Ochoco Wayside News Today

Donating future Ochoco viewpoint land Prineville pioneer and ranchers wife Frances Ketchum Johnson was engaged in many social organizations Frances Louise Ketchum was born on Dec. 22, 1873, in Centreville, New Brunswick, Canada. Her parents were Isaac and Sarah Dingee Ketchum. Her father left the family in New Brunswick while he traveled to Central Oregon to look for land to settle. He arrived near Prineville in 1878. He purchased some state school land and made improvements before se...