Series provides visual documentation of changes made to county lands through development and by natural and man-made disasters. The photographs are taken at intervals along a series of flight paths to attain coverage of all or part of a county. They generally include flight path or township, range, and section numbers; show natural and man-made features; and are produced in black and white or color prints to varying scales. An index by quadrant may also be included. 

The University of Oregon Aerial Photograph Collection includes aerial photographs from most Oregon counties. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault: 

[Aerial Photograph], 1938 (1 photograph); 

Aerial Photos, 1958 (6 rolls of photographic negatives); 

WC Aerial Photos [Wallowa County Photographs-with flight line index], 1958 (ca.300 photographs). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Assessor's Office:

[Aerial Photographs], 1956 (ca.100 photographs).

Series documents the payment of county and state bounty money to individuals who presented the scalps and other prescribed body parts of targeted predatory animals. The program was intended to control the threat to livestock. Examples of targeted animals include coyote, cougar, mountain lion, panther, wildcat, bobcat, lynx, and wolf. Records include registers, affidavits, certificates, and statements. Information includes claimant and affiant names; kind of animal; number of scalps; date killed or presented; and number, amount, and date of warrant. The records are also referred to as scalp bounty records. 

Register of Special Scalp Bounty Claims, vol. 1, 1899-1959 (1 volume);

Scalp Bounty Reports [Warrant-trifolded], 1920-1923 (.70 cu.ft.).

Register of Scalp Bounty Fund Warrants, vol. 1, 1942-1943 (1 volume).

​1916-[ongoing]

Series documents the assessment of real and personal property, the determination of tax liability, and the collection of county taxes. Assessment, tax, and delinquent tax records are labeled as rolls, lists, or summaries. Records show property owner; description and value of urban and agricultural land, personal property, and livestock; assessments, equalizations, and taxes due; and notations on payment and delinquency in payment of taxes. Beginning with 1900, counties have only been required to retain permanently those assessment and tax rolls for years ending in "0" and "5."

The tax rolls for 2010 and 2015 are maintained in electronic form available in the Treasurer/Tax Collector's Office.

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Assessment and Tax Roll, 1921 (1 volume); 1956-1960 (5 volumes);

[Assessment and Tax Roll Index], 1953-1957 (3 volumes);

Tax Collection Register, 1927 (1 volume); 1930 (1 volume); 1940-1953 (13 volumes); 1961 (1 volume);

Tax Ledger, 1924-1926 (3 volumes);

Tax Roll, 1937 (1 volume); 1961 (2 volumes); 1962 (2 volumes); 1963 (2 volumes); 1964 (2 volumes); 1965 (2 volumes); 1966 (2 volumes); 1967 (2 volumes); 1968 (2 volumes); 1969 (2 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault:

Assessment and Tax Roll, 1916 (2 volumes); 1934 (1 volume); 1938 (1 volume); 1957-1958 (2 volumes); 1958-1959 (1 volume);

[Assessment and Tax Roll], 1940-1944 (3 volumes);

Index [Assessment and Tax Roll], 1916-1928 (13 volumes); 1942 (1 volume);

Tax Collection Register, 1931-1932 (2 volumes); 1934-1939 (6 volumes); 1953-1960 (8 volumes); 1962 (1 volume); 1964-1986 (22 volumes);

Tax Ledger, 1923 (1 volume);

Tax Roll, 1975 (2 volumes); 1976 (1 volume); 1977 (2 volumes); 1978 (2 volumes); 1979 (2 volumes); 1980 (2 volumes); 1981 (2 volumes); 1982 (1 volume); 1983 (2 volumes); 1984 (2 volumes); 1985 (2 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Locked Planning Department Basement Closet:

Assessment and Tax Roll, 1917 (2 volumes); 1918 (3 volumes); 1919 (3 volumes); 1920 (3 volumes); 1921 (2 volumes); 1922 (2 volumes); 1923 (3 volumes); 1924 (3 volumes); 1925 (3 volumes); 1926 (3 volumes); 1927 (3 volumes); 1928 (3 volumes); 1929 (2 volumes); 1930 (2 volumes); 1931 (1 volume); 1952-1953 (1 volume);

[Assessment and Tax Roll Index], 1929-1933, 1936-1962 (50 volumes);

Tax Collection Register, 1928-1929 (2 volumes);

Tax Ledger, 1919-1922 (4 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Treasurer/Tax Collector's Office:

October Tax Roll, 1987-2005 (42 volumes of computer printouts).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Treasurer/Tax Collector's Office, Vault:

Tax Roll, 1990-1991 (2 reels of microfilm); 1995-1996 (3 reels of microfilm); 2000-2001 (2 reels of microfilm);

[Tax Roll], 1975-2004 (22 inches of microfiche).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Assessor's Office:

[Assessment Roll], 1986-1999 (3 inches of microfilm jackets and microfiche).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Old Jail Assessor's Records Storage:

Assessment and Tax Roll, 1931 (2 volumes); 1932 (1 volume); 1933 (1 volume); 1935 (1 volume); 1942 (2 volumes); 1943 (2 volumes); 1944 (1 volume); 1953 (2 volumes); 1954 (2 volumes); 1955 (2 volumes); 1956 (2 volumes); 1959 (1 volume); 1960 1 volume);

Assessment Roll [boxed computer printouts], 1981-2006 (15 cu.ft. of computer printouts);

Tax Roll, 1936 (2 volumes); 1937 (2 volumes); 1938 (2 volumes); 1939 (2 volumes); 1940 (1 volume); 1944 (1 volume); 1945 (1 volume); 1946 (3 volumes); 1947 (2 volumes); 1949 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Assessment Roll], 1988-1990 (.25 inches of microfiche);

[Tax Rolls], 1975-2002 (30 inches of microfilm jackets).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

[Assessment and Tax Roll Index], 1956-1957 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Website:

Property Search ​[includes assessment and tax information], n.d.-present;

Series documents the registration of business names with the county clerk or recorder. Information includes assumed business name; description of business; filing date; and business owner, notary public, witness, clerk or recorder, and deputy's name. Series may also include an index arranged alphabetically by business name. Businesses which were registered were typically automotive sales, motorcycle repair, merchandise shops, butchers, and feed stores. Since 1964, assumed business names have been filed with the Secretary of State. Assumed business names have been inventoried through 1964. For more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Business Registry Section​. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault:

Assumed Business Name Record [with index], vol. 2, 1946-1965 (1 volume); 

Assumed Business Names [Record], vol. 1, 1913-1946 (1 volume). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Index to Assumed Business Names, vol. 1, 1913-1946 (1 volume).

Series documents liens placed on real property by the county to satisfy debts. Attachments are ordered by the circuit court and authorize the sheriff to seize or transfer property to satisfy debts such as loans, mortgages, or tax liens. The sheriff will hold the property in trust until the debt is paid or the property is sold. Information includes defendant name, statement of attachment, property description, statement of return when attachment is satisfied, return of execution, dates attachment is issued and returned, court order, and sheriff's signature. Attachment records have been inventoried through 1920. 

Attachment Record [Index], 1889-1920 (1 volume); 

Attachment Record, vol. 1, 1889-1920 (1 volume).

Attachment Record [with index], vol. 2, 1920-1966 (1 volume).

Series documents the recording of births by the county. Records include certificates, affidavits for correction, registers, delayed entry for births and corrected entries. Information includes registration number; child's name, sex, legitimacy, birth date, and birthplace; name, residence, color, age, birthplace, and occupation of father and mother; number of other children born to mother; signature of physician or midwife; filing date; and registrar's signature. Birth records were not required by the state of Oregon until 1903 when the state began to officially register births. Currently these records are filed with the State Registrar, Vital Statistics Section​ of the Health Division. Birth records have been inventoried through 1920. For information concerning more recent records, contact the State Registrar. Also see Delayed Birth Records series for related records. Access to birth records is restricted for 100 years following the date of birth by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096.

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Record of Births and Deaths [Oregon Health Division], 1915-1929 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Birth Records], 1915-1929 (3 sheets of microfiche); 

Record of Births, 1907-1944 (1 volume); 

Record of Births and Deaths, 1915-1929 (2 volumes).

Series documents the population, property, and agricultural production of the county. Records may include census rolls and abstracts, farm schedules, abstract of assessment and census, enumeration of inhabitants and industrial products, and enumeration of inhabitants and military enrollment. Information includes number of males and females per age category; head of household; name, age, and gender of household members; occupation and relationship of household members to head of household; and description and value of real and personal property. Information may also include nationality, physical description, birthplace, health, and religion of household members and agricultural production statistics.  

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

[U.S. Census Maps], 2000 (12 maps). 

Records at the Wallowa County Museum:

1880 Census [Card File Abstracts], 1880 (.10 cu.ft.); 

1880 Census Wallowa County [photostat copy], 1880 (1 volume). 

Records at Related Websites: 

Families of Flora [Census Abstracts for the Flora, Lost Prairie, Mud Creek, and Paradise areas], 1900, 1910 (oregongenealogy.co​m​);

Federal Census Transcriptions​ (LDS Genealogy).

1887-1983

Series documents cases heard before the circuit courts and the U.S. district courts. U.S. district courts were administered by the federal government during the territorial period and subsequently replaced by the circuit courts upon statehood in 1859. Case files include exhibits, transcripts, indexes, and legal documents such as indictments, subpoenas, fee bills, articles of agreement, bonds, summons, executions, petitions, and injunctions. The case files document civil and criminal actions such as debt, theft, divorce, land claims, arson, murder, rape, assault and battery, and boundary conflicts. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the trial court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Circuit Court Exhibits, 1915-1927 (.75 cu.ft.);

Circuit Court Transcripts, 1902-1931 (2 cu.ft.).

Cases Criminal Indictments, no. 1-45, 1917-1922 (.35 cu.ft.);

[Circuit Court Case Files], no. 1-4564, 1887-1929 (54.65 cu.ft.);

[Circuit Court Documents-includes indictments and related records-trifolded], 1967-1975 (.20 cu.ft.);

Circuit Court Papers [includes miscellaneous writs, venires, demurrers, orders, and related records], 1907-1929 (.70 cu.ft.);

Circuit Court Unfinished Cases [Files], ca.1916-ca.1931 (1 cu.ft.);

Criminal Cases [Justice and Circuit Court Case Files], 1924-1936 (.25 cu.ft.);

Miscellaneous Court Papers [includes circuit court], ca.1934-ca.1970 (.35 cu.ft.);

Transcripts Circuit [includes justice court], ca.1917-ca.1982 (.65 cu.ft.).

