Editing Antelope, Oregon (section)

===19th century beginnings===
In the mid-19th&nbsp;century, Antelope began as a station along the wagon road connecting [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]] on the [[Columbia River]] with gold mines near [[Canyon City, Oregon|Canyon City]]. After about 1870, the wagon road became known as [[The Dalles Military Road]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Regional History|url=http://www.paleolands.org/find/time/here/C45|publisher=Oregon Paleo Lands Institute|year=2013|access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref> The road crossed the Deschutes River on Sherar's Bridge.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Corning|editor-first=Howard McKinley|title=Dictionary of Oregon History|publisher=Binford & Mort Publishing|location=Portland, Oregon|edition=2nd|year=1989|orig-year=1956|page=241|isbn=0-8323-0449-2}}</ref>
[[File:Antelope Schoolhouse (Wasco County, Oregon scenic images) (wascDA0063).jpg|thumb|The historic [[Antelope School]] building, which currently houses municipal offices and various community functions including the annual harvest dinner event]]

The Antelope post office was established in 1871, with [[Howard Maupin]], founder of [[Maupin, Oregon]], as the first postmaster.<ref name="OGN"/> The town's population peaked around 1900,<ref name="Moffatt"/> shortly after the [[Columbia Southern Railway]] completed a {{convert|70|mi|km|adj=on}} rail line from [[Biggs, Oregon|Biggs]], on the Columbia River, to [[Shaniko, Oregon|Shaniko]], a few miles north of Antelope.<ref name="Culp">{{cite book|last=Culp|first=Edwin D.|title=Stations West: The Story of the Oregon Railways|pages=100&ndash;101|publisher=Bonanza Books|location=New York|year=1978|oclc=4751643}}</ref> The railroad timetable for September&nbsp;9, 1900, lists a daily stagecoach run from the train terminal in Shaniko to Antelope and beyond.<ref name="Culp"/> Antelope was [[incorporation (municipal government)|incorporated]] by the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] on January&nbsp;29, 1901.