Category: The Germaine Truth

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Nine-Mile Creek

Nine Mile Creek runs near the north boundary of Wilbur County, Originating in the Ochocos and eventually feeding into the North Fork of the Crooked River. Near the village of Nine Mile, it forms a natural lake, Lake Germaine, which is a recreational tourist destination.

Old Paiute High School

Old Paiute High covers grades 9 – 12 and is the sole secondary school in Germaine and Wilbur County, Oregon

Old Paiute Mountain

Not really a mountain, but a small butte atop Old Paiute Ridge. Back to Places Index | Back to Main Index

Overlook Butte

Overlook Butte is to the south of Germaine about one-half mile.

Planet Resist

First appearing in Portland, Oregon in the early 1994 as a local embodiment of the international Zapatista Movement, Planet Resist emerged as a self-styled anarcho-indigenous organization. Its tenets are direct democracy, individual self-rule, social action, and preservation of the Earth. Who Are We? We are all who agree with our principles. We do not require a membership or a loyalty oath. We do not require that you live here, or that you even acknowledge us. Planet Resist is an idea. We are everywhere!  Seven Positive Principles of Planet Resist     See Also: our EcoSurvival Village page for more details. Go to Germaine Index

Reject Army of Poetry

The Reject Army of Poetry, or RAP, is a self-described anarcho-zapitista organization, headquarted in the foothills of the Ochocos, north of Germaine, Oregon, where they have erected a village they call The Compound, a collection of a half-dozen cob cottages, near the old Van Bibber Mill on Dead Mule Butte. Many of their members live there, although they purportedly have hundreds of others living in Portland and other cities of the Pacific Northwest. Roots of the RAP The Inspiration for the Reject Army of Poetry began in the hills and jungles of Chiapas, Mexico, where a small group of guerillas, inspired by the Zapatista Movement and SubCommandante Marcos, decided to reject armed conflict in favor of poetry and art, while maintaining a goal of total revolutionary change. This group was mainly consisted of teachers, students, and artists from around the world who had exiled themselves in southern Mexico. One group…

Subject Minus

Subject Minus is the enigmatic leader of the Reject Army of Poetry (RAP), one of several anarchist and socialist organizations that collaborate on EcoSurvival Village. The RAP is loosely patterned on the rebels in southern Mexico known as the Zapatistas. They live in the mountains near Dead Mule Butte and the old Van Bibber mill. They call their village of cob houses, The Compound. Rumours have persisted in Wilbur County that Subject Minus is actually one of the original Zapatistas, transplanted to Oregon when the group began to go global with their message of indigenous anarchist transformation. Birthplace: Parents: Partner: Children: Achievement:

Tamarack Creek

Tamarack Creek is the site of the first homes in Wilbur County, built by the original pioneers in 1845. Type: Dates: Persons: Location: Description: