[or-roots] George H. & Emma L. (Montgomery) LIGHTLE

[LinLouVan at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/5/2009 10:36:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
reedsportchapmans at verizon.net writes:

I  couldn't find anything online about the hotel, here is a picture of  town,
but it's not very clear, or close. My Ghost Towns of Oregon doesn't  cover
Flora, Friedman doesn't mention it, nor any of the rest of my books  on
Oregon history.



Les,
Do you have "Oregon Geographic Names"? Here is what it has to say about  
Flora.
 
Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition, 2003, McArthur, Lewis  L.
"FLORA, Wallowa. Flora was a post office in the extreme north part of  
Wallowa County. It was named for the daughter of the first postmaster in that  
district, A.D. Buzzard. This information was given the compiler by N.J. Hansen,  
postmaster at Flora in 1925. The office was opened October 6, 1890, and closed  
December 27, 1966. The little of Flora that remains is described by Phil 
Adamsak  in the Oregon Journal, July 31, 1981, p. 19."
 
And, here's another excerpt from that book:
LIGHTLE FLAT, Wallowa. George, Jay, and Charlie Lightle all homesteaded on  
this flat due east of Troy in 1880.. See Horner, p. 914
 
STERLING GULCH, Wallowa. Sterling Gulch, four miles northeast of Greenwood  
Butte, was named for A.W. Sterling. Horner, p. 1247, says he homesteaded here 
in  the 1880s.
 
I'm sorry, but without an in depth study, I am unable to put my finger on  
the Horner reference. Is that something you have, Les?
 
Linda VanOrden
Junction City, OR
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