The stories of Wheeler County, OR
8 narrated audio stories from across Wheeler County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Service Creek Bridge
A Steel Crossing in the John Day Valley
How a small bridge came to matter in a very big landscape.
Service Creek Bridge
Where the John Day Stops Being a Barrier
A sturdy truss turned a dividing river into a dependable link.
Wheeler County
Why Wheeler County Bears One Man’s Name
How a stockman and public figure came to name an Oregon county.
Painted Hills
How Painted Hills Became Oregon’s Geological Spotlight
A remote landscape became a national monument’s most recognizable face.
Wheeler County
When Oregon Drew One Last County
A frontier story about making government real in sagebrush country.
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Reading Deep Time in the John Day Country
How fossil layers in eastern Oregon revealed vanished worlds worth protecting.
Painted Hills
Reading the Painted Hills
Oregon’s famous stripes are ancient soils, each band a chapter of climate change.
Painted Hills
What Painted the Painted Hills
The colors come from ancient soils, ash, and climate.
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