Turns out Harney County, OR is interesting.
TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Harney County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Harney County
Where the Army Chose Water
A frontier post moved when the desert made the first site untenable.
Fort Harney
Why Camp Harney Became Fort Harney
A wartime move shaped an army post in southeastern Oregon.
Fort Harney
Fort Harney and the Making of a Foothold
How an Army post helped fix a name and a new center of settlement.
P Ranch
Where Peter French Built Big Country
How one ranch headquarters shaped the Harney Basin’s cattle kingdom.
Harney County
When a Rancher’s Case Became a National Flashpoint
How Dwight Hammond’s sentencing fight became fuel for the refuge occupation.
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters
Bird Refuge, Battleground
A 41-day occupation turned a bird refuge into a national argument.
Harney County
Peter French and the End of Open Range Power
A cattle empire rose on open land and ended in gunfire.
Pete French Round Barn
The Barn That Outlasted the Empire
A round barn in the Blitzen Valley tells a bigger ranch story.
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