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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 10 > ‘A one-woman county’

‘A one-woman county’

When Jeanne Burch moved to rural Wheeler County as a child, she thought she'd come to the end of the earth. But in 1977, after living abroad for many years, she returned.

By Erin Golden The Bulletin / The Bulletin
May 10, 2008

FOSSIL —

There are no neon lights, fast-food drive-throughs or busy highways in this quiet town of about 400 people, the seat of Oregon’s least-populated county.

More than 120 miles northeast from the hustle and bustle of Bend, the little town in the valley is a place where....

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