Alicel, Oregon

Alicel is an unincorporated community in the Grande Ronde Valley of Union County, Oregon, United States. It is northeast of La Grande on Oregon Route 82. It was a station of the Union Pacific Railroad and was named for Alice Ladd, wife of local resident Charles Ladd.[1] Alicel was platted in 1890,[2] and had a post office from 1890 until 1972.[1]

An agricultural community, Alicel is the site of a Pendleton Grain Growers grain elevator,[3][4] which was the subject of a 1941 Minor White photograph.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
  2. ^ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 27. ISBN 0875950736. 
  3. ^ http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=7108
  4. ^ http://www.barraclou.com/memorial/elevator/
  5. ^ http://www.vasculata.com/minor_white.htm
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