Index to Judgment Roll Defendant, vol. 1-2, 1887-1983 (2 volumes);

Index to Judgment Roll Plaintiff, vol. 1-2, 1887-1983 (2 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Circuit Civil [Case Files], no. 8431-8934, 1980-1983 (6 cu.ft.);

Judgment Roll [Circuit Court-title varies], no. 4565-10407, 1929-1983 (92 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Old Jail Circuit Court Records Storage:

Criminal [Circuit Court Case Files], 1979-1983 (2 cu.ft.).

1887-1987

Series records brief entries about the proceedings of court cases. Information includes date; plaintiff and defendant names; cause of action such as larceny, assault, divorce, or receivership; attorney names; and final disposition of the case. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the state court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Circuit Court Register [with index], vol. 12-14, 1946-1963 (3 volumes);

Criminal Docket, vol. A-B, 1887-1913 (2 volumes);

Criminal Docket [with index], vol. 1-3, 1918-1987 (3 volumes);

Equity Docket, vol. A, 1887-1907 (1 volume);

Law Docket, vol. A-B, 1887-1912 (2 volumes);

Record of Trials, vol. 1, 1976-1986 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

[Circuit Court Docket], 1930-1937 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Docket [Law], 1957-1960 (1 volume);

Court Register [also titled Case Docket and Fee Book-with index], vol. 2-11, 1902-1946 (10 volumes);

Divorce [Return Records], 1943-1948 (2 volumes);

[Divorce Return Records], 1934-1943 (2 volumes);

Dockets [Circuit Court Law and Equity], 1924-1926 (.35 cu.ft.);

Equity Docket, vol. B, 1907-1913 (1 volume);

Law Docket, vol. C, 1912-1913 (1 volume);

Register of Actions, vol. A, 1887-1893 (1 volume);

Transfer Circuit Court Docket, vol. 1, ca.1922-ca.1929 (1 volume);

Trial Record [with index], vol. 3-4, 1915-1926 (2 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Circuit Court Criminal Docket District Attorney, 1918-1925 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault:

Trial Record [with index], vol. 5, 1926-1942 (1 volume).

Circuit Court Journal [actually serves as register-with index], vol. 15-19, 1964-1984 (5 volumes);

Criminal Docket [with index], vol. 3, 1963-1987 (1 volume).

1887-1985

Series records chronological narratives of the proceedings of the court including actions taken such as decrees, judgments, arrangements, sentences, dismissals, and grand jury reports. Information includes plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; term of court; character and date of case; case number; and date of issue. The term "judgment" refers to judicial decisions regarding the verdict, decision, or judgment rendered by the court and is distinct from those judgments relating to the recovery of court costs and awards (see Judgment and Execution Dockets). Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the trial court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Law Journal County Court [changes to circuit court in 1971-includes insane commitment records], vol. B, 1920-1985 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Wallowa Lake County Service District Office, Bookcase:

Index to Circuit Court Journal, vol. A-B, 1887-1982 (2 volumes).

Circuit Court Journal, vol. C-Q, 1901-1941 (15 volumes); vol. U-V, 1956-1966 (2 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

Circuit Court Journal, vol. R-T, 1929-1937 (3 volumes);

Final Record [Circuit Court], vol. 1, 1928 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Circuit Court Journal, vol. W-Z, 27-34, 1966-1982 (12 volumes).

Series documents the recording of a variety of legal documents filed in the clerk's or recorder's office. These documents were not required to be filed with the clerk and often included filings such as birth and marriage certificates of individuals who were born or married outside of the county but wanted the document to be filed in their county of residence. Other documents include wills, obligation bonds, quit claims, deeds, conveyances, mortgage satisfactions, agreements, charters, partnership dissolutions, contracts, powers of attorney, liens, leases, marriage licenses, military discharges, ministerial certificates, medical personnel licenses, birth and death certificates, and affidavits of publication. Information includes dates filed, name of individual filing, type of action, and volume and page number where recorded. Series may also include alphabetical indexes of individuals filing a recording. Clerk and Recorder Miscellaneous Recordings have been inventoried through 1965. 

Index to Miscellaneous Records, vol. 1, 1887-1910 (1 volume);

Miscellaneous Record [with index], vol. B-C, 1904-1936 (2 volumes); vol. E, 1961-1989 (1 volume). 

Miscellaneous Record [with index], vol. D, 1936-1961 (1 volume).

Series documents the filing of transactions, authorized by statute, with the clerk or recorder of the county for the purpose of making the transaction a matter of public record. Information includes dates filed, type and description of transactions, filing numbers, names of parties involved, amounts charged or assessed, and clerk or recorder's signatures. Series may also include alphabetical indexes that contain volume and page numbers where recorded and names of individual filing transactions. Transactions include records that were previously maintained separately, such as mortgages; deeds; military service records; federal, mechanic's, and road improvement liens; mining claims; satisfactions; judgment assignments; notarial commissions; medical and ministerial licenses; oaths; and affidavits of publication. This series is commonly referred to as the Book of Records.

Since 1990 deeds, mortgages, mining claims, and military discharges have been recorded in the clerk's Recorded Documents, which are indexed on computer. A public access terminal is available in the clerk's office. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Office: 

Book of Records [Recorded Documents], 1990-2011 (54 reels of microfilm); 

Documents [Recorded], no. 73291-74682, 2015-present (2 cu.ft.);

Recording Index [to Recorded Documents-title varies], 2000-present (16 binders of computer printouts). 

[Recorded Documents], no. 17104-53931, 1990-2005 (30 inches of microfilm jackets).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement Elections Storage Room: 

Recording Documents [title varies], no. 65676-73290, 2011-2015 (10 cu.ft.); 

Recording Index Printouts, 1991-1999 (1 cu.ft. of computer printouts).

​​​1887-[ongoing]

Series documents all administrative actions of the board of county commissioners and the county court. In most counties, the board of county commissioners has assumed the administrative duties and responsibilities of the county court. Administrative actions include levying taxes; budgeting; approving appropriations; appointing county officials; approving officials bonds and annual reports; receiving petitions and remonstrances concerning county roads; defining and establishing county roads; calling bond elections for the construction of county buildings; compiling jury lists and conducting hearings; approving salaries and expenses of county officials; confirming elections; and issuing licenses for such things as liquor, ferries, warehouses, and groceries. The series may be referred to as the County Court Administrative Journal, Commissioner's Minutes, County Court Docket, or Board of Commissioners Meeting Records.

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Commissioners [Administrative Records-includes county court orders, contracts, publication notices, and related records], 1900-1935 (1 cu.ft.);

Commissioners' Docket, vol. 1-2, 1909-1935 (2 volumes);

[Commissioners Journals], 1994-1996 (4 reels of microfilm);

Commissioners Journals [includes minutes, agendas, exhibits, orders, and attachments], 2014-present (1 cu.ft.);

Commissioners Journals-with index], 1920-1989 (4 inches of microfilm jackets);

Commissioners Journal, vol. A-P, 1887-1989 (16 volumes);

[Commissioners Records-includes minutes, agendas, exhibits, orders, and attachments], 1923-2003 (13 cu.ft.);

County Records [Administrative Records-includes county court orders, contracts, publication notices, and related records], 1919-1979 (1 cu.ft.);

Index Commissioner's Docket [title varies], n.d. (2 volumes);

Index to Commissioners Journal, 1887-1900 (1 volume);

Index to Commissioners Proceedings [indexes Commissioners Journal], vol. 1-2, 1915-1988 (2 volumes);

[Microfilm of Commissioners Journals], 1991 (.25 inch of microfilm jackets);

Old Court Minutes [County], 1971-1973 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement Elections Storage Room:

Commissioners Journals [includes minutes, agendas, exhibits, orders, and attachments], 2004-2013 (4 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

[County Court Administrative Case Files-includes orders and resolutions], 1936-1941 (.35 cu.ft.);

Court Proceedings [County Administrative-includes orders], 1958-1963 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Website:

Commission Minutes​ [Board of County Commissioners]​

​​1877-[ongoing]

Series documents orders, ordinances, and resolutions passed by the board of county commissioners and the county court regulating and establishing guidelines for specific activities within the county. Information includes activity covered by order, ordinance, or resolution; administrative action number; who introduced; findings of fact; conclusions; recommendations; date heard; and hearings officer name and signature. Activities include noise abatement, nuisances, zoning, animal control, solid waste management, land division regulations, elections, comprehensive plan, and road and bridge use limits.

Beginning in 1887 orders, ordinances, and resolutions were included in the Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Commissioners [Administrative Records-includes county court orders, contracts, publication notices, and related records], 1900-1935 (1 cu.ft.);

Commissioners Journals [includes minutes, agendas, exhibits, orders, and attachments], 2014-present (1 cu.ft.);

[Commissioners Records-includes minutes, agendas, exhibits, orders, and attachments], 1923-2003 (13 cu.ft.);

County Contracts and Ordinances [with index], vol. 1, 1977-1988 (1 volume);

County Records [Administrative Records-includes county court orders, contracts, publication notices, and related records], 1919-1979 (1 cu.ft.);

[In the Matter of the Joseph to Imnaha Secondary Highway-Records-includes agreements, reports, resolutions, and related records], 1931-1934 (.05 cu.ft.);

[Land Development Ordinance-includes subdivision and partition], 1995 (3 sheets of microfilm jackets);

[Order Land Use-establishing zones], 1971 (.05 cu.ft.);

[Road Case Files-includes petitions, surveys, field notes, vacations, resolutions, orders, and reports], ca.1877-present (7 cu.ft.);

Road Index [includes abstract information about petitions, orders, viewers' reports, and other records in road case files], no. 1-4620, ca. 1887-ca.1910 (2 binders);

Roads by Name [Case Files-includes orders, resolutions, vacations, and petitions], ca.1908-ca.1969 (1 cu.ft.);

Special Road Districts [Records-includes notices, contracts, resolutions, petitions, and related records], ca.1926-ca.1941 (.35 cu.ft.);

Wallowa County Land Development Ordinance 1993 Major Amendment [includes subdivision and partition], 1993 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Land Development Ordinance [includes subdivision and partition], 1977-1988 (1 volume); 1995 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Oregon Subdivision Ordinance of 1977, 1977 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Oregon Zoning Ordinance of 1977, 1977 (1 volume);

Wallowa County's Land Development Ordinances [includes subdivision and partition], 1998 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Zoning Articles [Land Development Ordinance-includes subdivision and partition], 1987 (1 volume); 1993 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Zoning Ordinance, 1971 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

[County Court Administrative Case Files-includes orders and resolutions], 1936-1941 (.35 cu.ft.);

County Court Orders, 1937-1959 (1.10 cu.ft.);

Court Proceedings [County Administrative-includes orders], 1958-1963 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office:

Wallowa County Land Use Plan and Ordinance Articles for 1987 [includes zoning and land division information], 1987 (1 binder);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan and Ordinance Articles for 1995 [includes zoning and land division information], 1995 (1 binder);

Zoning Subdivision Ordinance [Wallowa County Zoning Ordinance of 1971], 1971 (1 binder).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement Elections Storage Room:

Commissioners Journals [includes minutes, agendas, exhibits, orders, and attachments], 2004-2013 (4 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Website:

Ordinance Articles [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], n.d.-present.

