* Wallowa County, Oregon-northwest

* Wallowa County, Oregon-southwest

* Zumwalt Prairie, Wallowa County, Oregon

* Wallowa County, Oregon-south

* Wallowa County, Oregon-southeast

* Wallowa County, Oregon south

Wallowa County is a county located in the U. S. state of Oregon.

Chief Joseph last visited Wallowa County in 1902.

Wallowa County was the scene of perhaps the worst incident of violence against Chinese in Oregon, when in May 1887 a gang of rustlers massacred 34 Chinese gold miners in Hells Canyon.

Wallowa County Courthouse was built in 1909-1910 using locally quarried Bowlby stone, a type of volcanic tuff.

Today, the courthouse still houses Wallowa County government offices.

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas was one famous summer visitor to Wallowa County, building a vacation cabin on Lostine River Road in 1939.

The principal industries in Wallowa County are agriculture, ranching, lumber, and tourism.

Wallowa County is located in Oregon State House District 57 which is currently represented by Greg Smith.

Wallowa County is represented and governed by three County Commissioners.

Like all counties in eastern Oregon, the majority of registered voters who are part of a political party in Wallowa County are members of the Republican Party.

In the 2008 presidential election, 63. 52 % of Wallowa County voters voted for Republican John McCain, while 33. 42 % voted for Democrat Barack Obama and 3. 06 % of voters either voted for a Third Party candidate or wrote in a candidate.

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Wallowa County, Oregon

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An alternative explanation is that Wallowa is derived from a Nez Perce word for " winding water ".

Wallowa is the northeasternmost county of Oregon.

Cove High School is a 1A school and a member of the Old Oregon League of the OSAA, along with Powder Valley, Pine Eagle, Joseph, Wallowa, and Imbler.

Enterprise is a city in and the county seat of Wallowa County, Oregon, United States.

Joseph is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States.

Lostine is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States.

Wallowa is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States.

Wallowa is a Nez Perce word describing a triangular structure of stakes that in turn supported a network of sticks called lacallas to form a fish trap.

The author of Oregon Geographic Names, Lewis A. McArthur, said that although the origin of this name is disputed, he puts great weight in Levi Ankeny who supplied this information as he was " thoroughly familiar with the early history and tradition of the Wallowa Valley " and " on intimate terms with many Indians who knew the facts of the matter ".

The city is surrounded by the Malheur National Forest and Wallowa – Whitman National Forest.

Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, Hinmatóowyalahtq ̓ it in Americanist orthography, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph ( March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904 ) succeeded his father Tuekakas ( Chief Joseph the Elder ) as the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain ( Wallowa ) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley in what is today the State of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

The region is bounded by the Cascade Mountains on the west and the Rocky Mountains ( following the spine of the remote and rugged Cabinet Mountains ) to the east, the Blue Mountains ( Oregon ) and foothills of the Wallowa Mountains to the south, southeast, and encompasses the Columbia river basin ( or Columbia Plateau ).

Much of the range is included in the Malheur National Forest, Umatilla National Forest, and Wallowa – Whitman National Forest.

This usage is roughly synonymous with the Columbia Plateau or roughly equivalent to the relatively unforested area bounded by the Cascades, Blue, Wallowa, and Rocky mountain ranges and the Okanagan Highland.

Whitman is commemorated by Whitman College in Walla Walla, Whitman County, Washington, the Wallowa – Whitman National Forest, Mount Rainier's Whitman Glacier, and numerous schools, including Marcus Whitman Central School in Rushville, New York, his hometown.

Much of the range is designated as the Eagle Cap Wilderness, part of the Wallowa – Whitman National Forest.

The range is drained by the Wallowa River, which flows from the north side of the mountains, and its tributary the Minam River, which flows through the west side of the range.

Between 1875 and 1913, adjustments were made between Union County's borders and the borders of Baker, Umatilla, and Wallowa counties.

Adjustments were made to the county's boundaries following the creation of Grant, Morrow, Union, and Wallowa Counties.