Nolin is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.[1] Nolin is about 8 miles (13 km) 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 in 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
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nolin, Oregon
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Echo's Cultural Inventory" (PDF). City of Echo, Oregon. January 2002. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 711. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ "Nolin Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 1, 1994. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ Furlong, Charles Wellington. "Let 'er Buck: A story of the Passing of the Old West". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Nolin Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Equipment and Supplies: Railway Bridges". The Railway Age. 43. The Wilson Company: 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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