Series documents the establishment and/or restoration of survey corners or monuments by the county surveyor or registered land surveyors. Records include maps, field survey restoration notes, historical notes, and indexes. Information includes description of corners; existing markers; descriptions of new markers and any changes made to the locations; property owners; township, range, and section numbers; donation land claim information; date the new markers were set; and surveyor's signatures. 

[Land Corner Monumentation Records], ca.1979-ca.1986 (.40 cu.ft.);

[Surveyor's Township Records-includes corner surveys and field notes], ca.1867-present (6 cu.ft.). 

Bearing Trees of United States Surveys, 1903-1910, 1965 (1 volume); 

Surveyor's Record [includes corner restorations-with index], 1898-1966 (2 volumes).

Series records the results of the examination of a corpse by the county coroner at the request of the county sheriff. It also documents the proceedings and results of inquests ordered by the district attorney. Reports include date filed; name, age, sex, race, parentage, and birthplace of deceased; date, place, and time of death; names of undertaker and coroner; testimony; and costs. Early reports were narrative accounts detailing the cause of death. After 1900, a standardized form was used for reporting results. Inquest transcripts include coroner and juror names, signatures, and actions; witness names; testimony; and verdict. Coroner and inquest records have been inventoried through 1965. 

Coroner Inquest Records, 1906-1915, 1950 (.10 cu.ft.).

Coroner's Docket [with index], 1896-1957 (1 volume).

Series documents the annual allotment of funds for county government operations as agreed to by the board of commissioners. Information includes total amount of funds budgeted for each office. Later budgets may include organizational charts and a narrative of each county office function. 

From circa 1916 to circa 1969 county budgets were filed in the Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

County Budgets, 1938-1941 (.10 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement Elections Storage Room, Closet:

Budgets Audit [includes Wallowa County budgets], 1980-1986 (.40 cu.ft.); 

Budgets [County], 1932-1968 (.50 cu.ft.);

Wallowa County Budgets, 1995-2007 (.75 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

Budget Report Wallowa County, 1939-1954 (1 volume); 

Budget [Wallowa County-includes related records], 2000-present (16 binders). 

Records at the Wallowa County Website: 

Wallowa County Budget​ 2012-present.

​​1972-[ongoing]

Series documents the development and revision of a plan for the use of lands within the county. Series includes plans for transportation, energy, housing, population and economics, public facilities and services, urbanization, natural resources, greenways, recreation, agricultural and forest lands, land capability, resource quality, floodplains, landmarks, historic property, rural community center designation, and natural areas. Each plan includes background information about the subject; supporting documentation such as maps, charts, and diagrams; and a narrative description of each aspect of the plan and how it is to be implemented. Series may also include an overall "comprehensive plan" which contains historical and current looks at county land practices and defines goals and policies adhered to during the creation and implementation of the plan.

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

1989 Periodic Review of the Wallowa County Land Use Plan of 1977, 1989 (1 volume);

[Land Use Plan-Wallowa County], 1995 (3 sheets of microfiche);

Periodic Review Ordinance Revisions [Comprehensive Plan Goals], ca.1979-ca.1989 (2 cu.ft.);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan, 1995 (1 volume);

Wallowa County's Comprehensive Land Use Plan, 1998 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Periodic Review [Records-Comprehensive Plan], 1980-1989 (1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office:

[Comprehensive Plan Maps-includes water life habitat, land use, and wetlands], ca.1972-present (ca.25 maps);

Periodic Review [Comprehensive Plan], 1989 (1 binder); 1996 (1 binder); 1996-2001 (1 binder);

Wallowa County Comprehensive Land Use Plan Pre 1999-2003 Periodic Review Updates, ca.1977-ca.1989 (1 binder);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan, 1977 (1 volume); 1988 (1 volume); 1995 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan and Ordinance Articles for 1987 [includes zoning and land division information], 1987 (1 binder);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan and Ordinance Articles for 1995 [includes zoning and land division information], 1995 (1 binder).

Records at the Wallowa County Website:

Comprehensive Land Use Plan​ [includes zoning and land division information], n.d.-present;

Ordinance Articles [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], n.d.-present.

Series documents the actions of the county court in civil and some criminal cases. Records include complaints, judgments, decrees, summonses, warrants, affidavits, writs, and an index. County court cases include spousal support, employment compensation, satisfaction of judgments, and divorce. Information includes judge, plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; case type; and filing dates of actions and decrees.

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

County Court Cases [Files], ca.1930-ca.1968 (.10 cu.ft.).

Series records the proceedings of the county court for civil and some criminal cases. Information includes judge, plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; trial date; memorandum of subsequent proceedings; and fees charged. Cases include citizenship petitions, legal changes to name, commitments, and writs of habeas corpus. Portions of these records may be restricted. 

Law Journal County Court [changes to circuit court in 1971-includes insane commitment records], vol. B, 1920-1985 (1 volume);

Law Journal County Court [includes insanity and citizenship cases], vol. A, 1887-1920 (1 volume). 

Magistrate Docket County Court Docket [Law], 1888-1898 (1 volume).

Series documents the preparation and organization of the county fair by the county fair board (including any predecessor group) and other county officials. Records include fair board minutes, reports, and annual premium lists and publications. Minutes and reports include information pertaining to county fair employment, budgets, sponsorship, capital improvements to fairgrounds, and event scheduling throughout the year. Annual premium lists and/or publications may include county fair history, names of fair officers, general fair rules and regulations, event schedules, exhibit lists, and photographs. Contact the county fair at 541-426-4097 to gain access to county fair records. 

Fair Board Minutes, 1991-2007 (1 binder); 2008-2015 (1 binder);

[Fair Board Minutes], 2016-present (.15 cu.ft.); 

[Premium Lists and Programs-in bottom file drawer], 1955-present (1 cu.ft.); 

Wallowa County Fair Board Minutes-Budgets, 1965-1990 (1 volume).

Series compiles the reports of county officials to the county court or board of commissioners. Series may include reports by the treasurer, surveyor, clerk, roadmaster, assessor, sheriff, school superintendent, county nurse or doctor, and other officials. Reports summarize the activities of county officials and their staff as they perform their official duties. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:​

County Clerk's Financial Statements, 1931 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Semi-Annual Account [Reports-Treasurer, Sheriff, Clerk], 1955-1974 (.35 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault: 

Annual and Semi-Annual Reports [Clerk, Sheriff, and Treasurer], 1940-1954 (.35 cu.ft.);

Experts Reports [Clerk, Sheriff, and Treasurer], 1908-1921 (.35 cu.ft.);

Semi-Annual Accounts [Clerk, Sheriff, and Treasurer], 1910-1940 (.35 cu.ft.).

Series documents the recording of deaths in the county. Records include registers and certificates. Information includes registration number; place and date of death; name, sex, color, birth date and place, age, and marital status of the deceased; names and birthplaces of parents; primary and contributory cause of death; physician, registrar, and informant signatures; filing date; and date and place of burial. Death records were not required by the state of Oregon until 1903 when the state began to officially register deaths. County death records have been inventoried through 1920. Access to death records is restricted for 50 years following the date of death by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096. Contact the Oregon State Archives for access to state death certificates that are more than 50 years old. Contact the Oregon Center for Health Statistics​ for access to more recent death certificates.

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Record of Births and Deaths [Oregon Health Division], 1915-1929 (1 volume); 

Search for 1915-1929 Wallowa County deaths in Oregon Historical Records Index​. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Death Records], 1907-1944 (4 sheets of microfiche);

Record of Births and Deaths, 1915-1929 (2 volumes); 

Record of Deaths, 1907-1944 (1 volume).

Series documents the ownership of land. Series includes deeds, land sales contracts, quitclaim deeds, homestead exemption claims, corporate certificates, agreements, correction deeds, special assessments of unzoned farmland, easements, and indirect and direct deed indexes. Information includes grantor and grantee name; recording and filing dates; property descriptions; title warranties; consideration amounts; witness and recorder names; and volume and page numbers of where recorded. 

Since 1990 deeds have been filed in the clerk's Recorded Documents (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). 

Receiving Book [Property Conveyance Register-registers deeds, mortgages, and land patents], 1891-1902 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Deed Record [title varies], vol. B-S, 19-106, 1875-1990 (105 volumes);

[Deed Record], vol. B-S, 19-103, 1875-1983 (53 reels of microfilm);

[Direct Index to Deeds], vol. 1-4, 1880-1978 (4 reels of microfilm); 

Grantor and Grantee Index [Deed], vol. B, 1889-1906 (1 volume); 

[Indirect Index to Deeds], vol. 1-4, 1880-1978 (3 reels of microfilm);

Instruments Private [includes deeds and mortgages], 1910-1917 (.20 cu.ft.). 

