A presentation about the past, place, people, programs and projects at Cow Hollow Park, located in Nyssa, Oregon. Please enjoy the video and contact us today about areas of interest. Provided by the Cow Hollow Park & Recreation Association, a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Thank you!
1. GET TO KNOW
COW HOLLOW PARK
-COW HOLLOW PARK &
RECREATION ASSOCIATION
(CHPRA) MAY 2013 -
Megan Lee Gomeza, Citizen Board
Representative
2. CHPRA Mission Statement
Benefit all visitors to and residents of
Malheur County, Oregon
with green, clean spaces
to support outdoor recreation
of all forms in the community for users
of
all abilities.
-Cow Hollow Park & Recreation
Association
3. Cow Hollow…The Purpose
Citizen run &
led
501(c)3…
Funded
through
voluntary
donations
and
fundraising.
Provide a free public
gathering place to citizens,
groups & families.
Support outdoor recreation
in all forms for persons of all
abilities.
Maintain a piece of rural
heritage and history.
5. Cow Hollow…Frontier
Development
Clockwise
from top left
Entering
Cow Hollow
George
Cleaver and
his son
Mr. & Mrs.
Sam Cates
New Farm at
Cow Hollow
Photos by Russell Lee, sponsored by FSA, circa 1939-40
6. Cow Hollow…Civilian
Conservation Corps Camp
Camp began
construction
in June
1935, and
housed CCC
boys from
company
926 until
1942.
Photos from government archives and private family collections. Used with
7. Cow Hollow…Civilian
Conservation Corps Camp
Their work
was
instrumental
in the
development
of the
Owyhee
Irrigation
Project.
Planted the
beautiful
poplar trees
that now ring
the park.
Photos from government archives and private family collections. Used with
8. Cow Hollow…Internee Work
Camp
Clockwise
from top left
Sonny
Takami,
camp police.
The Takami
children after
camp
closure.
Mary Takami
and her
friends at the
WRA camp.
Japanese-
American
farm workers.
Photos from Russell Lee FSA photographer, 1942 and Takami family collection, circa
1950s.
9. Cow Hollow…Public Park
Youth
baseball
player, 1974.
Installation
of Irrigation
system and
leveling of
the park,
October
1974.
Photos from private family collections. Used with permission.
10. Want to Learn More?
Nyssa Ag
Museum
Four Rivers
Cultural
Center
Upcoming
FSA Photo
Exhibit at
FRCC…by
Morgen
Young
11. Cow Hollow…The Place
Where in the
world is
“Cow
Hollow?”
-12 miles
Southwest of
Nyssa, OR
-1030
Janeta
Avenue
-Central to
Vale, Nyssa
& Adrian
12. Cow Hollow…For all Seasons
Officially
open first
weekend of
April through
early winter.
Fun all year
round, with
lots of room
for
everyone.
Dog & Horse
Friendly.
18. Cow Hollow…For Travelers &
Campers
21 Spaces
for
Recreational
Vehicles with
hookups and
dump station
Fire Rings
Camping
Areas and
fire rings
19. Cow Hollow…Want to Stay?
As a county-owned park, there is no
fee for use, both day and overnight.
RV and camping spaces are on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Reservations are accepted and
encouraged, however, for large
groups and long stays.
Cost of maintenance is over $900 a
month, year round. Please
consider a donation for your use.
Citizen run &
led
501(c)3…
Funded
through
voluntary
donations
and
fundraising.
21. Cow Hollow…The People
Our County
Park serves
a population
with…
17%
Disability
rate
32% Poverty
rate
15% Over
65 years old
22. Cow Hollow…The People
Active and
committed
volunteer
board.
A contracted
and
dedicated
caregiver for
the park.
And many
more
volunteers
who help to
organize
events and
care for the
park
23. Cow Hollow…The Programs
Private
Events
Upland
Game Bird
Hunt
Community
Events
Supporting
Youth Sports
Teams
Our desire is to offer a community
gathering space for families and
individuals to celebrate.
We partner with many clubs,
organizations and groups that focus
on community service.
Over 250 hunters were brought to the
area last year ALONE from near and
far.
Youth sports teams are a part of our
past and a hope for our future as we
improve conditions at the park.
24. Cow Hollow…Private Event
Site
-Family &
Class
Reunions
-Weddings
-Graduation
& Memorial
Celebrations
-BBQs
-Birthday
Parties
-and MORE!
