Category: Germaine Legends

Of course you know about Big Foot. Well, there are more that are specific to the lore of Wilbur County. The term for these elusive, mostly mythical sightings is “Mountain Bogey.” The ghost of The Old Paiute One of the regular bogies reported has been the ghostly figure of an old Indian, usually in the vacinity of Old Paiute Ridge. Many tourists go up to the hiking trails along nine-mile-creek for the specific purpose of seeing the ghost.

Did the wagon train of the founders stumble upon the legendary Blue Bucket Mine in what is now Harney County? Type: Principle: Where: Description:

Are the Daughters of Germaine an innocent women’s club, or is it a Satanic Cult?

Germaine Van Bibber was nine years old in 1845 when her family joined the wagon train bound for Oregon at Independence, Missouri. Her father, Isaac, was from a venerable Virginia family of Dutch descent. The family of her mother, Anais Josephe Charlebois, was from French Canada by way of Vermont. The Van Bibbers, who had become disillusioned of life in the east, simply packed up their three children one day, and joined Josephe’s brother and new wife who were bound for the Oregon Territory. By the time they reached Southern Idaho, Stephen Meek, an adventurer, mountain man, and experienced guide, convinced a few hundred families, including the Van Bibbers, to leave the main wagon train, which was taking the Oregon Trail to the Willamette Valley, and travel an alternate route through the Cascades, a route he claimed he knew well. Leaving the main wagon train near what is now Vale,…

The Ochoco Triangle, according to local believers is…

According to legend, when the wagon train was lost in desert, an old Paiute indian led them to safety in the Tamarack Valley, near the site of the future Germaine, Oregon. Was the Old Paiute murdered?

Did supporters of Willie Walkingstick steal the Mayoral election in 2006? Some Germainers think so.

Is the Wild Man of the Ochocos real? Or is he a mythical bogie indigenous to Wilbur County. There is evidence both ways