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Post by RenoBeaver on Mar 19, 2024 4:52:14 GMT -8
An unusual factoid about Reno. There is a large basque population here. If anyone comes visit for Beavs series and wants to checkout the local Basque flavor, there is a great Basque restaurant and bar downtown by baseball stadium called Louis Basque Corner Of the 200 largest metropolitan areas in the United States of America, the two with the largest Basque population per capita are Boise and Reno. Both cities are primarily explained by the fact that they are the largest cities near gold/silver rushes, which occurred shortly after the largest influx of Basque immigration after the First Carlist War. Reno's sister city in Spain is the Basque city of San Sebastián, which is Donostia in Basque. And now ya know! I have a friend here who insists I go visit San Sebastian when I go to Spain. But Im pretty sure he thinks Basque is a cocktail |
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Post by ag87 on Mar 19, 2024 8:00:46 GMT -8
Going full circle back to Jordan Valley - that locality has a strong Basque history.
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Post by beavaristotle on Mar 19, 2024 8:25:48 GMT -8
Going full circle back to Jordan Valley - that locality has a strong Basque history. sheep herding brought them to the valley back in the day |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Mar 19, 2024 9:10:36 GMT -8
Going full circle back to Jordan Valley - that locality has a strong Basque history. Oregon has the fourth-largest Basque population in the United States behind California, Idaho, and Nevada. The original Basque settlers settled primarily in Harney and Malheur Counties. There is a Basque, Oregon, in Southern Malheur County, but Basques also settled in Andrews, Arock, Fields, Jordan Valley, Ontario, and Owyhee. The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 basically ended the ability of independent shepherds to ply their trade in an economically meaningful way, so immigration into Oregon ended shortly thereafter, despite the ongoing Spanish Civil War. The Pelota Fronton in Jordan Valley, a pelota court, was last used regularly in 1935 before being refurbished in 1997. A lot of the Basque population in Southeastern Oregon was absorbed into larger communities like Boise and Portland. |
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