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| | Harney County, Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The county was named for William S. Harney, a military officer of the period, who was involved in the Pig War and popular in the Pacific Northwest. |
 | | Facilitated on the national level by the of 1894, arid land in Harney County was donated to the state for irrigation and settlement, but all water development efforts failed, and eventually all land claims filed under the reclamation legislation were abandoned or nullified. |
 | | The was created by executive order on March 14, 1871 and the Northern Paiute Indians within the Oregon state boundaries were settled there. |
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