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Yesterday I was reading about this place in Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Shirk_Ranch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Shirk_Ranch Today
by davidw 1mo ago
Yesterday I was reading about this place in Oregon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Shirk_Ranch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Shirk_Ranch
Today, with a modern vehicle, it is 1.5 hours from the nearest 'town' and 2 from the county seat, which has 2000 people.
I can't imagine how remote that must have been in 1900. What the seasons must have looked like going by, and how far the rest of the world must have felt.
- MrDrone 1mo agoI recently spent some time out that way staying at the Hart Mountain Refuge and visited the place where Oregon, California and Nevada meet just south of nearby Adel. I was fascinated about how remote everything is even in a modern vehicle. I couldn't imagine traveling that area by foot or horse. Eastern Oregon is a fascinating and beautiful place. I wrote a bit about it on my blog. https://object.computer/2026/07/15/summer-slows-and-trips-do.html https://object.computer/2026/07/15/summer-slows-and-trips-do...
- davidw 29d agoGood writing and a fun trip to some really remote places. Hit me up if you're ever in Bend, happy to get a beer and chat about some of those places. Did you see the pictographs at Hart Mountain? That's actually one bit of Oregon that I have never had the time to explore. Have you been to Steens? That whole area is super interesting too. Besides the natural features of the mountain itself, and Alvord desert on the other side, the history of Pete French is like something out of a western. More recently, the Riddle Brothers ranch that they have preserved is worth a stop.