Fossil

Fossil has served as the county seat of Wheeler County in north-central Oregon since the county was created in 1899. Set in the dry uplands of the John Day River basin, the town is associated with the fossil-bearing rock layers that gave it its name. The Fossil Beds at Wheeler High School preserve leaf fossils and are among the few places where the public may collect specimens under local rules. Fossil also belongs to the wider John Day country, where John Day Fossil Beds National Monument interprets millions of years of geologic change. Ranching and paleontology give this small community a distinctly eastern Oregon character. Move on to other webcams in the region to compare landscapes and settings around Wheeler County.

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