Editing Umatilla County, Oregon (section)

==History==
Umatilla County was created on September 27, 1862, out of a portion of [[Wasco County, Oregon|Wasco County]]. Adjustments were made to the county's boundaries following the creation of [[Grant County, Oregon|Grant]], [[Morrow County, Oregon|Morrow]], [[Union County, Oregon|Union]], and [[Wallowa County, Oregon|Wallowa]] Counties. This legislative act also designated Marshall Station as the temporary county seat. An 1865 election selected Umatilla City, now known as [[Umatilla, Oregon|Umatilla]], as the county seat. With the development of wheat farming, population shifted to the north and east parts of the county, and a subsequent election in 1868 moved the county seat again to [[Pendleton, Oregon|Pendleton]].

The [[Umatilla Indian Reservation]] was established by the [[Walla Walla Council (1855)|Treaty of Walla Walla]] in 1855. The [[Umatillas]], [[Walla Wallas]], and [[Cayuse people|Cayuse]] tribes were resettled there, and is located immediately southeast of Pendleton.

EZ Wireless of Hermiston officially opened on February 4, 2004, one of the largest known [[Wi-Fi]] [[wide area network]]s in the United States, covering parts of Umatilla County, Morrow County and [[Benton County, Washington]]. Although created to facilitate communications among local police, firemen and EMT workers who immediately respond to possible accidents or terrorist attacks on the [[Umatilla Chemical Depot]], where the [[U.S. Army]] maintained a national arsenal of [[nerve gas]], the network can be accessed in some places by the public for free.<ref name="wired_051016">{{Cite news |date=October 16, 2005 |title=Wi-Fi Cloud Covers Rural Oregon |url=https://www.wired.com/news/business/0,69234-0.html |access-date=December 10, 2006 |work=Wired News |publisher=[[CondéNet Inc.]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>