[Deed Indexes-Direct and Indirect], 1875-1990 (10 reels of microfilm); 

[Deed Record], vol. B-S, 19-106, 1875-1990 (26 reels of microfilm);  

Index to Deeds Direct, vol. 2-5, 1906-1990 (4 volumes); 

Index to Deeds Grantee, vol. 1, 1880-1906 (1 volume); 

Index to Deeds Grantor, vol. 1, 1880-1906 (1 volume); 

Index to Deeds Indirect, vol. 2-5, 1906-1990 (4 volumes). 

[Patent and Deed Register], ca.1880-ca.1913 (5 volumes).

Series documents birth records generated by a court in response to a petition. Records may include petitions, decrees or orders, affidavits of correction, registers, and certificates. If the information provided with the petition met the requirements of the court, a decree was issued that served as a legal birth document. Most petitions were filed decades after the actual birth. They were filed in the county of residence at the time of petition, not necessarily in the county of birth. Dates listed in brackets document the range of actual birth dates. Date ranges for court actions such as petitions and decrees are also included. Also see Birth Records series for related records. Access to birth records is restricted for 100 years following the date of birth by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Birth Certificates Decree Registration [documents births from ca.1860-ca.1925-title varies], no. 1-717, 1943-1955 (2 cu.ft.); no. 835-1067, 1958-1968 (1 cu.ft.); Circuit Court Journal Birth Certificates [Delayed-documents births from ca.1870-ca.1925-with index], vol. 1-2, 1943-1967 (2 volumes);

Petition for Registration of Birth [Delayed-documents births from ca.1898-ca.1920], 1945-1969 (.15 cu.ft.); 

Register of Birth Certificates [Delayed-documents births from ca.1860-ca.1925-with index], vol. 1, 1943-1968 (1 volume). 

[Decree for Registration of Birth-Delayed-documents births from ca.1884-ca.1916], no. 718-834, 1955-1958 (.35 cu.ft.).

Series documents the registration of voters and the compilation of election results. Records may include the election poll books and/or the election voter register. Information includes elector's name and party affiliation, and in some cases, physical description, occupation, naturalization information, and names of parents and spouse. Election poll books and voter registration records have been inventoried through 1930. For information on more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Elections Division, the county clerk, or the local elections official.

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Election Registration Blanks, 1914 (1 volume);

Election Voter Registers, 1902 (1 volume); 1906 (1 volume). 

Precinct Register [Imnaha Precinct], 1886 (1 volume).

Series documents the tabulation and reporting of election results for the county. Records include voting abstracts and the record of election. Information includes election date; precinct name and number; office; precinct and total votes; victory margin; winning candidate; county clerk, board of canvasser, and justice of the peace signatures; ballot number; summation of votes; and election board's decision. Election voting abstracts have been inventoried through 1960. For information on more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Elections Division, the county clerk, or the local elections official.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Election Abstracts of Vote, 1920-1930 (.35 cu.ft.). 

Abstract of Votes, 1932-1960 (.80 cu.ft.); 

Election Record, vol. 4, 1958-1974 (1 volume); 

Record of Elections, vol. 2-3, 1913-1956 (2 volumes). 

Abstract of Votes, 1937-1938, 1944-1946 (.35 cu.ft.);

[Abstracts of Votes], 1948-1949 (.10 cu.ft.).

Series documents the application for and registration of farm names with the county clerk or recorder. Records may include registers, original applications, or certificates. Information includes owner's name and address; farm name, location, and description; and date and number of application and final application. Series may also include an index arranged either alphabetically by name of owner or by farm name. Farm name records have been inventoried through 1964.

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault: 

Register of Farm Names, vol. 1, 1912-1916 (1 volume).

​​​1864-1957

Series records ownership of county lands obtained from the federal government. Series includes records of land grants administered under federal programs such as donation land claims and homesteads. Donation land claims are the most common type of federal land grant in Oregon that is documented in this inventory project. Donation land claims resulted from an act of the 1850 Congress under which citizens of the United States, or those who filed a declaration of intention prior to December 1, 1850 and had resided upon or cultivated the land for four consecutive years, were granted a specified amount of acreage in the Oregon Territory. Donation land claims were unique in that acreage granted to married couples was divided evenly. Half of the acreage was placed in the husband's name while the other half was placed in the wife's name. Records include plats, indexes, and survey notes. Information includes township, range, and section numbers, names of donation land claim holders and claim numbers, claim dates, acreage, and descriptions of surveys.

Under the Homestead Act of 1862, settlers were given 160 acres of land in the public domain if they built a home on the land, resided there for five years, and cultivated the land. A complete homestead entry file includes such documents as the homestead application, homestead proof, and final certificate authorizing the claimant to obtain a land patent.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Receiving Book [Property Conveyance Register-registers deeds, mortgages, and land patents], 1891-1902 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Grantor and Grantee Index [Deed-includes patents], ca.1889-ca.1906 (1 volume);

Patent Record [title varies], vol. D-H, 1888-1917 (5 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

[Patent and Deed Register], ca.1880-ca.1913 (5 volumes).

Records at Related Websites:

General Land Office Survey Maps and Field Notes [includes donation land claim information], ca.1852-ca.1910 (Bureau of Land Management​);

Search Land Patents​ [includes patent and legal land descriptions and some document images], ca.1864-ca.1957 (BLM GLO​).

Series documents the activities of the sheriff and other county officials relating to the foreclosure of property in order to satisfy creditors in cases involving delinquent taxes, mortgage payments, or court judgments. Records include correspondence, sheriff's deeds and foreclosure sale records, circuit court case transcripts of foreclosure hearings, writs of execution, certificates of sale of real property, judgment orders, receipts, tax redemption records, delinquent tax sales, and tax sale certificates. Foreclosure records have been inventoried through 1920. Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: Tax Delinquency Certificates and Sheriffs Return, 1905-1911 (.05 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Office: 

Certificate of Sale Book, vol. 2, 1905-ca.1910 (1 volume). 

Record Delinquent Tax Sales, vol. 1, 1892-1905 (1 volume).

[Certificate of Sale for Taxes], 1903-1907 (3 volumes); 

Certificates of Sales [Tax], 1899-1915 (.05 cu.ft.);

Redemption Certificate [from delinquency sale], vol. 4, 1911-1915 (1 volume); 

Sheriff's Certificate of Redemption from Delinquency Sale, 1917-1921 (2 volumes); 

Sheriff's Sale Record [with index], vol. 1-2, 1894-1925 (2 volumes); 

Tax Sale Redemption [Certificates], vol. 3, 1908-1910 (3 volumes); 

Tax Sale Redemption for 1905 Roll [Certificates], vol. 2, 1903-1907 (1 volume); 

Tax Sales Record, vol. 1, 1916-1927 (1 volume).

​1887-2016

Series documents the examination, commitment, and release of mentally ill persons to and from the state's mental institutions. Series contains statements of complaint and commitment recorded by the county clerk or recorder and includes petitions to have an individual committed; physicians certification that an individual is insane; delivery warrants authorizing a county official (usually the sheriff) to take the individual to the state hospital; patient discharges; paroles or transfers; indexes; and correspondence. Information includes patient and family names, date committed, reason, physical description, and a brief family history. This series may also be known as the Insane Record, Mental Illness Record, and Mentally Ill and Feeble Minded Record. By 1968, in most counties, the commitment of the mentally ill or deficient had become the responsibility of the circuit court. Access to these records may be restricted for 75 years by Oregon Revised Statute 192.496.

Mental commitment case information included in the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system since June 2016 is not maintained in paper or microfilm.​

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Law Journal County Court [changes to circuit court in 1971-includes insane commitment records], vol. B, 1920-1985 (1 volume);

Law Journal County Court [includes insanity and citizenship cases], vol. A, 1887-1920 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Insanity [Case Files-title varies], ca.1908-1972 (1.15 cu.ft.);

Insanity Record [with index], vol. 1, 1888-1921 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Circuit Court Office:

[Mental Commitment Case Files], 2016 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Mental [Commitment Case Files], 1981-2015 (5 cu.ft.).

Series records official decisions by the court and subsequent instructions to the sheriff to recover costs and awards related to debt, divorce, and other civil cases. The record serves as the official notice of the existence of a lien. Information includes title and case number; names of plaintiff, creditor, defendant, debtor, and attorney; amount of judgment; description of property levied on; writ of execution; disposition of case; decisions on appeals; dates docketed and satisfied; and volume and page numbers where recorded. Records may include judgment dockets, execution dockets, and fee books. Judgment and execution records have been inventoried through 1920. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

Circuit Court Judgment Docket, vol. 1, 1903-1923 (1 volume); 

Execution Docket, vol. B, 1914-1927 (1 volume);

Judgment Lien Docket, vol. A, 1888-1902 (1 volume). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Wallowa Lake County Service District Office, Bookcase:

Execution Docket, vol. A, 1887-1914 (1 volume).

Series documents criminal and civil cases brought before the courts of the justices of the peace. Records include grand jury indictments, complaints, judgments by confession, transcripts of judgment entries and dockets, statements of witnesses, arrest warrants, subpoenas, bills for court costs and fees, petitions for appointment of justices of the peace and constables, petitions establishing justice districts, and marriage records. Cases heard include disturbing the peace, illegal liquor sales, assault, larceny, trespassing, fraud, vagrancy, and burglary. Justice court records have been inventoried through 1940. For information on more recent records, contact the local justice court. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Criminal Cases [Justice and Circuit Court Case Files], 1924-1936 (.25 cu.ft.);

Transcript from Justice Court Old, 1913-1917 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Transcripts Justice Court Criminal, 1923-1939 (.10 cu.ft.). 

Justice Court [Case Files-Enterprise District], 1922-1925 (1 cu.ft.); 

Justice of Court [Case Files-Enterprise District], 1916-1921 (1 cu.ft.); 

Justice of the Peace [Justice Court Case Files-Enterprise District], 1907-1915 (1 cu.ft.)

Series documents criminal and civil cases brought before justice of the peace courts. Dockets include defendant, plaintiff, attorney, witness, and juror names; action dates and nature of cases; judgments; and statements of costs. Actions include complaints, summonses, appearances, testimonies, bonds, judgments, pleas, fines, jail terms, marriages, and writs of attachment. Civil and criminal cases include larceny, burglary, recovering money or personal property, trespassing, hunting out of season, and illegal voting. Justice court records have been inventoried through 1940. For information on more recent records, contact the local justice court. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Recorders Court Docket [Enterprise District], 1911-1915 (1 volume). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Wallowa Lake County Service District Office, Bookcase: 

Justice Docket, 1898-1905 (1 volume). 

