Editing Sherman County, Oregon (section)

==History==
[[File:Old Grain Elevator (Sherman County, Oregon scenic images) (sheD0049).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Old grain elevator in [[Kent, Oregon|Kent]]]]

As the pioneers felt crowded in the new settlements of western Oregon, they turned east to the Columbia Plateau for new opportunities. The county's first white settler was William Graham, who located at the mouth of the [[Deschutes River (Oregon)|Deschutes River]] in 1858.<ref name="Museum">[http://www.shermanmuseum.org/html/sc_county.html In the beginning], Sherman County Historical Society and Museum</ref> Homesteaders, eager for land, arrived in the 1880s by steamboat, stagecoach and wagon. Soon farmers received government patents.

As the population grew, so did the sentiment for independence from [[Wasco County, Oregon|Wasco County]].<ref name=Museum/> Sherman County was created on February 25, 1889, out of the northeast corner of Wasco County. The county's borders have been changed only once, in 1891, when the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] moved the county line {{convert|18|mi|km}} farther south into Wasco County.

The town of [[Wasco, Oregon|Wasco]] was designated the county seat by the Legislative Assembly although this designation was contested between Wasco and [[Moro, Oregon|Moro]]. Following the addition of a portion of Wasco County, Moro became the eventual winner.