Photos from private family collections. Used with permission.
25. Cow Hollow…Upland Game Bird
Hunt
-38th year in
operation
-Over 4,000
acres of
property
-Youth under
14 hunt free
-Duration of
ODF&W hunt
-Includes
pheasant,
chukar, dove,
& quail
Gift certificates available year round
at Facebook Store or by contacting
vendors at Owyhee Grocery or
Sunset Market!
28. Cow Hollow…Youth Sports
Sponsor of
two youth
soccer
teams this
year.
Hopeful to
add at least
one youth
baseball
team in the
2014 year.
29. Cow Hollow…The Projects
New kiosk &
picnic tables
Additional
playground
equipment
Tree
restoration
gift
Community
service work
days
Irrigation
system
improvement
Most of the current
facilities were constructed
by community service
groups like Job Corps in
the mid 1980s.
Active service groups
contribute to the park’s
maintenance and
improvement in a
beautiful environment.
Provides a 501c(3)
umbrella for grants and
tax deductions for
donations.
30. Cow Hollow…Kiosk & Picnic
Tables
Supported
by grant
from Land O’
Lakes &
Valley Wide
Coop
Sponsored
by BSA
Troop 425
Eagle
Scouts
Completed
in Summer
2012
A place to
display park
events &
history!
Ten sturdy,
new,
handcrafted
picnic tables.
32. Cow Hollow…Tree Restoration
Supported by
community
volunteers &
the Malheur
Co. Juvenile
Department
Sponsored
by
Anonymous
Donor
Wood
provided to
community
members
Completed in
Winter 2013
34. Cow Hollow…Irrigation System
Supported
by Malheur
County and
the Owyhee
Irrigation
District
Sponsored
by grants
and two
donors.
Completion
in Summer
2013
Installation of a larger pipeline to
carry water to existing irrigation
system.
Possible “K-line” or Pod irrigation
units.
Enhancements to water availability
and distribution.
Supporting future improvements to
margins and undeveloped areas of
the park.
35. Cow Hollow…The Plans
We have
many hopes
and dreams
for the park,
including…
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progress...
Reinvigorating the youth sports
teams at the park for local families
to enjoy.
Expansion of the annual hunt.
Improvements to accessibility of the
park and its’ restrooms.
Preserving and displaying the park
history.
Enhanced leadership capacity and
fundraising.
36. meganlprice@yahoo.com or 208-722-4051
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Consider
a
donation
…
Participate
in a
service
project,
Become a
leader or
volunteer!
Contact
Purchase
a Hunt
Pass.
Spread the word about
our facilities & amenities!
Commit
land to the
Hunt.
Join our
Photo
Supporters
!
37. Dennis Wilson, Leadership, 541-372-2096
Ryan Martin, Donations, 208-722-4073
Jimmy Simpson, Hunt & Partnership, 541-880-
4672
Vikki Price, Hunt Properties & Projects 541-372-
2759
Joel Price, Volunteers, 541-372-2759
Darlene Ashby, Reservations, 541-372-2008
Megan Gomeza, History & Promotions, 208-722-
4051
Jay Gomeza, Youth Sports, 208-602-5042
CONTACTS FOR
INVOLVEMENT…
ANY OF US ARE HAPPY TO
HELP!
