Wallowa County Chieftain

The Wallowa County Chieftain is a weekly newspaper in Enterprise, Wallowa County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Founded in Joseph in 1884 by S. A. Heckethorn, it preceded the establishment of the county itself.[1][2] A few years after Enterprise was selected as the county seat, the paper relocated there.[1][3] Though the newspaper was named after Chief Joseph, it was not particularly friendly to Native American issues, and opposed a Joseph's request to resettle Wallowa Valley in 1900.[4]

Wallowa County Chieftain
Owner(s)EO Media Group
Founder(s)S. A. Heckethorn
Founded1884
CityEnterprise, Oregon
CountryUnited States
Websitehttp://www.wallowa.com/

George Cheney became the owner, editor, and publisher in 1911, on the wave of an economic boom experienced in Enterprise upon the completion of a railroad and sawmill, as well as a booming agricultural business. Cheney built a new building, designed to meet the needs of the paper, which it occupied beginning in 1916.[1] Cheney sold the newspaper in 1941, and the building in 1943, to Gwen Coffin. Coffin, who brought a more controversial approach to the paper, owned it until 1972.[1]

In a 2006 article about Joseph, the New York Times cited the Chieftain's coverage of a new grocery store.[5]

The building used by the paper from 1916 to 2007 has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2012.[6]

References
  1. wikisource:en:History of Oregon Newspapers/Wallowa County
  2. "Enterprise chieftain" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  3. "Enterprise". oregonencyclopedia.org.
  4. "Joseph, Wallowa Chieftain - Oregon Digital Newspaper Program". odnp.uoregon.edu.
  5. PREUSCH, MATTHEW (May 26, 2006). "Rugged, Western and Still a Bargain". New York Times.
  6. "Wallowa County Chieftain Building". state register site.
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