The Crown Jewel of Oregon's high desert" Steens Mountain" a refuge of deep grass and
crystal clear water surrounded by thousand square miles of impassable desert.
| It's a hundred miles to McDermitt, a cowboy town of sixty families, originally a cavalry station named for Colonel McDermitt who was killed in a scuffle with local Indians. |
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It's sixty miles to Rattlesnake Creek.
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Kiger Gorge. Runs south to north, it rises 4000 feet from the desert below to its headwall at 9300 feet above the canyon floor. Come join us on the . . . |
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the Steen Mountains
home of the
Kiger Mustang.
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The ecosystem changes
as we climb in elevation.
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Vegetation at 6504 feet elevation.
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Aspen trees at 7493 feet elevation...
“Whore House Meadows”.
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It is Here that the Kiger Mustangs Run Free.
Mesteno and mares. |
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Small herd of Kigers.
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