Hardman, Oregon

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1900121—
191019157.9%
19201931.0%
1930120−37.8%
194083−30.8%
195058−30.1%
196030−48.3%
197019−36.7%
199020—
[1]

Hardman is an historic community in Morrow County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] It is on Oregon Route 207 about 20 miles (32 km) south of Heppner and 32 miles (51 km) north of Spray.[3] Hardman is at an elevation of about 3,600 feet (1,100 m) in an agricultural area slightly west of the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon.[3] Rock Creek, a tributary of the Columbia River, flows northwest by Hardman and to its south to meet the river at Lake Umatilla.[4] A former social and commercial center for surrounding farm communities, Hardman has become a ghost town.[3][5] The main surviving commercial building, the Hardman IOOF Lodge Hall, was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2012.[3]

History

The first settlers in the area were John F. Royse and his brother.[6] Royse started a school in 1879 at a place called Dairyville, which locals referred to as "Rawdog".[6] At the same time, David N. Hardman, who arrived in the county in 1878, started a settlement a mile to the southeast.[6] A post office named Hardman was established there in 1881 with Hardman as postmaster.[6] A mile to the northwest of Dairyville was the community of Adamsville, known to the locals as "Yallerdog".[6] In 1882, the Hardman post office was moved to Dairyville but retained the Hardman name.[6] Adamsville post office was established in 1884 and closed in 1885, and thereafter, all activity centered on what is now Hardman, where the post office ran intermittently until 1968.[6] Locals called the place "Dogtown" after its two predecessors.[6] Why the locals named these communities after dogs is unknown.[3]

According to the NRHP nomination form for the IOOF hall, a history of Umatilla and Morrow counties that was published in 1902 said that Hardman at that time had three general stores, two hotels, two feed stables, two blacksmiths, a saloon, a barber shop, a church, schools, a post office, a newspaper, and a telephone office. Other infrastructure included two meeting halls, a skating rink, and a racetrack.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Moffatt, Riley Moore (1996). Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8108-3033-2.
  2. ↑ "Hardman (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wright, Rhonda; Keeney, Rosalind (November 11, 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hardman IOOF Lodge" (PDF). Oregon Historic Sites Database. Retrieved July 26, 2013. "NR Nomination" link at the database site retrieves the PDF file.
  4. ↑ The Road Atlas (2008 ed.). Chicago: RandMcNally. pp. 84–85. ISBN 0-528-93961-0.
  5. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1982) [1972]. Oregon for the Curious (3rd revised ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. p. 191. ISBN 0-87004-222-X.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 8, 444. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.

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Coordinates: 45°10′11″N 119°40′55″W / 45.1698589°N 119.6819629°W / 45.1698589; -119.6819629

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