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Burns, the county seat of Harney
County, was so named in memory of the Scottish poet in 1883 and is the lively
trade-center of the county,
situated on the old road leading
front Canyon
City to Lakeview and fronting on the
Silvies River, and is
fully equal to the demands of such a town. The confidence of the
business men of Burns in an early
development of the resources of the county, may be seen
in the stability that
characterizes their business houses
and residences, the former mostly
of brick and stone, with all attention to
elegance in frontage rarely seen
in railroad towns of like size and the architectural designs and
finish of the residences on the Heights and at other points
are admirable and
costly.
The county's public buildings,
the public school house,
P. L. S. Co.’s
office. N. Brown & Sons,
store, the Stenger
and
the Young residences, and the two
hotel buildings are the
most notable, while the premises of a dozen or more are
beautifully planted and kept. The office of Harney land district is
located in Burns, and a very great convenience to settlers where so
much of the
public domain is open to
entry. The town of Harney has added a church building this year, and Drewsey is preparing to erect one this summer. Both of these towns are centers of sections of the county, rich in agricultural and mineral resources, which the advent of a railroad will aid them in developing. A fast freight line will be established between Burns and the nearest railroad point, O. R. F N., 140 miles, its soon as travel opens, and by June the telephone lines between Burns and Canyon City, thence to Baker City, will he completed. A daily mail and express via Ontario; tir-weekly via Canyon City: semi-weekly via Prineville: a weekly via Diamond and a weekly, via Crane, brings in all the news from the outside and every division of the county into direct communication with each other. There is a fair future before tho people of the Harney country. Additional Harney County Resources
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