Main Street Union Oregon Walking Tour

Visit the historic homes and building of Union Oregon

By 1865 the population of Union had grown to over on hundred inhabitants and forced David Bivens and Samuel Hannah to lay out a large tract of land, west of Main Street which become known as West Union. Nine year s later North Union came into existence on land that had once belonged to the original claim of homesteader Fred Nodine. Union received its charter from the State of Oregon on October 19th 1878, and seven years later the first telephone system was installed. It ran between the train depot and Dr. Drake's office uptown. Union County was named after the town of Union. The bustling town of Union began its decline when the county seat moved to La Grande in 1905.