Frenchglen is an
unincorporated community
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in
Harney County, Oregon
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, United States. It is south of
Burns
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on
Oregon Route 205.
Frenchglen is near
Steens Mountain and
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and is home to the historic
Frenchglen Hotel, an Oregon State Heritage Site built in 1917. In addition to the hotel, which includes a restaurant, the town has a K-8 school divided into two classes, a general store with gas pumps, and a county roads department base.
History
The community is named after the French-Glenn Livestock Company, founded by
Hugh J. Glenn and later joined by his son-in-law,
Peter French. French-Glenn built its headquarters there in 1872. The post office took the name Frenchglen after it was moved there.
Education
The zoned
K-8 school K8 or K-8 may refer to:
* K-8 (Kansas highway), two highways in Kansas, one in northern Kansas, one in southern Kansas
* K-8 school, a type of school that includes kindergarten and grades one through eight
* K8 telephone box, designed by Bruce M ...
is Frenchglen Elementary School (of Frenchglen School District 16). The school began operations in 1927. An individual named Walt Riddle bought all of the school building bonds to make the existence of a school a certainty. In the 1980-1981 school year there were two students, until one moved away, meaning that towards the end of the school year the school had one student. That year, a single position was for superintendent and principal and teacher. According to Thomas J. Walsh, a
freelance journalist, someone told him that the enrollment was six in 1994, and this had increased to 11 in 1995. Historically, the school housed teachers in the Frenchglen Hotel.
High school students are assigned to
Crane Union High School
Crane Union High School is a public high school in Crane, Oregon, United States. It is a boarding school that serves students from a large geographic area.
Its district is known as the Harney County Union High School District 1J, and covers much ...
, in
Crane, Oregon
Crane is an unincorporated town and census designated place in Harney County, Oregon, United States, northeast of Malheur Lake on Oregon Route 78. Its population was 116 at the 2020 census.
History
Crane was named for the prominent local fea ...
, a part of Harney County Union High School District 1J.
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Harney County is not in a community college district but has a "contract out of district" (COD) with Treasure Valley Community College. TVCC operates the Burns Outreach Center in Burns.
Healthcare
In 1989, Nellie Nix of '' The Bulletin'' described the catchment area of Harney District Hospital in Burns as being Harney County.
Gallery
image:Frenchglen Building (Harney County, Oregon scenic images) (harDA0009).jpg, An old building in Frenchglen
image:Frenchglen Building (Harney County, Oregon scenic images) (harDA0002).jpg, Frenchglen Mercantile building in Frenchglen
image:Frenchglen Hotel (Harney County, Oregon scenic images) (harDA0011).jpg, Frenchglen Hotel
References
External links
Frenchglen Hotel
from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
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History of Frenchglen from Harney County Chamber of Commerce
Unincorporated communities in Harney County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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