Monday, July 22, 2024: … A First General Panorama View Along Rt-370 (O’Neil Highway), Which MUST Be The Road Which Author Robert Pirsig Followed In 1968, We See A Panorama View Of The Valley Of The Crooked River:
… Obviously A Wide, Flat, Valley, That Is Fertile and Agriculturally Productive, Especially With Easily Available Irrigation Water From The Crooked River!
…And It May Be Irrigation Water Seen In The Ditch.

…It is said that the Crooked River got its name from being “crooked”. And although the Crooked River does much meandering both South & West of Prineville, Oregon, its ”crookedness” is hardly more than most rivers.
…Many rivers are named “crooked”, such as Crooked River (Florida), Crooked River (Georgia), Crooked River (Idaho), Crooked River (Maine), Crooked River (Machias River), but again these rivers can’t be much different from most other rivers, crooked or otherwise,

… For This Oregon Crooked River, Wikipedia Has 5 Good Photos, 2 Of Which Are Dramatic, Plus Much Good Information About History, Native Fish & How Electrical Power Plants Ruined Fish There. Click Here.

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