by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 5, 2021 | 1855 treaty, 1863 treaty, Alvin Josephy, Bear’s Paw, Chief Joseph, Chief Joseph Days, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Homeland, Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest, Nez Perce stories, Nez Perce treaty
October 5, 1877 is the day on which the wal’wá·ma band of the Nez Perce and members of other non-treaty bands lost their freedom. They’d intended to go quietly from the Wallowa to the reduced Idaho reservation, leaving and losing their homeland but continuing to live...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 4, 2016 | Chief Joseph Days, Eugene Pallette, Gary Cooper, Joseph, Oregon, The Westerner, Wallowa Country, Wallowa County, Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan and Gary Cooper in “The Westerner”We celebrated the life and work of actor Walter Brennan this weekend at the Josephy Center. Grandpa McCoy of TV’s “Real McCoys” bought a ranch in Wallowa County in 1940, long before he played on television, but well...