Justice Docket [Enterprise Precinct-with index], vol. 22-23, 1939-1942 (2 volumes); 

Justice Docket [Joseph District-with index], 1924-1942 (1 volume); 

Justice Docket Small Claims [Enterprise District-with index], 1927-1962 (1 volume);

Justice Docket Small Claims [Wallowa District-with index], 1925-1953 (1 volume);

Justice Docket [Wallowa District-with index], vol. 2, 1937-1954 (1 volume). 

Justice Docket [Enterprise Precinct-includes three unnumbered volumes-with index], vol. 4-21, 1911-1939 (21 volumes). 

Justice Docket [Criminal-with index], 1910-1915 (1 volume); 

Justice Docket [Joseph District Small Claims-with index], 1921-1942 (1 volume);

Justice Docket [Joseph District-with index], 1902-1921 (1 volume); 1915-1925 (1 volume); 

Recorders Docket [City of Joseph], 1905-1942 (1 volume).

​​1909-[ongoing]

Series documents the subdividing and partitioning of land within the county. Records include survey notes, correspondence, photographs, satisfaction of agreements, maps of subdivided and partitioned land, and contracts and permits. Information includes subdivision names; lot, street, and alley dimensions; and township, range, and section numbers of land to be subdivided or partitioned.

Filed subdivision and partition plats are indexed with the clerk's Recorded Documents (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Land Development Ordinance-includes subdivision and partition], 1995 (3 sheets of microfilm jackets);

[Subdivision and Partition Plats-Originals], 1909-2012 (ca.600 plats);

Wallowa County Land Development Ordinance 1993 Major Amendments [includes subdivision and partition], 1993 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Land Development Ordinance [includes subdivision and partition], 1977-1988 (1 volume); 1995 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Oregon Subdivision Ordinance of 1977, 1977 (1 volume);

Wallowa County's Land Development Ordinance [includes subdivision and partition], 1977-1988 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Zoning Articles [Land Development Ordinance-includes subdivision and partition], 1987 (1 volume); 1993 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

[Partition Plats], 2013-present (ca.75 plats).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Records Room:

Minor Partitions Major Partitions Zone Change requests [Card Index-two boxes-includes subdivisions], 1966-1986 (.20 cu.ft.);

Partitions [Land-Case Files], 1978-1995 (2.75 cu.ft.);

Permits [Land Use Action Case Files-includes zoning, partition, conditional use, variance, and other actions], 1996-2006 (18 cu.ft.);

Subdivisions [Land-Case Files], 1972-1991 (2 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office:

Permits [Land Use Action Case Files-includes zoning, partition, conditional use, variance, and other actions], 2007-present (20 cu.ft.);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan and Ordinance Articles for 1987 [includes zoning and land division information], 1987 (1 binder);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan and Ordinance Articles for 1995 [includes zoning and land division information], 1995 (1 binder).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault:

[Miscellaneous Maps, Plans, and Drawings-includes subdivisions, Wallowa Park, Summary of Ownership Wallowa Lake, hydropower projects, tax code, vicinity, and hospital], 1912-1983 (ca.200 maps).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Surveyor's Area:

[Partition Plats], 1990-present (ca.400 plats).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Assessor's Office:

City Addition Plats [Subdivision], ca.1913-ca.1929 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Website:

Comprehensive Land Use Plan [includes zoning and land division information], n.d.-present;

Ordinance Articles​ [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], n.d.-present.

Series records the ownership of land within the county. Records may include title registers, land indexes, land registration registers, torrens registry of titles, indexes to registered land, certificates of title, town lot indexes, ownership registers, and plat books. Information includes parties involved, land descriptions, dates, number and nature of titles, subdivisions, title holders, terms, discharge dates, and registrar's signatures. The torrens system of land registration was abolished in 1972 by Oregon law. Additional land ownership records may be found in Deeds and Indexes. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Present Ownership Lands [title varies], ca.1906-ca.1927 (3 volumes); 

Present Owners Lots, ca.1906-ca.1927 (1 volume). 

Lots [Present Ownership], ca.1909-ca.1923 (1 volume);

Present Ownership Lands [title varies], ca.1909-ca.1923 (3 volumes).

​​1908-[ongoing]

Series provides a visual representation of the county and of physical structures constructed on county lands. Series includes maps, plans, and drawings that vary in size, scale, and date. Included are maps, plans, and drawings of counties and cities, election precincts, courthouses and other county buildings, cemeteries, rivers, Indian reservations, school districts, construction projects, and soil classifications. General road maps may be found in the series titled Road and Bridge Records. Technical road survey maps may be found in the series titled Road Maps and Survey Notes.

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Wallowa County Voting Precincts [Wall Map], n.d. (1 map).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Metsker's Atlas of Wallowa County Oregon], 1935 (2 sheets of microfilm jackets);

[Township and Range Property Ownership Maps-Fletcher-rolled], n.d. (ca.30 maps);

Original Courthouse Blueprints [Construction Plans], ca.1908 (ca.10 drawings);

[U.S. Census Maps], 2000 (12 maps);

Wallowa County Community Service and Health Center [Construction Plans], 1994 (8 drawings);

Wallowa County District Boundary Maps-large rolled], 1918 (2 maps);

Wallowa County Public Ownership [Maps], 2008 (6 maps);

Wallowa County Stock Districts [Livestock], ca.2002 (2 maps).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Assessor's Office:

[Assessor's Code Maps], ca.1985-present (4 volumes);

Metsker's Atlas of Wallowa County Oregon, 1935 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

Miscellaneous Maps, Plans and Drawings-includes construction and remodeling projects, subsurface sewage limitation, drainage basin, flood insurance rates, vicinity maps, and soil conservation district], 1918-present (ca.200 maps);

[Wallowa Lake County Service District-includes water and sewer improvement plans], 1988 (73 drawings).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Wallowa County Precinct Map [Wall Map-large], 1956 (1 map).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault:

[Miscellaneous Maps, Plans, and Drawings-includes subdivisions, Wallowa Park, Summary of Ownership Wallowa Lake, hydropower projects, tax code, vicinity, and hospital], 1912-1983 (ca.200 maps).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office:

Joseph Enterprise Wallowa [Maps], 1976-1986 (ca.20 maps);

Metsker's Atlas of Wallowa County Oregon, 1935 (1 volume);

[Miscellaneous Maps and Plans-includes flood zone, soils, roads, watershed protection, airports, water system, utilities, and vicinity maps], ca.1950-present (ca.100 maps);

Quad Maps [Quadrangle], 1957-1987 (ca.60 maps);

Wetland Maps, 1991-1995 (ca.75 maps).

Records at the Wallowa County Museum:

Metsker's Atlas of Wallowa County Oregon, 1935 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Website:

Map Images ​[Wallowa County-includes zoning and school district maps], n.d.-present.

Records at a Related Website:

Tax Assessment GIS Maps [select county], n.d.-present.

Series documents the registration of marks and brands by livestock owners and logging interests in order to clearly establish ownership. Records include registers and certificates. Information includes owner's name and address; diagram of animal showing location and style of mark and brand; written description of mark and brand; and filing date. Types of livestock registered include horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry. Log brands are also documented. 

List of Transient Livestock [includes some brand information], 1917-1918 (.05 cu.ft.). 

Brand Index [Livestock-includes few entries], vol. 2, n.d. (1 volume). 

[Oregon Brands-Guide-includes mostly eastern Oregon livestock brands], n.d. (1 binder);

Wallowa County Brand Book [issued by Wallowa County Farm Bureau], 1921 (1 volume).

Series documents the recording of marriages by the county and includes applications, marriage certificates and licenses, and indexes to marriage records. Information includes the names and residences of bride and groom; justice of the peace, minister, or name of individual officiating; fees charged; date filed; volume and page numbers where recorded; certificate number; date and place of marriage; and signatures of witnesses and county officials. Beginning in 1906 marriages were officially registered with the state of Oregon. Currently these records are filed with the State Registrar, Vital Statistics Section​ of the Health Division. Marriage records have been inventoried through 1960. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

[Marriage Licenses], 1879-ca.1935 (7 reels of microfilm); 

[Marriage Licenses-includes related records], 1879-1925 (3 inches of microfilm jackets);

[Marriage Records-includes certificates, medical certificates, and affidavits], 1879-1960 (6 cu.ft.); 

Marriage Record [with index], vol. A-J, 1887-1970 (10 volumes);

[Return of Marriage], 1911-1951 (21 volumes). 

Records at a Related Website: 

Wallowa County Marriage Database​ [Searchable Abstracts], 1887-1983 (oregongenealog​y.com).

Series documents the registration of individuals in compliance with the requirements of relevant Oregon boards of examiners to practice a medical profession in the state. Professions registered include physicians, surgeons, osteopaths, naturopaths, dentists, nurses, druggists, chiropractors, chiropodists, optometrists, and veterinarians. Records include registers, certificates, and licenses. Information includes name of registrant; name of school; graduation date; names of members of the examining board; licensing and recording dates; and licensing or registration numbers. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Optometry Record [with index], 1905-1924 (1 volume);

Record of Physicians & Surgeons [includes nurses, chiropractors, and dentists-with index], 1889-1973 (1 volume).

Series lists those eligible for military service and records the discharge dates of those who served in the military. Series includes eligibility, enlistment, discharge registers, or muster rolls, and may include alphabetical indexes. Information includes name of individual serving or eligible for service; enlistment and discharge dates and codes; residences at birth and enlistment; occupations and ages at time of enlistment; branches of service; precinct numbers; service records including commendations; physical condition, education and types of jobs performed while in service; and rank at discharge. Access to military discharge records may be restricted for 75 years by 2009 Oregon Legislative Assembly SB 618. 

Since 1990 military discharges have been filed in the clerk's Recorded Documents (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Honorable Discharge Record [with index], vol. 1-6, 1919-1990 (6 volumes); 

Military Roll, 1888-1900 (1 volume);

Muster Roll [of Capt. James McClain's Militia-rolled], 1878 (.05 cu.ft.).

