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HERE.
Situated on the
Oregon Trail,
there were three wagon trains that came through what is now Harney County,
Oregon
in the early years of westward migration. Looking for a shorter route to
the central and southern areas of Willamette Valley in Western
Oregon ,
there were some that chose, instead, to settle in the high desert country
in the southeast portion of the state.
The town of Burns soon sprang up, with the
majority of the area
settlers making their livings from raising
stock and cutting timber. When the railroad extended into the area in 1883
it served as a catalyst to the cattle industry.
The group above appear to be some of the many
cowboys of the area, enjoying a game of poker in Egan's
Saloon.
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the Tiger"
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