WELCOME
Hun-Na-ha RV Park - on the river
EAGLE CAP EXCURSION TRAINLinking Union and Wallowa Counties
HELLS CANYON SCENIC BYWAY
A round trip through NE Oregon.
INTERESTING THINGS TO SEE
and
PLACES TO GO
Elgin is located in a friendly valley surrounded
by big pine trees in the mountain wilderness,
meadows in the foothills and farm fields in the low lands.
While visiting Elgin you will find many sights and activities for your enjoyment.
EAGLE CAP EXCURSION TRAIN Ride Oregon's newest excursion train through Northeast Oregon's most beautiful scenery. Pass through rugged canyons, along Wild and Scenic Rivers and across the Wallowa Valley. Enjoy outstanding views of the Blue and Wallowa Mountains. Sit back and enjoy the spectacular scenery in our comfortable lounge chairs in the Pullman cars or visit at the tables in the dining car during the leisurely ride. Don’t forget to bring your camera and extra film.
IN ELGIN:Some picture of our town
Historic Elgin Opera House
Early 1900 architecture homes
Community Center: Library, Meeting Rooms,
Swimming Pool, City Park
Little League ball fields
Stampede rodeo grounds and hall
Elgin School District Facilities:
Ball fields Basketball courts
Playgrounds Tennis Courts
NEARBY PLACES & SIGHTS:
Rockwall escarpment and ice caves
Grande Ronde River
Lookout Mountain
Wildlife: elk, deer, cougar, bear, trout,
steelhead
Forests: wildflowers, mushrooms and
berries
Grande Ronde Valley
AREA POINTS OF INTEREST:
Historical Indian Fish Trap site
Fremont Trail
Oregon Trail
Looking Glass fish hatchery
Big Canyon fish hatchery
COME AND JOIN US IN ENJOYING ELGIN!!
ANNUAL EVENTS:
February: Stampeder's Crab feed
March: Chamber of Commerce Banquet
April: Community Center Auction
May: fishing season
June: Elgin Riverfest
July: Elgin Stampede
August/September: bow hunting
October: big game hunting
November: Night Light Parade
November/February: Skiing, Snowmobiling
HUNTING FISHING, CAMPING
There are many nearby rivers and streams with trout and steelhead. Elk, deer, cougar and bear inhabit the mountains around Elgin and frequently deer and other wildlife can be seen in town. There are many mountains to climb, rivers to float and all the fresh air you want.
Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife
ELGIN STAMPEDE
The area's cowboy history is kept alive with an annual P.R.C.A. rodeo and other cowboy/ cowgirl fun during the second weekend of July.
Family night events include the kids sheep and calf ride, the adults wildhorse ride and range cow milking. A kiddies parade featuring the young cowboy and cowgirl stars of the future is held Saturday morning. The first round of P.R.C.A. competition is Saturday evening.
A parade of floats, riding clubs and other creative entries is held Sunday morning. The second round of the rodeo is held Sunday afternoon.
Along with the rodeo, the weekend features a western dance in the Stampede Hall and a concert performance by a nationally known artist.
RIVERFEST
The Elgin Riverfest is an annual festival focusing on the City's most prominent natural resource, the Grande Ronde River. The Riverfest events are a model boat race, rafting tours on the river, the Ride-Run-Raft triathlon.
Other activities include a car show, poetry, arts and craft displays and a variety of food and other vendors. The event is held in mid June.
OUR NATURAL HISTORY
Northeastern Oregon defines all four seasons perfectly. The white winters, are a dream come true for skiers, snowmobilers and mushers. The warm days of summer, when hardly a cloud enters the sky, are great for camping, hiking
and water recreation.
Autumn is a subtle
blend of warm colors, bright days and crisp
nights. Spring refreshes and delights all with
its rains, and many wild flowers, which bloom
in every field and meadow.
Indian Valley is nestled against a backdrop of mountains, the Wallowa's to the East and the Blues to the West. This location gives Elgin the best of two worlds; a thriving community, and nature at its finest.
The beauty and wonder of this area has to be experienced to be truly comprehended. It is but a few who do not return to this part of the country once they have experienced it; such is the strength of the provocative lure of North-Eastern Oregon.
The Indians called this area Hunaha. It extends from the mouth of Indian Valley, where the Grande Ronde narrows as it flows through a small canyon, down the to the confluence of the Grande Ronde and Wallowa Rivers. Lochow Lochow, "lovely little forest", was the central indian camp for the Nez Perce.
Here the indians harvested wild vegetables, fruit,
fish and game through the summer months.
They smoked and dried the excess for winter use.
The Indians knew it to be a beautiful setting for a gathering place long before the white man ever saw it. Some of the tall trees that shade us also shaded our native brothers and sisters many years ago. It has retained its beauty for the pleasure of today's visitors.
Confederated Tribes of The Umatilla