians, while at that time the diggings of Boise basin and Oro Fino boasted of a population of over ten … *Information on the recording and transcribing of the interviews is from a forward by Alice F. Brondson to “Owyhee River Oral History Narratives,” a loose leaf bound set of the transcriptions at the visitor center at the Owyhee Dam. Recreationists ride rapids in parts of a 120-mile-long corridor through rugged, remote canyon lands. Fish are jumping like mad. he mariner of Basque descent who completed Magellan’s voyage around the world after Magellan was killed. The best I’ve been able to send back is a picture of the front gate, but Koldo said he would send some pictures of the interior later. I did arrive in camp early enough to hike up Slocum Creek WSA. Such things are difficult for the non-specialist to interpret–and perhaps too easy for the specialist to over-interpret. Beginning in northern Nevada, the Owyhee River flows northward toward southeastern Oregon and … More than the writer realized. The latter is really a coffee shop with espresso drinks, Italian sodas and fine ice cream, but also with excellent burritos and owner Cindy Beckwith’s homemade cinnamon rolls, cookies and hospitality. Sofie picks up the story: “The next morning we actually woke up bright and early ( I mean it this time!) Red-winged blackbirds ring out from the reeds, swallows dart over the water and into mud nests, western meadowlarks sing to each other from opposite banks, and sage-grouse fan and dance among the leks; antelope speed across the plains and bighorn sheep gracefully move across … Most were spare one-room shelters. A staircase once led to the 2nd floor door. Since then, I have repeatedly encountered references to it. Expect your Owyhee River rafting trip to start off peaceful but then quickly build to the most difficult rapids on Days 3 and 4. While it would not have altered my knowledge of the place, it surely would heightened my appreciation of life there. He has visited Jordan Valley and the surrounding area researching the Basque families there, and he has done two documentaries based on the interviews he conducted there. Two Story Palmer Stone House, Site of Watson P.O. Whether they leased it directly from the Bureau of Reclamation or subleased it from the Griffiths is not known. Though he collected only diagnostic examples and left many where they were found, we came upon only one broken piece that Glenn Fretwell (see earlier post) would later identify as Elko chert. In the course of my searches I have uncovered unknown relations, including two half sisters and a second cousin. Before the dam was built, there were something like thirty-six waterwheels on the river from Birch Creek to where the dam is now. For a start, these lands could cease to be “public” without becoming the property of anyone now benefiting from them. Shelter, … The challenge is getting the right people to read it and respect it. But as I drew closer it proved to be a mirage comprised of brush and tree limbs that looked like spokes and a wheel. A couple of weeks ago, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that Sen. Jeff Merkley in a telephone interview had revealed that President Obama would not designate the Owyhee Canyonlands as a national monument before leaving office. While I am hardly qualified to judge, there is little question bison were at one time present in the Northwest. This is unfortunate, because it forestalls the possibility of productive discussion. They’re a type of people all their own. Neither writer provides any citations, but they in turn became the source for later works such as Mike Hanley’s Owyhee Trails and Lewis MacArthur’s Oregon Geographic Names. In response, others have likewise repeatedly described potential advantages of a monument declaration, describing economic benefits deriving from recreation and tourism being enjoyed in such places as Grand Teton and Staircase-Escalante. Both had brought forth an unending stream of questions. Gaiser spent some time in the Jordan Valley area conducting interviews, but he identifies few of his informants and he is no longer alive. Then following retirement, I became interested in the history Owyhee Canyon where my godparents once had a ranch. Reprising A Baja Marimba Band Album Cover Meme, Posted on 07/24/2018 at 05:01 PM in Development of the Owyhee, Life in the Owyhee, Malheur County, Owyhee history, Owyhee river, Ranching | Permalink The three Kanakas were detached to trap on the river in 1819 and were probably killed by Indians that year. Hazel’s parents weren’t aware they’d seen anything untoward. Appropriately it was dated on my daughter’s birthday, just a little over a year before mom’s passing. With that thought, I set out back up the river for the nearly four-mile trek back to my 4Runner and the spot where I had first forded the river. I’ve listened to Malheur county residents excoriating “environmentalists” from the western part of the state for wanting to “destroy” their way of life and economy in order to preserve recreational opportunities for themselves. "But birds rely on them for their food. "[7] It was named for three Hawaiian trappers, in the employ of the North West Company, who were sent to explore the uncharted river. The last article, which contained no new research, was challenged by Mark G. Plew, an anthropologist at Boise State University. They have been making steady progress in expanding Basque autonomy and do not want it jeopardized. Basques. We made our way out of the pasture, pushing aside other horses who wanted out, and watched Mike tack them up. Although the bill made it through the house, it died in the senate. And, they were making [the movie] “Northwest Passage” at McCall, and this was a pilot and Spencer Tracy that landed. For those living outside the area, it is easy to think of the residents simply as “westerners” or ranch people. The latter infestation Lara described as “very disgusting!”  In the late afternoon we returned to JV and the girls immediately went looking for Glenn to resume their attacks on the atlatl targets. Indians led other trappers to the site, but only one skeleton was located. As the only “home station” or overnight stop, between Ft. McDermitt and Silver City, Sheep Station was the exception. (As an erstwhile academic, I can appreciate the importance of that.) The hike down to the Island Ranch was comfortable enough, but the return trip would prove pretty hot. Once in Lekeitio, I began with the municipal library where I found a wonderfully helpful librarian, Marcel Lopez, who spoke no English but who enlisted a patron, Aitor Aretxaga, to interpret. He had a hack with a canvas top, side curtains and space for extra seats. One of the women was a waitress at the local Chinese restaurant, and people (including my mother) would whisper that “she” was one of those the article was talking about. It was not until the spring or early summer of 1820 that MacKenzie learned the news of their deaths (probably at the hands of men belonging to a band of Bannocks led by a chief named The Horse). But, I had told folks of my plan to kayak to Watson, and backing out at this point would add to a growing reputation (at least in my own mind) of unreliability. Some months ago while wandering through the basement stacks of the Portland State University library, I came upon a journal that was unknown to me–Plains Anthropologist. They followed the trail, found the sheep near the river, and brought them back but did not encounter raiding party. I spend a couple hours following the deer trail along the river bank. spoke the language. Additionally, I am always struck by how closely some of the petroglyphs in the Owyhee canyonlands resemble archaic Chinese graphs. That has not been my experience. With scenic, historical, zoological, geological, botanical, archaeological, hunting, fishing, float boating and wilderness values. The ranch clearly once had been an island and perhaps becomes one again when the water runs high. Construction of the Owyhee Dam near Adrian flooded the lower canyon and brought an end to ranching down in the canyon and to the Watson post office in 1936. In response to Claudia’s questions I wrote mom, and after a long delay she replied with a seventeen-page history of the family on her side as she knew it. Having witnessed Jeep’s handling of his father’s not insubstantial estate, she chose daughter Claudia over her husband to administer her estate. One cannot but be impressed by the way that within one or two generations they could go from being a shepherd to owning a ranch or a business. A few months back as I was passing through Jordan Valley, I stopped to see Mike. To return to the blog posts, hit cmd+cursor left. Comments (0). Military service records have been extremely helpful in learning the full story of my mother’s brother’s amicide during the invasion of Sicily July 13,1943 and tracking down my father, whom I had never met. The Sheep Ranch name is misleading and derives not from its original purpose but from an 1864 incident when two men were trailing a band of 500 sheep from Humboldt, Nevada northward to Silver City. Seeing that I was awake, the cow turned and trotted down the road to catch the rest of the herd. Aitor cautioned that ION Basques might have difficulty with it if they still used the dialect their ancestors had brought with them since it was in “unified Basque,” the result of standardizing the various dialects. Previous generations have passed on and left a residue. Lara especially has an ability to insert herself into groups of strangers–regardless of age–and become a generous contributor to the conversation no matter the topic. The earliest surviving record of the name is found on a map dating to 1825, drawn by William Kittson (who was previously with Mackenzie in 1819-1820, and then with Peter Skene Ogden in 1825), on which he notes "Owhyhee River" [his spelling]. Nothing. In the fourth grade Danny Aligazabo (not sure about the spelling) joined