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3 unusual facts about Crook County


Crook County, Oregon

This formation is an outcropping of Devonian limestone created from a larger reef when most of Oregon was covered by water.

Free State Wyoming

The FSW has chosen to focus initially on the Wyoming counties of Crook (primarily), Weston and Hot Springs.

John M. Drake

There is also a smaller mountain, Drake Butte, located in the Maury Mountains in Crook County that is named in his honor.


Sheepshooters' War

Because the Izee cowboys were successful with their campaigns, a "Sheepshooters Association" was formed in neighboring Crook County and another in Union County.


see also

Nels H. Smith

Ranch A in Crook County, bought by Smith and two partners from the estate of Moses Annenberg in 1942 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.