Basque, Oregon
Basque is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 95 about halfway between Burns Junction and McDermitt. Basque migrants, many of them sheepherders, settled in remote parts of southeastern Oregon between the 1880s and the 1930s.
References
- ^ "Basque". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 87. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ Etulain, Richard. "Basques". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Portland State University and the Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
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