Umatilla, Oregon

Land of Two Rivers

Chart of Language Relationships on the Columbia Plateau
Oral History of Thomas Morning Owl whose family comes from Umatilla
Excerpts from Narcissa Whitman’s Journal
Trial documents for the five convicted men 
The Oregon Land Claim Donation Act of 1850
Lieutenant Lawrence Kip describes the Walla Walla Council 
Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla Treaty of 1855
Hermiston Herald newspaper article, “Umatilla City End of Old Trail,” 
1884 Report on the allotment of Umatilla Indian Lands in Oregon
Chinese Exclusion Act
Eastern Oregon Census Data reflecting Chinese population and occupations 
Umatilla Election statistics, 1916-1920

“All The Water for All the Land”

Reclamation Act of 1902
East Oregonian, circa 1950- “Brown Silt Kills Dam; Old Problem” 
Hermiston Herald article, circa 1948 – “McKay Dam Saves Projects” 
Pendleton Daily Tribune article, 1902 – “Open Columbia To the Sea,” by Lee B. Reeder
Hermiston Herald article, Oct. 11, 1923 – “E.P. Dodd Speaks at Irrigation Meet” 
Hermiston Herald article, Jan. 12, 1933 – “Interest in Umatilla Rapids Project is Revived”
Portions of the Army’s “308 Reports” for comprehensive development of the Columbia River 
Hermiston Herald article, January 13, 1938 – “Dam at Umatilla Asked First,”
Hermiston Herald article, May 1, 1941 – “Umatilla Rapids Dam Approved By House Group,”

Remaking Community: McNary Dam

Hermiston Herald article, “Depot Brings Dramatic Changes to Town,” Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1998
Donna Fuzi, depot employee for 18 years, discusses the 1944 blast
Speech of Walter M. Pierce in the House of Representatives, 1939
Hermiston Herald article, March 5, 1953 – Group Seeks Full Utilization of McNary Features”
“McNary Dam Past, Present and Future” In the Sage Hen, McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
“McNary Lock Opens with Ceremony” in the Sage Hen, McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951 
“Progress Motion Pictures at McNary Dam” in the Sage Hen, McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
“High-Lights And Gutter-Shots” in the Sage Hen, McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
“Control of the River” – from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Report
“Construction” in “The Sage Hen,” McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
“Flood,” in “The Sage Hen,” McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
“We Map the Future or Panning Planning” in the Sage Hen, McNary Dam Newsletter, circal 1951 
Oregon Business Review article – “McNary Power Needed for Supersonic Research” 
Oregon Business Review article – “Dams Threaten West Coast Fisheries Industry,” by Dr. P.R. Needham
Hermiston Herald article, Feb. 10, 1955 – “Effect of McNary Dam on Fingerlings Draws Study”
“Janis Paige” in the “Sage Hen,” McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951 
Ernabel Mittelsdorf recalls Dedication Day
“Dedication day” in the “Sage Hen,” McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
The Story of Charles McNary
Umatilla and neighboring Morrow County population data, 1900-1993
Hermiston growth in the Elmer Dodd scrapbook
Umatilla High School History
Spokane Review article – “Paper Owls Give Pigeons the Bird”
Oral History transcript of Ernabel Mittelsdorf and Gloria Lampkin, April 9, 1999 Interview
Oregonian article, “New City of McNary Developed at Damsite to Take Care of Workers 
“McNary Townsite” in “The Sage Hen,” McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
John M. Allison discusses project towns in “The Sage Hen,” McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
Selections from Co-En-Da Cookbook
“Letter by Ernie Rosholt” outgoing president of the McNary Recreation Association ” in “The Sage Hen,” McNary Dam Newsletter, circa 1951
McNary Dam Dedication Program
Documents from the Elmer Dodd Scrapbooks 
Transcription of President Eisenhower’s Dedication speech
“McNary Dam” in a Report on a Proposed Highway Bridge Across the Columbia River
Ferry and Traffic Statistics
Hermiston Herald articles planning the Umatilla Bridge
The McNary Dam Townsite brochure 
Public Law 85-186, An Act to stimulate industrial development near Indian reservations
Report No. 91-1293 To Release and Convey the Reversionary Interest of the U.S in. . . McNary Dam Townsite 
Oregon Business Review article – “Power Shortage Critical in Pacific Northwest“
Hermiston Herald article – “Effect of McNary Dam on Fingerlings Draws Study”
Hermiston Herald article – “Group seeks full utilization of McNary Features” 
Report to Hearing Conducted by Reclamation Bureau and Corps of Army Engineers, May 20, 1955, by Elmer Dodd

Making Way for John Day

Promotional pamphlet produced by the Army Corps of Engineers
“The Transition of Power” from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Document
“John Day Construction” from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Document
Fish counts, precontact to 1983
East Oregonian article – “Before the dam: Boardman revisits former town site”
Ernabel Mittelsdorf remembers the town of Boardman
Roy Gunsolley discusses land negotiation in Umatilla
Map of burial removal in Umatilla
Thomas Morning Owl describes the impact of pothunting on the Umatillas
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 
Sam Nobles talks about farming and dairying in Umatilla County
“Commerce and Industry” in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers document
“Irrigation” in U.S. Army Cops of Engineers document
East Oregonian article, July 2, 1958 – “Getting Salmon Back Into the Umatilla”
Legal Decisions and Indian Fishing in the Columbia Basin
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Salmon Policy 
Essay by Christopher W. Shelley, “The Resurrection of a River”The Bracero
Population Statistics Umatilla and Morrow Counties, 1940-1993
Guadalupe Escobedo discusses working in the fields
Federico Ramos describes tree pruning in Umatilla County

Umatilla Today and Tomorrow

Farm and manufacturing chart, 1900-1993
Labor statistics
Mayor George Hash discusses the impact of the chemical depot in Umatilla
Remarks of Dr. Richard Magee before the Umatilla Chemical Demilitarization Citizens Advisory Commission, Oct. 7, 1996 (with questions from Hermiston mayor, Frank Harkenrider)
Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program
Dams of the Columbia Basin & Their Effects on the Native Fishery
John Day Drawdown Study, February 1999
Governor John Kitzhaber supports dam breaching, February, 2,000
Endangered Species Act