Series documents actions filed with the county related to mineral interest claims. Types of actions include mineral rights and royalty assignments, mineral interest claims, lease releases, interest stipulations, corrections, bills of sale and conveyance assignments, and location notices. Information includes names of involved parties; action types and dates; and volume and page numbers. The series may also include copies of claim location notices giving descriptions and details of individual claims.

Since 1990 mining claims have been filed in the clerk's Recorded Documents (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). 

Index to Quartz Locations, vol. B, 1, 1889-1983 (2 volumes);

Mining Deed Record [with index], vol. C, 1917-1973 (1 volume); 

Mining Deeds [with index], vol. A, 1885-1902 (1 volume); 

Placer Mining Location [Record-with index], vol. 1, 1894-1920 (1 volume); 

Proof of Labor [Mining Claim Record-with index], vol. 4, 1975-1990 (1 volume); 

Quartz Locations [vol. A with index], vol. A-B, 1882-1899 (2 volumes); 

Record of Mining Deeds [with index], vol. B, 1902-1917 (1 volume); 

Record of Mining Notices Placer [with index], vol. 2, 1920-1968 (1 volume);

Record of Mining Notices, vol. 1-7, 1899-1987 (7 volumes); 

Record of Notices of Suspension of Assessment Works of Mining Claims [with index], vol. 3, 1919-1974 (1 volume). 

Record Certificates Issued to Co-Owners, vol. 1, 1907-1913 (1 volume);

Record Notices & Affidavits Co-Owners [with index], vol. 1, 1902-1914 (1 volume); 

Record of Notices of Suspension of Assessment Works of Mining Claims [with index], vol. 1-2, 1894-1919 (2 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Surveyor's Area: 

North Townships/South Townships [Mineral Survey Records-Bureau of Land Management], n.d. (1 inch of microfiche). 

Online Land Records [includes federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management​).

Series documents the written interest in land providing security for the performance of a duty or payment of a debt. Records include mortgages; trustee's deeds of reconveyance; indexes, both by mortgagor and mortgagee name; and satisfactions. Information includes mortgagor and mortgagee names, property descriptions, mortgage terms, witness names, certifications, recording and satisfaction dates, volume and page numbers where recorded, and recorder's signature. Series also includes executor/executrix information when mortgages were transferred through wills and mortgages of land to individuals under the provisions of the Donation Land Act of 1850.

Since 1990 mortgages have been filed in the clerk's Recorded Documents (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). 

Receiving Book [Property Conveyance Register-registers deeds, mortgages, and land patents], 1891-1902 (1 volume). 

Index to Mortgagees, vol. 1, 1883-1910 (1 volume);

Instruments Private [includes deeds and mortgages], 1910-1917 (.20 cu.ft.); 

Mortgage Record [title varies], vol. 62-99, 1960-1990 (38 volumes);

[Mortgage Record] vol. M, 13-16, 59-90, 94-95, 1909-1913, 1957-1985, 1987-1988 (23 reels of microfilm).

Index to Mortgages Direct, vol. 2-4, 1911-1990 (3 volumes); 

Index to Mortgages Indirect, vol. 3-4, 1929-1990 (2 volumes); 

Index to Mortgages-Mortgagor, vol. 1, 1883-1910 (1 volume). 

[Abstract of Unsatisfied Instruments of Writing], 1884-1892 (1 volume); 

Microfilm [Mortgage Record], vol. 16-40, 1912-1935 (10 reels of microfilm); 

Mortgage Record, vol. K, 1907-1908 (1 volume); vol. M, 1909 (1 volume); vol. 13-55, 1909-1955 (43 volumes). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault: 

Index to Mortgages Indirect, vol. 2, 1911-1929 (1 volume); 

Mortgage Record, vol. G, 1899-1902 (1 volume); vol. I, 1902-1904 (1 volume). 

Mortgage Record [title varies], vol. B-F, 1883-1899 (5 volumes); vol. H, 1902 (1 volume); vol. J, 1904-1906 (1 volume); vol. L, 1908-1909 (1 volume); vol. 56-61, 1954-1960 (6 volumes).

Series documents the granting of United States citizenship to petitioners. Records include applications, witness affidavits, court findings granting or denying citizenship, certificates, and indexes. Declarations of intention may also be included. Information includes name, age, and residence of applicant; applicant's dependents; date of filing of declarations of intention and petitions; and volume and page numbers where papers are recorded.

Certificates of Citizenship, vol. A, 1887-1906 (1 volume).

Series documents the process taken by applicants for United States citizenship in declaring their intention to become United States citizens. Information may include applicant's name, age, physical description, place and date of birth, method of immigration, date and port of entry, names and ages of wife and children, and renunciation of allegiance to foreign governments. Declarations of intention may also be attached to naturalization petitions or naturalization certificates. 

[Declaration of Intention-with index], no. 190-205, 1931-1949 (1 volume); 

Naturalization Papers [Declaration of Intention], 1904-1912 (.05 cu.ft.);

[Petition for Naturalization-includes declarations of intention and other documents-with index], no. 150-173, 1934-1951 (1 volume);

Record of Declaration of Intention [no. 1 to 189-with index], vol. 1-2, 1906-1929 (2 volumes).

Series documents the application for United States citizenship by aliens. Information includes name, residence, and occupation of applicants; place and date of birth; emigration place, date, and vessel; declaration of intention dates; name, birthplace, and birth date of dependents; and renunciation of allegiance to foreign governments. Accompanying the petitions are witness and petitioner affidavits, oaths of allegiance, court orders admitting or denying citizenship, declarations of intention, depositions, and certificates of arrival. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Law Journal County Court [includes insanity and citizenship cases], vol. A, 1887-1920 (1 volume). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Citizenship Petitions Granted], 1930-1953 (1 volume);

Naturalization [Petition for Naturalization], no. 149, 1929-1930 (1 volume); 

Petition and Record [no. 1 to 50-with index], vol. 1, 1906-1912 (1 volume);

[Petition for Naturalization-includes declarations of intention and other documents-with index], no. 150-173, 1934-1951 (1 volume);

Record of Naturalization [County and Circuit Court], 1904-1906 (1 volume). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault: 

Petition and Record [no. 51 to 148-with index], vol. 2, 1913-1929 (1 volume).

Series documents financial assistance approved by the county court for widows, mothers, dependent children, orphans, the elderly, and indigents. Information includes applicant name and address, children's names and birth dates, amount of pension or monthly support payment, and county court order. Because the provision of relief became primarily a state and federal function in the 1930s, records are inventoried through 1939. 

Relief Committee Records, 1936-1938 (.25 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

Widows Pensions [Application Records], 1917-1928 (.35 cu.ft.); 

Widows Pension Old [Application Records], 1913-1918 (.20 cu.ft.).

​Series documents the discussions and activities of the county planning commission as recorded in the minutes and agendas. Topics discussed include the creation, amendment, and appeal of zoning ordinances and county land use laws; county comprehensive plans; and election or appointment of planning commission members. 

[Planning Commission Meeting Minutes], 1987-1999 (2.25 cu.ft.); 2014-present (.35 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault: 

PC Meeting Files [Planning Commission-includes minutes and related records], 2008-2013 (1 cu.ft.);

PC Min. [Planning Commission Minutes-includes related records], 2005-2007 (1 cu.ft.); 

Planning Commission Meetings [includes minutes and related records], 1964-1986 (1.50 cu.ft.).

Planning Commission Minutes [includes related records], 2000-2004 (2 cu.ft.).

​​

Series tracks individuals incarcerated in the county jail. Information includes prisoner identification number; date entered; name, address, age, birth date, height and weight, eye and hair color, and nationality of prisoner; arrest date; arresting officer; crime committed; sentence; bail; court; release date; and remarks. Prisoner registers, which may also be referred to as jail lists, have been inventoried through 1965. Access to portions of these records may be restricted for 25 years after termination of custody by Oregon Revised Statute 192.496(3). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Wallowa Lake County Service District Office, Bookcase:

Register of Prisoners [vol. A with index], vol. A-B, 1888-1991 (2 volumes).

1886-2016

Series documents actions taken on probate cases brought before the county, district, or circuit court for settlement. Records include wills, receipts, claims, vouchers, petitions to sell, notices of annual accounting, final estate accounting reports, appraiser's affidavits, bills of sale, inventories, fee bills, appraisals, administrator and appointment certificates, and appraiser oaths. Over the years probate jurisdiction has been transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Probate case files included in the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system since June 2016 are not maintained in paper or microfilm.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Probate Court Case Transcript [Estate of Elizabeth Heaverne], 1925 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Small Estate [Probate Case Files], no. 1-288, 1974-2007 (3 cu.ft.).

Probate Register [with index-indexes case files], vol. 1-3, 1887-1969 (3 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Wallowa Lake County Service District Office, Bookcase:

Small Estate Index [to case files], vol. 1, 1975-1994 (1 volume).

[Probate Case Files], no. 1A-121A, 1-738, 1886-1929 (18 cu.ft.).

[Probate Case Files], 2014-2016 (2.50 cu.ft.);

[Small Estate Probate Case Files], 2014-2016 (.40 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement Storage Room B3:

Probate [Case Files], no. 739-3037, 1929-2015 (60 cu.ft.);

Small Estate [Probate Case Files], no. 289-380, 2007-2014 (1 cu.ft.).

Series documents information recorded about estates probated in the county or circuit courts. Information includes deceased party's name; recording and death dates; residence; name and address of executors, administrators, or trustees; estimated values of real and personal property; inventory and appraisal dates; the estate's value according to the appraisals and to the county court; and the names and relationship of heirs. Over the years probate jurisdiction has been transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. 

Estate Record, vol. 1, 1896-1900 (1 volume); 

Record of Estates, 1903-1904 (1 volume); 1915-1957 (1 volume). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault: 

Record of Estates, 1957-1977 (1 volume).

Probate Account Journal, vol. 1, 1887-1898 (1 volume).

Series records the actions taken by the county's probate court. Information includes case numbers, estate or deceased's name, administrator's or executor's name, dates and types of papers filed, and memoranda and court orders listed by dates of appointment of administrator or executor. Series may also be referred to as probate journals, dockets, or records of actions. Over the years probate jurisdiction has been transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. In 1986 circuit courts with probate jurisdiction began recording basic case information in the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN). This network functionally replaced probate dockets and journals previously maintained by the courts. The transition to full use of OJIN by all circuit courts in Oregon took approximately two years. Portions of these records may be restricted. 

