From the Grant County Sheriffs webpage (http://gesswhoto.com/sheriff-grant.html):
Cy J. Bingham from Big Beaver, Michigan, was Sheriff of Grant County from 1921 to 1933, the longest term yet in the county. Bingham moved to Oregon in 1890 at the age of 20 and worked as a stockman. He worked in the mines for a while before taking on a job with the U.S. Forest Service in 1903, stationed between Crater Lake and the Mackenzie Highway. He was appointed Forest Supervisor with the U.S. Forest Service and sent to John Day in Grant County. His job was to take care of a newly-created forest district that covered portions of Grant, Harney, Baker and Malheur counties on the Blue Mountain Range.
Bingham had not been in Grant County very long when he discovered that he had settled in a community where the sheep and cattlemen could not agree on range rights. In 1920, he left his Forest Service job and was elected Sheriff of Grant County, serving three consecutive four-year terms. He was Sheriff during the time of Prohibition and was kept busy tracking down four murders that were committed during his term of office.
Bingham decided not to run for a fourth term because of ailing health, due to a bout with blood poisoning. After he left office, Bingham moved to Southern California, settling in Pomona, California.
Cy J. Bingham from Big Beaver, Michigan, was Sheriff of Grant County from 1921 to 1933, the longest term yet in the county. Bingham moved to Oregon in 1890 at the age of 20 and worked as a stockman. He worked in the mines for a while before taking on a job with the U.S. Forest Service in 1903, stationed between Crater Lake and the Mackenzie Highway. He was appointed Forest Supervisor with the U.S. Forest Service and sent to John Day in Grant County. His job was to take care of a newly-created forest district that covered portions of Grant, Harney, Baker and Malheur counties on the Blue Mountain Range.
Bingham had not been in Grant County very long when he discovered that he had settled in a community where the sheep and cattlemen could not agree on range rights. In 1920, he left his Forest Service job and was elected Sheriff of Grant County, serving three consecutive four-year terms. He was Sheriff during the time of Prohibition and was kept busy tracking down four murders that were committed during his term of office.
Bingham decided not to run for a fourth term because of ailing health, due to a bout with blood poisoning. After he left office, Bingham moved to Southern California, settling in Pomona, California.
From the Grant County Sheriffs webpage (http://gesswhoto.com/sheriff-grant.html):
Cy J. Bingham from Big Beaver, Michigan, was Sheriff of Grant County from 1921 to 1933, the longest term yet in the county. Bingham moved to Oregon in 1890 at the age of 20 and worked as a stockman. He worked in the mines for a while before taking on a job with the U.S. Forest Service in 1903, stationed between Crater Lake and the Mackenzie Highway. He was appointed Forest Supervisor with the U.S. Forest Service and sent to John Day in Grant County. His job was to take care of a newly-created forest district that covered portions of Grant, