Nolin, Oregon
| Nolin, Oregon | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Nolin, Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′59″N 119°06′04″W / 45.683°N 119.101°WCoordinates: 45°40′59″N 119°06′04″W / 45.683°N 119.101°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Umatilla |
| Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 97826 |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
Nolin is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.[1] Nolin is about eight miles southeast of Echo, next to the Umatilla River.[2] At one time the area was known as "Happy Canyon".[3] Adam "Ad" W. Nye, a settler of the 1860s, named the Nolin area Happy Canyon, for the spirit of the people who lived there.[3] The name was later adopted by Pendleton Round-Up for its indoor show in commemoration of this time.[3] Nye was County Sheriff from 1872-74.[3] The nearby community of Nye was named for him.[4]
At one time Nolin had a post office, a store, and a school.[3][5][6] Nolin also has a cemetery.[7] An Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (now Union Pacific) railroad line was built through Nolin, crossing the Umatilla River on a steel bridge constructed in 1907.[8][9]
The Cunningham Sheep Ranch, founded in the 1880s by Charles Cunningham, is based in Nolin.[3] It was once one of the largest sheep-raising operations in the United States. Today it raises rambouillet sheep.[3]
References
- ↑ "Nolin". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 73. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Echo's Cultural Inventory". City of Echo, Oregon. January 2002. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 711. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ↑ "Nolin Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. August 1, 1994. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ↑ Furlong, Charles Wellington. "Let 'er Buck: A story of the Passing of the Old West". Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ↑ "Nolin Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ↑ "Equipment and Supplies: Railway Bridges". The Railway Age (The Wilson Company) 43: 587. April 5, 1907.
- ↑ Wood, Stanley (1904). Over the Range to the Golden Gate A Complete Tourist's Guide To Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound, and the Great Northwest.
External links
- Historic images of Nolin from the Oregon State University Extension Service
- Images of trains on the Union Pacific at Nolin from Railpictures.net
- Panorama of Nolin from Flickr, including Cunningham Sheep Company grain elevator
- Images of Nolin from Flickr
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