Probate case information included in the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system since June 2016 is not maintained in paper or microfilm.

Probate Docket, 1896-1905 (1 volume); 

Probate Journal, vol. A, 1887-1906 (1 volume); vol. E-G, 1922-1941 (3 volumes); vol. I-J, 1948-1965 (2 volumes). 

Probate Journal, vol. N, 1976-1982 (1 volume); 

Probate Register [with index], vol. 2-4, 1938-1987 (3 volumes). 

Probate Index, 1887-1987 (1 volume); 

Probate Journal, B-D, 1906-1923 (3 volumes); vol. H, 1941-1948 (1 volume). 

Probate Register [with index], vol. 1, 1887-1946 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Attic, Main Records Storage Room:

Probate Journal, vol. K-M, 1965-1975 (3 volumes).

1873-[ongoing]

Series documents the development, construction, maintenance, and improvement of county roads and bridges. Records include bonds, general road and highway maps, petitions to have roads constructed or altered, notices, complaints, vacation records, and correspondence. Information includes road numbers and names and descriptions of the activity occurring on the road. Information concerning county roads may be available on the Integrated Road Information System (IRIS) at the county road office. Technical road survey maps may be found in the series titled Road Maps and Survey Notes.

See the Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals) for more information about road petitions, vacations, and related actions.

County Court Road Vacation Petition [the Old Cow Trail], 1915 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Actions on County Roads in Commissioner's Journals/Minutes-serves as reverse chronological abstract], 1887-2014 (1 binder);

County Roads Wallowa County, 1954 (1 map);

[In the Matter of the Joseph to Imnaha Secondary Highway-Records-includes agreements, reports, resolutions, and related records], 1931-1934 (.05 cu.ft.);

[Oregon Department of Transportation County Road Inventory-Wallowa County], 1989 (1 binder of computer printouts);

Record [Road Journal-includes petitions and surveys], vol. A, 1873-1887 (1 volume);

[Road Case Files-includes petitions, surveys, field notes, vacations, resolutions, orders, and reports], ca.1877-present (7 cu.ft.);

Road Index [includes abstract information about petitions, orders, viewers' reports, and other records in road case files], no. 1-4620, ca. 1887-ca.1910 (2 binders);

Road Index [indexes volumes A and B of Road Record], ca.1887-ca.1918 (1 volume);

Road Record [includes survey field notes, reports, and related information-with index], vol. B, 1904-1918 (1 volume);

Roads by Name [Case Files-includes orders, resolutions, vacations, and petitions], ca.1908-ca.1969 (1 cu.ft.);

Roads TPS-Rang [Road Case Files by Township and Range-includes petitions, surveys, vacations, reports, and related records], ca.1900-ca.1930 (1 cu.ft.);

Special Road Districts [Records-includes notices, contracts, resolutions, petitions, and related records], ca.1926-ca.1941 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Wallowa County Roads [Wall Map], n.d. (1 map).

Series documents the surveying and mapping of county roads. Records include road surveyor notes, alignment, profile, and other survey maps, and road registers. Information includes legal descriptions of the roads; road names and numbers; plans and profiles; township, range, and section numbers; dates of activity; and scales. General road maps may be found in the series titled Road and Bridge Records. 

Plat Book [Road Survey Inventory], ca.1864-ca.1990 (1 volume; 1 reel of microfilm);

Record [Road Journal-includes petitions, and surveys], vol. A, 1873-1887 (1 volume); 

[Road Case Files-includes petitions, surveys, field notes, vacations, resolutions, orders, and reports], ca.1877-present (7 cu.ft.); 

Road Index [indexes volumes A and B of Road Record], ca.1887-ca.1918 (1 volume); 

Road Record [includes survey field notes, reports, and related information-with index], vol. B, 1904-1918 (1 volume); 

Roads TPS-Rang [Road Case Files by Township and Range-includes petitions, surveys, vacations, reports, and related records], ca.1900-ca.1930 (1 cu.ft.);

[Wallowa County Market Roads-Enterprise Joseph Hurricane Creek], 1927 (1 map). 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault: 

Old Oregon State Highway Construction Line Maps Wallowa County [title varies], ca.1934-ca.1959 (4 cu.ft.).

​​1893-1969

Series reports the general and financial statistics of each school district located in the county. Information includes school district number and clerk's name; number of individuals within the district between ages 4 and 20​; number of teachers employed; number of school houses (owned by the district); number of legal voters; number of libraries and books within each; number of private schools; cash on hand at last report; district tax received from county; state schools funds received; general value of school grounds and furnishings; property values; enrollment; number of students enrolled from outlying districts; school census; and board minutes. Series may also contain school attendance and grade reports and data on students and parents. Records may be titled School District Clerk Annual Report, District Clerk's Book of Records, District Clerk Record Book, or Oregon School Register and Record Book, which is the most comprehensive record of school district activities. School district records have been inventoried through 1965. Access to student records may be restricted by state or federal law.​

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Budget Estimates [includes school districts], ca.1932-ca.1969 (.30 cu.ft.);

City and School Budgets, 1929-1932 (.30 cu.ft.);

[District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 42-Fairview], 1954-1960 (1 volume);

Fairview School [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 42-Fairview], 1942-1962 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1 Consolidated], 1945-1946 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 42-Fairview], 1924-1930 (1 volume); 1935-1939 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Governing Body (Commissioners') Office Vault:

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 21-Enterprise], 1924-1937 (7 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Education Service District Region 18 Office, Records Storage Room (District Clerk's Record Books):

2 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 2-Alder Slope], 1947-1954 (1 volume);

3 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 3-Hurricane Creek], 1953-1954 (1 volume);

5 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 5-Prairie Creek], 1953-1954 (1 volume);

8 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 8-Elk Mountain], 1948-1953 (1 volume);

9 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 9-The Divide], 1944-1954 (1 volume);

10 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 10-Arko], 1946-1947 (1 volume);

15 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 15-The Buttes], 1949-1954 (1 volume);

17 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 17-Leap], 1942-1953 (1 volume);

21 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 21], 1938-1946 (1 volume);

22 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 22-Upper Liberty, 1949-1954 (1 volume);

33 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 33-Freezeout], 1943-1955 (1 volume);

34 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 34-Eagle], 1936-1946 (1 volume);

40 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 40-Lone Pine], 1937-1949 (1 volume);

44 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 44], 1956-1957 (1 volume);

45 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 45-Powwatka], 1939-1954 (1 volume);

48 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 48-Day Ridge], 1936-1943 (1 volume);

66 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 66-Waverly], 1955-1957 (1 volume);

80 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 80-Zumwalt], 1944-1954 (1 volume);

89 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 89-Armin], 1942-1945 (1 volume);

Dist 3 [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 3-Hurricane Creek], 1937-1941 (.05 cu.ft.);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 3-Hurricane Creek], 1907-1912 (1 volume); 1909-1912 (1 volume); 1914-1918 (1 volume); 1923-1928 (1 volume); 1929-1934 (1 volume); 1936 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 77-Gwynne], 1942-1947 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 80-Zumwalt], 1929-1934 (1 volume); 1935-1940 (1 volume);

District No. 23 [District Clerk's Record Book-Reavis], 1951-1953 (1 volume);

No. 1 Cons. [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 1-Consolidated], 1944-1951 (1 volume);

Rural [District Clerk's Record Book-Rural District], 1948-1955 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Education Service District Region 18 Office, Records Storage Room (Register and Record Books):

2 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Alder Slope], 1945-1947 (1 volume);

32/45 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Powwatka], 1940-1943 (1 volume);

Dist. # 4 Lower Liberty [Oregon School Register and Record Book], 1941-1950 (1 volume);

District No. 2 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Alder Slope], 1941-1947 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Hurricane Creek], 1904-1905 (1 volume); 1908-1911 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 3-Hurricane Creek], 1950-1951 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 19-Chapman], 1903-1906 (1 volume); 1914-1919 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 55], 1923-1925 (1 volume); 1923-1927 (1 volume); 1926-1935 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 87], 1917-1921 (1 volume); 1921-1928 (1 volume);

School District No. 3 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Hurricane Creek], 1941-1949 (1 volume);

School District No. 8 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Elk Mountain], 1940-1943 (1 volume);

School District No. 9 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-The Divide], 1942-1949 (1 volume);

School District No. 13 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Pleasant Center], 1942-1955 (1 volume);

School District No. 44 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Bartlett], 1940-1955 (1 volume);

School District No. 66 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Waverly], 1942-1952 (1 volume);

School District No. 76 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Minam], 1947-1960 (1 volume);

School District No. 82 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-Rimrock], 1944-1947 (1 volume);

School Register Arco School Dist. No. 10 [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 32-Flora], 1941-1949 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Education Service District Region 18 Office, Records Storage Room (Other Records):

Board Minutes [Wallowa County Non-High School Board-box 1], 1933-1945 (1 volume);

Board Minutes [Wallowa County Rural School Board-box 1], 1947-1963 (2 volumes);

Clerk's Annual Census Report [various districts], vol. 1-7, 1907-1970 (5 inches of microfiche);

[Clerk's Annual Census Report-various districts], vol. 1-7, 1907-1970 (7 volumes);

Clerk's Reports [Annual-includes various school districts], ca.1921-ca.1931 (1.50 cu.ft.);

County School [District No. 5 Report Records-includes school census, teachers quarterly reports, and district annual reports], 1957-1962 (.75 cu.ft.);

County School No. 6 [District-Oregon Elementary Pupil Cumulative Record], 1935-1941 (.80 cu.ft.);

[District Clerk's Annual Report-various districts], 1933-1942 (1 volume);

Record [School District No. 6-Joseph School Board Minutes], 1915-1923 (1 volume);

[School District Annual Reports and Teacher's Reports-various districts], 1894-1906 (1 cu.ft.);

[School District Budget Records-various districts], 1936-1943 (1 volume); 1943-1945 (1 volume);

Teachers Annual Report [various districts], 1917-1958 (3 cu.ft.);

[Teachers Quarterly Reports, School District Annual Report-various school districts], 1963 (.80 cu.ft.);

Wallowa County ESD School Records [Education Service District], 1896-1906 (1 inch of microfiche).

