Long Creek Lodge

12/04/2025

Shirley Gorgita

11/19/2025

“He Never Took It Off” — The Wedding Ring That Told the Real Story of Harry Morgan’s Life

When Harry Morgan passed away in 2011, the nurses noticed something most people had never seen up close:

A thin, worn, gold wedding band — still wrapped around his finger.

He’d put it on the morning of December 12, 1940, the day he married Eileen Detchon…
and for 71 years, it never left his hand.

Not for filming.
Not for publicity.
Not for fame.
Not even for Emmy night.

Hollywood changes marriages like costumes — but Harry was different.

When someone once asked why he never removed it, he just smiled:

“Because the day it comes off… it means she’s not here.”

Even after Eileen passed away, he kept wearing the ring — not out of habit, but out of devotion.
The cast of MASH said he would sometimes turn the band with his thumb when he talked about her, like he was holding her hand across time.

Mike Farrell once told a reporter:

“That ring was Harry.
It wasn’t jewelry — it was a promise.”

In a town full of spotlights and temporary things, Harry Morgan carried one love story that never faded, never cracked, never surrendered to the years.

71 years.
One ring.
One woman.
One remarkable love.

Some people call it old-fashioned.
Others call it impossible.

But for Harry Morgan…

It was simply marriage.

03/18/2025

Parts of Grant Co.

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Check out our new entry on the town of Seneca. The entry features some photos of the town in the 1930s courtesy the Claire McGill Luce Western History Room.

Seneca is a small town in Bear Valley near the Blue Mountains and the Malheur National Forest in Grant County. Located on Highway 395 between John Day and Burns, the town is south of the confluence of the Silvies River and Bear Creek. Nestled in a mountain valley at about 4,600 feet, Seneca offers views of the Strawberry Mountains, the highest peaks in the Blue Mountains. Logging and ranching have been important industries, and a wigwam burner from the Seneca Lumber Company still stands as a reminder of the town’s history. Seneca residents also have the honor of enduring some of the coldest temperatures in Oregon, including a record-breaking minus 54ºF on February 10, 1933.

Learn more about Seneca with this entry by Gary Miller.
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/seneca/

Photo: Panoramic view of Seneca, left half of two, 1931. Rufus W. Heck, photographer. Courtesy Claire McGill Luce Western History Room, Harney County Historical Museum, Presley Collection, 2017.016.39

Harney County Library

03/14/2025

Come visit God's country!

01/05/2025

MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH CLAIMS TWO LIVES IN UNION COUNTY

UNION COUNTY — (Release from the Oregon State Police) — On Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at 10:26 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 84, near milepost 279, in Union County.

The preliminary investigation indicated Mack commercial motor vehicle and trailer, operated by Robert Fred Kenyon (60) of Nampa (ID), was stopped at the chain up area installing chains on his vehicle due to roadway conditions. A westbound Freightliner commercial motor vehicle and trailer, operated by Steven Bradly Botter (47) of Spokane (WA), left the roadway for unknown reasons and struck the parked Mack. Another westbound Freightliner commercial motor vehicle and trailer, operated by Sing Manvir (28) of Fresno (CA), struck the vehicles from the primary collision as they entered the roadway. The collision blocked the interstate for several hours.

The operator of the Mack (Kenyon) was declared deceased at the scene.

The operator the Washingtion plated Freightliner (Botter) was declared deceased at the scene.

The operator of the California plated Freightliner (Manvir) was transported to an area hospital.

The roadway was impacted for approximately 10 hours during the on-scene investigation. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

OSP was assisted by ODOT.

01/01/2025

06/23/2024

Happy & Blessed Sunday from Magone Lake!!! ❣️

06/06/2024

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