38. Brought to you by our Sponsors & Supporters.
Alan Atagi Atagi Family Trust Andy & Paulette Peutz Valley Wide Agronomics Bill &
Linda Cummings Simplot Grower Solutions Brent Wagstaff Boy Scout Troop 425
Calvin Cleaver Carl Morton Charles & Valene Hansen Charles Barlow The Howling
Coyotes Dange & Fumiko Atagi Dave Smith Dave Waldo 4D Grant Farms
Delbert Cleaver Dennis & Julene Bowns WBH Farms Dennis Wilson Jordan
Dimock Oregon Hunter’s Association, Malheur Chapter Duane, Debbie, & Red Petty
Elva Simpson A Bargain for You Gary & Melinda Cleaver Harlan & Kendalee Garner
VAL Charlois Jeanne Strickland Joel & Vikki Price Junior Atagi Mike, Louis, &
Lupe Castro Mike & Shana Franklin Mike Bell Bruce Hunter Moroni Jensen Nick
Kathriner Treasure Valley Steel Ontario Building Center Adrian School District
Malheur County Juvenile Department Nyssa Senior Center Newell Cleaver Norman
& Julie Bennett Pete & Virginia Stephen Rich Neiderhof Richard Wagstaff Rob &
Kim Wagstaff Russell & Wendi Simpson Simpson Repair Ryan & Jennifer Martin
Sharon & Damon Packer Stan & Jackie Sisson Stoney & Maria Schultihes Van
Schulthies Vaughn Schulthies Weston Schulthies Willie Stephen Mike, Louis &
Lupe Castro Shira Family Nyssa Road District Owyhee Irrigation District Cow
Hollow 4-H Club Nyssa Chamber of Commerce Owyhee Grocery Sunset Market
Vale Trails RV Park Katie & Willie Stephen Jay & Megan Gomeza Got Milk? Mary
Takami Family Owyhee Watershed Council and the Malheur County Commissioners
CHP, the Past, Place, People,
Programs, Projects, and Plans…
Hinweis der Redaktion
Introduce board members.Thank Nyssa COC for opportunity for presenting.Because I’m a traditionalist, I’ll start with a joke. Why did the pheasant cross the road? To get to Cow Hollow Park.
Throughout the 1800s, the site was occupied by nomadic Native Americans and frequented by trappers and settlers.On the south fork of the Oregon Trail, it was named “Cow Hollow” for the range cattle that would gather there near the creek. The park site has had three major phases of use after settlement began, and was reserved as a government tract in 1914.
Camp buildings were of the “permanent” versus “portable” type and were all [wood] frame[d]. There were eight barracks (20’ X 63’), a headquarters & recreation hall (20’ x 126’), a mess hall & kitchen, an officers’ quarters, a technical service quarters, an infirmary, a bathhouse and laundry, and educational building, two portable garages, one rigid garage, a latrine, a bake shop, and various small storage and ancillary buildings.” (Pfaff, Christine, The Bureau of Reclamation and The Civilian Conservation Corps 1933-1942, Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, June 2000). 1936 - President Roosevelt visited the Cow Hollow CCC Camp. (See photo).
“Work done on the project by enrollees consisted of constructing and gravel surfacing operating roads, earth blanketing porous reaches of canals and laterals, placing course gravel riprap below canal and lateral structures, cleaning drains in the old districts of the project, removing paint from the inside of the Malheur River and Dead Ox Siphons, and cleaning laterals. Small crews from both camps were also employed on rodent control.” (Owyhee Project History, 1935, p. 76-77).‘C.C.C. workers from Camp BR-43, near Nyssa, started removing track from the Owyhee Railroad. By the end of the year they completed stripping t7\\he track and started building a highway on the track site.” (Reclamation, Project History, 1937, 32. --, Project History, 1938, 29; Source: (http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/projects/oregon/Owyhee/history.html#Historic)
Very few photos exist of the phase in Cow Hollow’s history where it was used as a Japanese-American work camp. The C.C.C., in 1943, turned Camp BR-42 over to the Farm Security Administration who filled it with Japanese internee farm labor. Movement of evacuees into the sugar beet fields started on May 20, 1942, when a small contingent of 15 recruits from the Portland Assembly Center arrived on farm lands controlled by the Amalgamated Sugar Company near Nyssa, Oregon. Other families relocated to Cow Hollow from a mobile tent camp located just outside of Nyssa at Garrison corner, with a total residency of approximately 245 persons of Japanese-American descent. The last residents of the camp, the Takami family, moved out in the mid 1960s, long after the camp was disbanded. “Sunny” Takami, the camp’s security chief, reportedly felt a responsibility to stay there with his wife, twin daughters, and son until all of the older residents had moved, passed away, or returned to Japan. They left the camp in 1964.
After 1963, the BOR allowed the recreation at the site, as managed by the North Board of Control. It became a popular place for family gatherings and a sponsor of youth baseball leagues, with the establishment of the Cow Hollow Park & Recreation Association in 1984. The withdrawal of the land from BOR control occurred in 2004, responsibility of the park fell to the BLM. However, the BLM returned the land to the control of BOR, who decided to dispose of the property. The Malheur County Court, with support from citizens and a fledgling new CHPRA, assumed ownership and responsibility of the park in 2010. This is the park you enjoy today.
Introduce board members.Thank Nyssa COC for opportunity for presenting.Because I’m a traditionalist, I’ll start with a joke. Why did the pheasant cross the road? To get to Cow Hollow Park.
