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Crook County

Maury Mountain Moss Agate Beds

Post, Crook County, Oregon. Moss agate collecting site.

Details

Where
Post, Crook County, OR. No street address stated. Directions
Getting there
southeast of Post.
Fees
This is a free facility.
Access
There is also a limit to 25 pounds of rocks collected per day, plus one piece with a yearly limit of 250 pounds and the collection of vertebrate fossils or historical artifacts is prohibited.
Website
bendbulletin.com
Managed by
Ochoco National Forest.

The agate beds near Elkhorn Campground have also been known to attract rock hounds.

Notable Events

  1. 1864Camp Maury was established on what is now Maury Creek on May 18, 1864, during the Snake War; poor forage forced the post west about five miles on July 21, 1864, where it was renamed Camp Gibbs. en.wikisource.org
  2. 1887A post office was established near Maury Mountains, meant to honor Colonel Maury, but the petition misspelled the name Mowry; it was discontinued about 1899. en.wikisource.org

People

  • John M. Drake, Captain of the First Oregon Volunteer Cavalry in command of Camp Maury at the north base of the Maury Mountains (1864).
  • R. F. Maury, Army colonel the Maury Mountains were named for (the '60s).

Sources

  1. fs.usda.gov/r06/ochoco/natural-resources/rocks-minerals
  2. bendbulletin.com/2020/09/18/dig-for-history-in-the-ochoco-national-forest
  3. fs.usda.gov/r06/ochoco/recreation/ochoco-nf-maury-mountains-area
  4. fs.usda.gov/r06/ochoco/recreation/elkhorn-campground
  5. store.avenza.com/products/central-oregon-rockhounding-map-us-forest-service-r6-pacific-northwest-region-waor-map
  6. oregondiscovery.com/maury-mountain-agate-beds
  7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Mountains
  8. peakvisor.com/range/maury-mountains.html
  9. bendbulletin.com/2004/10/27/the-maury-mountains
  10. en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Oregon_Geographic_Names,_third_edition.djvu/411
  11. en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Oregon_Geographic_Names,_third_edition.djvu/111