- Wallowa County, Oregon has 3,145.9 square miles of land area and is the 9th largest county in Oregon by total area. Wallowa County, Oregon is bordered by Nez Perce County, Idaho, Union County, Oregon, Adams County, Idaho, Garfield County, Washington, Columbia County, Washington, Baker County, Oregon, Idaho County, Idaho, Umatilla County, Oregon, and Asotin County, Washington.
So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope for success, but merely being willing to risk the experiment of finding whether the truth they seek lies there."
René Descartes, Le Discours de la Méthode (1637)