Grande Ronde River.
71. Person accomplished in scientific
or technical pursuits but is felt
to be socially inept.
72. Name of boolean operator.
73. Waving at someone as you drive by.
74. Bane of farmers
75. Placed into soil to reduce acidity.
76. French for "the biggest or
the greatest".
Down
2. A piece of land. Also a map of
planned features.
3. A small secluded wooded valley.
Also a famous computer
manufacturer.
4. Action of propelling a boat
forward.
5. Town named for an early settler
and investor in land. Post office
opened Dec. 30, 1880 had a long
life until it closed Jan 21, 1975.
6. A typographical relative size unit
used in web page design.
7. Benefit; advantage. As in using
public funds for their own
__________
8. Town named for a farmer in the
1890's upon whose land the town was platted in 1891. The farmers name was Jesse _________.
9. Needs to be closed to keep animals
from wandering out.
10. Noise made by mountain lions and
also by bears.
12. City incorporated in 1972, with a
population of 115.
13. Located 8 miles east of Durkee at
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the mouth of Sisley Creek on I-84.
14. A resin of certain Old World
plants of the genus Cistus and
once used as a pain killer.
16. Said to be named after an Indian
sub-chief, this town is hidden in
a canyon of a district known as
The Park.
20. The settled in 1862, this town was
the first county seat in the
Grande Ronde valley.
22. Named after a river, this town has
the only post office located on
the Oregon Trail.
24. The oval, thin-shelled
reproductive body of a bird,
especially that of a hen, used as
food.
25. This town was called Franklin and
then Wallowa City and aquired its
current name in 1887.
27. Our geographical location. Acronym.
28. Often takes place in Loso Hall.
30. A computer modifier key.
32. The time for action.
34. Tool used typically with wood.
35. The sound of a dove.
37. Physician nickname.
40. Town "founded on dreams of
gold". Once known as the
“Queen City of the Inland Empire”.
41. A large light brown or grayish-
brown North American deer (Cervus
canadensis) having long, branching
antlers.
43. First settled in the spring of
1865 and located at the north end
of Grande Ronde Valley.
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44. Word used to express surprise,
wonder, triumph, puzzlement, or
pique.
46. The uncastrated adult male of
domestic cattle.
48. Grayish-white to black powdery
residue.
50. Near to Hells Canyon and the Snake
River. Named after the fertile
soil in the area.
52. To convert (hide) into leather
53. Known as a .com town.
54. Transporation system once the
economic engine of NE Oregon.
57. Location finder.
59. Famous for its Gold Dredge than
began operating in 1935 and closed
in 1954.
62. Town named after a song entitled 'Lost on the Lady ______" which told of the sinking of a ship of that name on Lake Michigan in 1860.
64. Long hair along the top and sides
of the neck of certain mammals,
such as the horse and the male
lion.
65. Group of law enforcement officers.
Acronym.
66. A small ridge or raised area
bordering an irrigated field.
69. A young sheep, especially one that
is not yet weaned.
70. Men of our military are serving
there. Site of a number of ancient
Mesopotamian civilizations,
including Sumer, Akkad, Assyria,
and Babylonia.
73. Grass or other plants, such as
clover or alfalfa, cut and dried
for fodder.
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