Records at the Wallowa County Museum, Vault:

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 8-Elk Mountain], 1913-1922 (1 volume); 1922-1932 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Website:

Map Images [Wallowa County-includes zoning and school district maps], n.d.-present.

​1888-2003

Series documents the official and financial affairs of the superintendent of schools concerning teachers, students, and schools located in the county. Records include annual statements on the condition of common (public) schools in the county, school district boundary records, school district accounts, and book purchases. Information includes financial information, school curricula, boundary descriptions, and enrollment and attendance data. Superintendent of schools records have been inventoried through 1965.

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault:

Record of Boundaries [School District], vol. 1, 1902 (1 volume);

School Superintendent's Account Book, 1916-1930 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Education Service District Region 18 Office, Records Storage Room:

County School Superintendent's Record of Eighth Grade Examinations, vol. 2, 1915-1918 (1 volume);

County School Superintendent's Register and Record Book, 1888 (1 volume); 1889 (1 volume); 1890 (1 volume); 1890-1891 (1 volume); 1892 (1 volume); 1893 (2 volumes); 1894 (1 volume); 1896 (1 volumes); 1898-1899 (1 volume); 1899-1900 (1 volume); 1900 (2 volumes); 1900-1907 (1 volume); 1901-1902 (1 volume); 1903-1904 (1 volume); 1904-1905 (1 volume); 1905-1906 (1 volume); 1906-1907 (1 volume); 1907-1908 (1 volume); 1908-1909 (2 volumes); 1909-1910 (1 volume); 1910-1911 (1 volume); 1911 (1 volume); 1913 (1 volume); 1914 (1 volume); 1915 (1 volume); 1916-1917 (1 volume);

County School Supt. Record of 8th Grade Examination [Superintendent], 1907-1915 (1 volume);

List of High School Graduates [also includes high school board minutes from 1909 to 1912], 1909-1962 (1 volume);

Record of Boundaries [School District], vol. 2, ca.1908-ca.1940 (1 volume);

Record of District Boundary Board, vol. 1, 1902-1912 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1912-1931 (1 volume);

Record of Eighth Grade Examinations [County School Superintendent's], vol. 3, 1918-1932 (1 volume);

Record of School District Boundaries, vol. 2, ca.1948-ca.1978 (1 volume);

Record [School District Boundary Board], 1931-1945 (1 volume); 1946-1955 (1 volume);

Record [School Superintendent-includes school district boundaries], 1890-1899 (1 volume);

Register of State Certificates and Diplomas [with index], vol. 1, 1897-1948 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Employed, vol. 2, 1941-2003 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Examined, vol. 1, 1911-1936 (1 volume);

School Superintendent's Account Book, vol. 4, 1931-1959 (1 volume);

School Superintendent's Account Book [with index], vol. 1-2, 1900-1916 (2 volumes);

School Superintendent's Record of Annual Reports, 1930-1948 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1948-1964 (1 volume);

Superintendent's Record of 8th Grade Examinations [with index], vol. 1, ca.1910-1966 (1 volume);

Teachers Register, 1899-1941 (1 volume).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1504 Public School System [Wallowa County Directory of School Personnel, School Boards, and Statistics], 1962-1963 (1 volume).

Records at a Related Website:

Wallowa County Teachers [List], 1903 (oregon​genealogy.com​).

1860-[ongoing]

Series documents surveys of county land by the county or licensed professional surveyors. Records include log books, field notes, and plats. An index may also be included. Information includes survey dates; who the survey was for; donation land claims; township, range, section, and survey numbers; a history of previous surveys made for the area; descriptions of land, vegetation, and soil; landmarks; metes and bounds of tracts surveyed; and surveyor's names. Plats also include corner restoration marks, scales, dates created and filed, and donation land claim owners.

Original Field Notes [Survey-with index], vol. A-F, ca.1866-ca.1897 (6 volumes).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office Vault:

Field Notes Old [General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management Surveys], ca.1860-n.d. (2 inches of microfiche);

[Recorded Surveys], 1899-present (ca.1250 maps).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Surveyor's Area:

North Townships/South Townships [Land Survey Plats and Notes-General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management], ca.1860-ca.1998 (6 inches of microfiche);

Survey Listing by Year, ca.1899-2009 (1 binder);

[Survey Records-Listing by Survey Number], 1899-2011 (1 binder);

Surveyor's Record [includes corner restorations-with index], 1898-1966 (2 volumes);

Surveys Recorded [Card Index-3 boxes-alphabetical], 1899-present (.25 cu.ft.);

Surveys Recorded Legal Descr. Twp-Range [Card Index-Township and Range-2 boxes], 1899-present (.20 cu.ft.);

Surveys Recorded Town City Subdivision [Card Index], ca.1952-present (.10 cu.ft.).

General Land Office Survey Maps and Field Notes [includes donation land claim information], ca.1852-ca.1910 (Bureau of Land Management​);

Online Land Records [includes federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management).

Tax lot cards, which contain official descriptions of real property, are used to track land ownership and lot size and also may serve as a deed reference. Records include tax lot number; the location of the land in reference to township, range, and section; and a description and record of changes to the property, acreage, and land owner. 

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Assessor's Office: 

[Official Record of Description of Real Property-by township and range], ca.1961-present (7.50 cu.ft.).

Series documents the authorization by the state and local governments for the use of public waters. Series includes water rights, licenses, and certificates of water rights issued by the state and filed with the county. Records may include alphabetical indexes to the certificates, transcripts, statements, evidence, and other records specifically related to water rights cases heard by circuit and appellate courts. Information includes names of individuals proving water rights; locations of water rights including the township, range, and section number; descriptions of land under such rights; and limitations of appropriations of rights and use of rights (i.e., length of time, usage). Original water rights certificates are filed with the Oregon Water Resources Department​. 

[Adjudication Survey Wallowa River and Its Tributaries-Water Rights Maps-rolled], 1914 (ca.30 maps); 

Certificate of Water Rights [with index], vol. 1-3, 1915-1980 (3 volumes); 

[Certificates of Water Rights-title varies-with index], vol. 1-3, 1915-1980 (.50 inch microfilm jackets); 

Decree Tributaries to Grande Ronde River [Water Rights Adjudication Records], 1915-1917 (2 volumes); 

Imnaha River Original Evidence [Water Rights Adjudication Records-with index], vol. 1-3, 1929-1930 (3 volumes); 

In Re: Wallowa River Contest Testimony [Water Rights Adjudication Records-with index], 1916-1917 (2 volumes); 

In Re: Wallowa River Miscellaneous Papers [Water Rights Adjudication Records-with index], 1931 (1 volume); 

In Re: Wallowa River Statements and Proofs [Water Rights Adjudication Records-with index], 1915 (5 volumes); 

[In Re: Wallowa River-Transcripts-Water Rights Adjudication Records], 1917 (1 volume); 

[In Re: Wallowa River-Water Rights Adjudication Records-includes statements and proofs, testimony, and miscellaneous papers], vol. 1-8, ca.1915-1931 (1.50 inches of microfilm jackets); 

Irrigation Ditch Corporation Papers, 1917-1925 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Record of Water Rights [with index], vol. A, 1878-1918 (1 volume); 

Review Report on Columbia River and Tributaries Middle Snake River Basin, 1953 (2 volumes); 

Water Rights [Notices], 1888-1903 (.15 cu.ft.). 

Adjudication Survey of Imnaha River [Water Rights-with index], 1927 (19 maps);

Review Report on Columbia River and Tributaries Middle Snake River Basin, 1953 (2 volumes).

​​​1966-[ongoing]

Series documents the development and implementation of codes and policies relating to the zoning of county lands and to illustrate and locate zoned areas within the county. Records include uniform zone codes and ordinances depicting zoned lands in the county. Information in codes and ordinances includes definition, code/ordinance numbers, purposes, uses, conditions for use, and changes made to codes/ordinances. Maps include area and/or zone descriptions, dates created, scales, and commissioners' signatures. Areas are typically zoned for residential, industrial, commercial, flood plain, agricultural, timber, public and government, and mineral extraction uses.

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Land Development Ordinance], 1995 (3 sheets of microfilm jackets);

[Order Land Use-establishing zones], 1971 (.05 cu.ft.);

[Wallowa County Oregon Zoning Maps], 1977 (225 maps);

Wallowa County Land Development Ordinance, 1995 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Oregon Zoning Ordinance of 1977, 1977 (1 volume);

Wallowa County's Land Development Ordinances, 1998 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Zoning Articles [Land Development Ordinance-includes subdivision and partition], 1987 (1 volume); 1993 (1 volume);

Wallowa County Zoning Ordinance, 1971 (1 volume).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office:

Permits [Land Use Action Case Files-includes zoning, partition, conditional use, variance, and other actions], 2007-present (20 cu.ft.);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan and Ordinance Articles for 1987 [includes zoning and land division information], 1987 (1 binder);

Wallowa County Land Use Plan and Ordinance Articles for 1995 [includes zoning and land division information], 1995 (1 binder);

[Zoning Maps-converted assessor's maps], n.d.-present (5 volumes);

Zoning Subdivision Ordinance [Wallowa County Zoning Ordinance of 1971], 1971 (1 binder).

Records at the Wallowa County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Record Room:

Minor Partitions Major Partitions Zone Change requests [Card Index-two boxes-includes subdivisions], 1966-1986 (.20 cu.ft.);

Permits [Land Use Action Case Files-includes zoning, partition, conditional use, variance, and other actions], 1996-2006 (18 cu.ft.);

Zone Changes [Case Files], 1977-1995 (.20 cu.ft.);

Zone Permits [Case Files], 1975-1995 (4 cu.ft.);

Zoning Permits [Card Index-Alphabetical-2 boxes], ca.1971-1986 (.20 cu.ft.);

Zoning Permits [Case Files], 1975-1986 (2 cu.ft.).

Records at the Wallowa County Website:

Comprehensive Land Use Plan [includes zoning and land division information], n.d.-present;

Map Images​ [Wallowa County-includes zoning and school district maps], n.d.-present;

Ordinance Articles [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], n.d.-present.