Vale in Malheur County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)
Rinehart's Stone House
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 28, 2023
1. Rinehart's Stone House Marker
Built in 1872 by Louis and Amanda Rinehart. Was stagecoach inn. Original stop on Oregon Trail was owned by Jonathan Keeney.
Erected by Malheur Country Historical Society.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the Oregon Trail series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1872.
Location. 43° 58.835′ N, 117° 14.422′ W. Marker is in Vale, Oregon, in Malheur County. It is at the intersection of Main St S and C St W, on the right when traveling south on Main St S. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 255 Main St S, Vale OR 97918, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Oregon. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Pacific Rim, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Roll of Honor (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Vale Oregon Trail Kiosk (approx. Ό mile away); Cutoff Fever (approx. 0.4 miles away); Vale (approx. half a mile away); Stephen Meek's Cutoff (approx. half a mile away); John D. Henderson (approx. 0.7 miles away); Under the Wagon Cover (approx. 5.8 miles away); First People of the Land (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vale.
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Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 28, 2023
2. Rinehart's Stone House Marker
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 28, 2023
3. Rinehart's Stone House
A framed interpretive display in the museum window reads: One of the oldest buildings in Malheur County and in Eastern Oregon, it was built by Lewis and Amanda Rinehart and has served as a way station on the Oregon Trail, a hostelry, a stage stop for Boise to Burns run, and during the Bannock-Paiute Indian War in 1878, it served as a refuge for the nearby settlers. In more recent times it was a private home. The first Vale post office was established in this building in 1883. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, when it was a hundred years old.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 28, 2023
4. Rinehart's Stone House
Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2023, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 438 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 1, 2023, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
