Promise is an unincorporated community in northern Wallowa County, Oregon.[1] It is located about 25 road miles south of Troy and 8 miles north of Maxville on a remote ridge south of the Grande Ronde River.[2][3]
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
The area was first homesteaded by John C. Phillips and Daniel W. Mann in about 1891.[4] Mann called the area "Promised Land" and "Land of Promise", so when a post office was established in 1896, it was called "Promise".[4] Thomas C. Miller was the first postmaster, and the office ran until 1944.[4] At one time Promise had a school.[5]
An annual Promise reunion is held for residents, descendants and friends at the Promise Grange Hall.[6]
References
"Promise". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7thed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p.786. ISBN978-0875952772.
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