Hilgard, Oregon

[1] It is also the site of a junction (wye) of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Hilgard Junction State Recreation Area is across the river from the community.

The Oregon Trail passed through this location, where the covered wagons had to maneuver downhill from La Grande.

[4][5] Villard was Hilgard's cousin, and when he built the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company railroad line over the Blue Mountains,[5] he enlisted Hilgard to make an agricultural survey of the area.

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