Payette County ID Archives Photo Place.....Washoe Hayfield 
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Patty Theurer seymour784@yahoo.com September 3, 2005, 5:59 pm

Source:             Payette County Historical Society
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In the early beginnings of Payette, formerly known as Boomerang, there was an 
area known as Washoe. Many early pioneers to the Payette Valley settled there.  
At one time it looked to be a growing and prosperous community, with the Washoe 
Ferry connecting the Payette Valley to Malheur county, Oregon across the snake 
river.  However, during the builing phase of Ontario, Malheur county's largest 
town, there was a dispute between some of the land owners of Washoe and the men 
of Malheur county who had the money to invest and build.  That led to the 
stoppage of most business and trade between the two towns, specifically the 
Rossi sawmill located at Washoe. The man in the picture is Lon Stroup. 

Although Washoe missed out on becoming a town of its own, it still remained a 
large farming area.  

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