Venator, Oregon
Vanator is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located on Crane-Venator Road about 17 miles southeast of Crane, near the South Fork Malheur River.[2]
Alphena Venator, a native of Linn County, settled in Harney County as a youth in 1872.[3][4] Alphena's father Jezreel is the namesake for Venator Canyon in Harney and Malheur counties.[3][4] When Alphena established a livestock ranch in the area in 1884, the locale soon became known as "Venator".[3] Venator post office was established in 1895, with Louella Venator as the first postmaster.[3] The office was later moved two and a half miles north to a station on the now-abandoned Oregon Eastern Branch (or Burns Branch) of the Union Pacific railroad.[3][5] As of 1976 there were only six buildings and a corral at the site, although at one time there was a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in the area.[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Venator". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 82. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ a b c d e McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 991. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ a b Simpson, Peter K. (1987). The Community of Cattlemen: A Social History of the Cattle Industry in Southeastern Oregon, 1869-1912. University of Idaho Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0893011178.
- ^ Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2004). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment. Truman State University Press. p. 228. ISBN 1-931112-13-4.
External links [edit]
- History of the Oregon Eastern Branch from Abanonedrails.com
- History of the Burns Branch from High Desert Rails
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Coordinates: 43°20′53″N 118°18′19″W / 43.347937°N 118.305195°W
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