our school a grade ahead of me. Mattingly Waterwheel Downstream from Island Ranch. Recently Gabriel Howe of the Siskiyou Mountain Club, who describes himself as “bleeding heart conservationist” from a logging family, wrote eloquently in the. I must say, the flavor of Elias’ beef beat any of the feed lot product available in Portland markets. The rock house the Griffiths had built had floors that weren’t plumb and an unfinished interior he Davises covered with lumber so it could be papered over. The highway out of Jordan Valley was posted with bright orange warnings of slippery roads ahead. An even more exciting sight was the Northern Harrier Sofie spotted flying about twenty-five feet above the car grasping a surprisingly nonchalant-looking rubber boa in its talons. Posted on 11/07/2016 at 10:53 AM in Archeology, History, Owyhee history | Permalink Then Mike led us into the pasture to get Gus and Patience, the two horses that would pull us. In 1866 the son of Sacagawea, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, died near Jordan Valley after catching a chill upon crossing the Owyhee en route from California to new gold strikes in Montana (one of the gold strikes, near Bannack, Montana, was just a few miles from where he had traveled as a toddler with his mother in the company of William Clark). The Basques arrived later, and though they became a dominant presence, they didn’t “make the foundation” of Jordan Valley. Author: Bonnie J. Olin Book Size: 9.5″ W X 8″ H Style: Softcover – Full Color Pages: 170 Retail Price: $35.00 (free media mail shipping within the U.S.A.) An Excerpt. But Jordan Valley residents didn’t come from Hill Billy country. Hazel noted that Frank would come to pick up his mail after dark so no one would see him. The blog was in Spanish, but I was becoming proficient with my dictionary, and my cerebral memory banks were beginning to recover some of what Mr. Trigueiro had input there decades ago. In the current context, the need to reach out across social and economic class and transcend political divide in all corners of the polity is critical, especially given the threat to public lands. A respectful exchange between reasonable people should be possible. For about an hour and a half the trip was smooth and quiet. The first buckboard ride was Lara’s and mine. Although the stay at Hart was only two nights, it proved a real adventure for the girls, who haven’t done much camping or had a lot of experience with wildlife. I don't know." at 7:00 AM. [6], The watershed of the river was part of region inhabited by the Shoshone and Bannock Indians. As we were chatting, he surprised me with the revelation that one of the people he most enjoyed chatting with is Western Watersheds Project founder Jon Marvel, someone who is anathema to most ranchers. Comments (0). So, we made plans to meet this past June 14  in Murphy, Idaho, which is one of the smallest county seats in the country with just ninety-seven residents. From Wickahoney we followed a track that surely had not been improved since it last saw a stage coach. I spent the first three years of my life in Ontario, and my brother was born there. I could have sworn there was no road and that he was making it up. Agenboard concluded their purpose had been to mark the drive lanes, though to me some of them resembled cairns of the sort hikers are wont to use to mark where they’ve been. On December 31, 1863, Owyhee County became the first county organized by the Idaho Territory Legislature. Everyone in this debate needs to recognize that in a broad sense what we all want is the same. His dad asked what he’d been up to, and Thales explained that a drive chain on the hay baler had broken and launched into a description of how he’d been helping replace the broken link. Our 5-day Owyhee River Rafting Trip is a unique and unforgettable river adventure. There and in a vast territory … Jordan Valley’s slow decline has left it without a grocery (there is a pair of convenience stores good for essentials such as beer, chips and motor oil). L’heur on the other hand is a now rare masculine noun meaning “chance” or “fortune,” which has been generally replaced by bonheur or “good fortune.”  Le malheur is simply the standard word for misfortune. When the response came back from Arock the result was one familiar from researching my own family’s history–right name, wrong person. Those who had only squatters rights–that is, who had never filed a homestead–were compensated for the improvements they had made but not for the land. Through these formations, the Owyhee River runs—a highly coveted journey in the diaries of whitewater enthusiasts. The choice of name was in itself considered unfortunate by some. The marriage was performed the same day the license was obtained and in the same building. We also took some great pictures there because the sight was just beautiful!”, Viewing Hole in the Ground Ranch from the Canyon Rim (M-Y Crowell). 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