Owyhee or Owhyhee is an older English spelling of Hawaiʻi, used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is found in the names of certain locations...
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The Owyhee River is a tributary of the Snake River located in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon in the United States. It is 280...
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Owyhee County (/oʊˈwaɪ.hiː/ oh-WYE-hee) is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11...
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The Owyhee Desert ecoregion, within the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, is in the Northwestern United States. The Owyhee Uplands Byway passes through...
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Owyhee is an unincorporated community in Ada County, Idaho, United States, roughly 14 miles (23 km) south of Boise. Owyhee had a post office 1883–1919...
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Owyhee (/oʊˈwaɪhiː/, Shoshoni: Un Kwahain) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Elko County, Nevada, United States, along the banks of the Owyhee River...
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Owyhee High School is a high school serving grades 9-12 located in Meridian, Idaho, United States. Opening in 2021, it is the newest of the six high schools...
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craters of the Lake Owyhee volcanic field are in the Owyhee Mountains of Oregon just east of the Owyhee Reservoir on the Owyhee River. The southeastern...
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Owyhee Reservoir or Owyhee Lake is a reservoir on the Owyhee River in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. Located in far Eastern Oregon near the Idaho...
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Yellowstone hotspot (redirect from Owyhee-Humboldt volcanic field)
McDermitt volcanic field, Owyhee-Humboldt volcanic field, Lake Owyhee volcanic field (or Jordan Valley volcanic field, Lake Owyhee), Jordan Craters, Santa...
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Idaho Owyhee and the rest of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation Mountain City because of its proximity to Owyhee Jarbidge due to its proximity to Owyhee The...
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Orbicular jasper (redirect from Owyhee jasper)
Orbicular jasper is a variety of jasper which contains variably-colored orbs or spherical inclusions or zones. In highly silicified rhyolite or tuff, quartz...
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primarily in southwestern Idaho, where the Payette, Boise, Weiser, Malheur, and Owyhee rivers drain into the Snake River. It includes all the lowland areas from...
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Owyhee Dam (National ID # OR00582) is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Owyhee River in Eastern Oregon near Adrian, Oregon, United States. Completed...
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The Owyhee Avalanche is a weekly newspaper in Homedale, Idaho, United States, which is published Wednesday mornings and serves the Owyhee County area...
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Owyhee Airport (FAA LID: 1ØU) is a public use airport located 4 nautical miles (4.6 mi; 7.4 km) west of the central business district of Owyhee, in Elko...
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Walker River Columbia River (OR) Snake River (ID) Owyhee River South Fork Owyhee River Little Owyhee River Bruneau River Jarbidge River Salmon Falls Creek...
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Desert (Wyoming) Owyhee Desert, in southwestern Idaho, northern Nevada, and southeastern Oregon. Y P Desert, a portion of the Owyhee Desert in Idaho Oregon...
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List of experimental cat breeds (redirect from Owyhee Bob)
US. This breed is recognized by the Rare and Exotic Feline Registry. The Owyhee Bob is a cat breed that is a mix of the Siamese and Manx cats, and is of...
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along the Idaho border, including Jackpot, Jarbidge, Mountain City, and Owyhee, observe Mountain Time. Oregon – all, except for the majority of Malheur...
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Crooked River Bear River Owyhee River Jordan Creek North Fork Owyhee River Middle Fork Owyhee River South Fork Owyhee River Little Owyhee River Deep Creek Battle...
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publishing the islands' location and rendering the native name as Owyhee. The form "Owyhee" or "Owhyhee" is preserved in the names of certain locations in...
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Sandy Jornada del Muerto Kaʻū Lechuguilla Mojave North American Arctic Owyhee Painted Desert Red Desert Sevier Smoke Creek Sonoran Tonopah Desert Tule...
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Owyhee is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, in the United States. It lies along Oregon Route 201 between Adrian and Nyssa, near the...
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Snake War (section Battle of Owyhee River)
intrusion. As miners developed new locations near Boise in 1862 and in the Owyhee Canyonlands in 1863, an influx of white settlers descended on the area....
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Treasure Valley) is an area that encompasses Ada, Boise, Canyon, Gem, and Owyhee counties in southwestern Idaho, anchored by the cities of Boise and Nampa...
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090 849 Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Oneida 4,564 1200 Owyhee 11,913 7678 Boise City, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area Payette 25,386...
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S. state of Idaho. The Idaho Territory was organized in March 1863, and Owyhee County was the first county in the territory to be organized, in December...
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The Little Owyhee River is a 61-mile (98 km) long tributary of the South Fork Owyhee River. Beginning at an elevation of 6,739 feet (2,054 m) east of...
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The Battle of Owyhee River took place during the Snake War in 1866 in response to Paiute attacks along the Owyhee River earlier that year. Lt. Col. George...
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