You can visit an Old West “ghost town” in Kent, an unincorporated area in southwest Sherman county (see photos of the Kent ghost town at the Pacific NW Photo blog). If you continue south, there’s another ghost town just outside Sherman County in Shaniko, Oregon.
Visit the travel section of this website to access to brochures, agri-tours, recreational permits, and overnight accommodations.
Read about 4-H’s Oregon-born history at http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/release/2017/10/national-4-h-week-celebrates-country%E2%80%99s-largest-youth-organization.
Donations can be mailed to the Sherman County Youth Livestock Auction Association, PO Box 94, Moro OR 97039.
The Sherman County Fair is generally held the third week of August. Check the fair website for details, shermancountyfairfun.com. Fairbooks are available in the Extension office and post offices in the county during the summer.
Sherman County 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) entries are usually due by the third week of July. See http://extension.oregonstate.edu/sherman/4h-youth.
Yes, Sherman County 4-H has a newsletter that comes out six to eight times per year. If you’d like to be added to the mailing list call the OSU Extension Office at (541) 565-3230, or simply view the newsletters from our online 4-H newsletter archives.
Stop by the Sherman County Extension office, at 66365 Lonerock Road in Moro, and visit with us; we’re excited to have you be part of 4-H! Let us know what projects you are interested in, and we’ll get you the office hours. The Sherman 4-H Association (formerly 4-H Leaders Association) then meets monthly at the … Continued
Currently, Sherman County 4-H clubs help area youth nurture their skills with cows, goats, sheep, pigs, poultry, rabbits and guinea pigs, horses, robotics, sewing, cooking, outdoor cooking and food preservation, shooting sports, and leadership (7th-12th graders). Sherman County 4-H also would like to offer more clubs, such as photography, as volunteers are available. (See the … Continued
Sherman County 4-H camp is held the third week of June at the Camp Morrow lakeside facility outside of Wamic. Youth in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade may attend, and attendees do not need to be 4-H members. Cost in 2017 was $100 for 3 days/2 nights. The registration form is at http://extension.oregonstate.edu/sherman/4h-youth.
