Grant County, Oregon Trivia Tidbits

United States Oregon Grant County Trivia Tidbits

• Aldrich Mountain, 44.3773690°N 119.4510821°W / 44.3773690; -119.4510821 (Aldrich Mountain), Named for Ellery Wood Aldrich, an early rancher. Aldrich, along with his son Elmer Oliver Aldrich, was one of a party of ranchers who encountered a band of marauding Paiute Indians in 1878. Young Aldrich was killed and his mutilated body was later found in Aldrich Gulch, 44.3340338°N 119.5652517°W / 44.3340338; -119.5652517 (Aldrich Gulch),  was then named for him. The family name later transferred to Aldrich Mountain and the Aldrich Mountains to the east. Aldrich Creek, 44.4590356°N 119.4505289°W / 44.4590356; -119.4505289 (Aldrich Creek), does not flow in the gulch but runs north to John Day River.
• Aldrich Mountains, a range south of Dayville, Mount Vernon and John Day. Coordinates from west to east: 44.3934797°N 119.4702500°W / 44.3934797; -119.4702500 (Aldrich Mountains), 44.2040446°N 118.8732792°W / 44.2040446; -118.8732792 (Aldrich Mountains),
• Little Aldrich Mountain, 44.3912578°N 119.4563605°W / 44.3912578; -119.4563605 (Little Aldrich Mountain), a summit in Aldrich Mountains range

References

Oregon Geographic Names FamilySearch Catalog