Elgin

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="040c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>This is the home of the famous Elgin Stampede.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Small Town Oregon</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Small Town Oregon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adams"><U>Adams</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Athena"><U>Athena</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Echo"><U>Echo</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Helix"><U>Helix</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joseph"><U>Joseph</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wallowa"><U>Wallowa</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Island City"><U>Island City</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alice"><U>Alice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imbler"><U>Imbler</U></A>   |   <B>Elgin</B>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minam"><U>Minam</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lostine"><U>Lostine</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Enterprise"><U>Enterprise</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id277.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imnaha"><U>Imnaha</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Union"><U>Union</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cove"><U>Cove</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id191.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="North Powder"><U>North Powder</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pilot Rock"><U>Pilot Rock</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id223.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stanfield"><U>Stanfield</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summerville"><U>Summerville</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id232.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ukiah"><U>Ukiah</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id233.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Umatilla"><U>Umatilla</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id243.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Weston"><U>Weston</U></A></div> <div> Elgin</div> <div>     This is the home of the famous Elgin Stampede.  The small town rodeos we have happened across have been great fun.  They are mostly local affairs with local people and a smattering of "pro" rodeo guys and gals who work the circuit.  Several small towns have made names for themselves with their rodeos, among them <A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St. Paul"><U>St. Paul</U></A>, <A HREF="id220.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sisters"><U>Sisters</U></A>, <A HREF="id181.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Molalla"><U>Molalla </U></A>and Elgin.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=1707D439$E4$FE$36w$F0$FC$36w94!L060Joseph20OR!60!4$FF000!8$FF!60$8A$A1I.$2D$ADF$40$98q$AE$BC$FFN$5D$C0$320001000$C2400$91$F1$10!60$14000!4$FF00$7E$E7$B5$9D$E7$C9j$C09$16$9A$FE$FF$C7X$4011" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qs"><U>Area Map</U></A>      <A HREF="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=066C7570$E4$FE$36w$F0$FC$36w94!L060Joseph20OR!60!4$FF000!8$FF!60$8A$A1I.$2D$ADF$40$98q$AE$BC$FFN$5D$C030001000$C2400$91$F1$10!60$14000!4$FF00$5F2$35x$9E$A7n$C0$AB!4$AARY$4011" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://maps.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qs"><U>Street Map</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1066cc90.jpg" border=0 width="620" height="457" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Now the Elgin City hall, this is the old Opera house.  Somehow in the late 1900's many little towns in the west built and utilized opera houses.  Now we are lucky to maintain one in the largest cities.  I suppose that is what TV and Radio have done for us. </div> </td> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> .</div> </td> </tr></table></body>