Editing Echo, Oregon (section)

==History==
[[Image:Bank of Echo - Echo Historical Museum - Echo Oregon.jpg|thumb|left|Former Bank of Echo, now the Echo Historical Museum]]
[[File:Echo Memorial Cemetery Gate.jpg|thumb|Cemetery in Echo, Oregon|alt=|left]]
The original [[Oregon Trail]] passed just south of Echo. When the Columbia Plateau Route opened in 1847, it passed directly through Echo, crossing the [[Umatilla River]]. This eventually became the primary route of the Oregon Trail. Frequently pioneers would stay in [[Fort Henrietta Park|Lower Crossing Camp]], also located in Echo (the Upper Crossing being at [[Pendleton, Oregon|Pendleton]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://echo-oregon.com/|title=Home|website=City of Echo}}</ref> In the 1860s, settlers began moving into the area, and built a ferry crossing the Umatilla River at Echo. The city of Echo is named after Echo Koontz, daughter of Cynthia and J. H. Koontz.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://echo-oregon.com/history/ |title=History of Echo - City of Echo |website=echo-oregon.com |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125190015/https://echo-oregon.com/history/ |archive-date=25 January 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Agriculture was the first draw, with [[alfalfa]] and corn being the main crops. A town was platted by 1880, and the [[Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company]] built a railroad through Echo by 1883, which made the town a shipping point for [[wool]], cattle and sheep during the early 1900s. Echo was incorporated in 1904.
On December 22, 1927, [[William Edward Hickman]], the murderer of [[Marion Parker]] in [[Los Angeles]] on December 17, was arrested by police near the town. The place of Hickman's arrest was commemorated by a billboard.<ref>{{cite web|last=Masek|first=Mark|title=Grave Spotlight - Marion Parker|url=http://cemeteryguide.com/PendletonBillboard.jpg|work=www.cemeteryguide.com|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref>