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Frenchglen is a small unincorporated rural community located about 60 miles south of Burns. It is in the heart of rangelands that attracted early settlers and ranchers. Pete French was sent to southeast Oregon in 1872 by his future father-in-law Dr. James Glenn.

Gateway to the Steens Mountains

[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Frenchglen By Steve Lent, Crook County Historian Frenchglen is a [...]

$Local mills and businesses declared a half holiday so that workers could attend the event. An after event dance was held at the Prineville Gymnasium. It was the first major aerial event in Central Oregon during the barnstorming era.$

Tex Rankin and Air Circus Visit Prineville in 1939

[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Aviation Barnstorming Event Attended by Thousands By Steve Lent, [...]

Jeremiah M. Achey was born on June 24, 1835 in Germantown, Ohio. He crossed the plains to California in 1862 driving three yoke of oxen.

Pioneer of Lamonta

[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Jeremiah “Jerry” Achey By Steve Lent, Crook County Historian Jeremiah [...]