Alicel, Oregon

Alicel is an unincorporated community in the Grande Ronde Valley of Union County, Oregon, United States. It is northeast of La Grande on Oregon Route 82. It was a station of the Union Pacific Railroad and was named for Alice Ladd, wife of local resident Charles Ladd.[1] Alicel was platted in 1890,[2] and had a post office from 1890 until 1972.[1]

Alicel as seen from the north on Route 82
Grain elevator in Alicel

An agricultural community, Alicel is the site of a Pendleton Grain Growers grain elevator,[3][4] which was the subject of a 1941 Minor White photograph.[5]

References
  1. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  2. Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 27. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040642/http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=7108
  4. http://www.barraclou.com/memorial/elevator/
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2006-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)



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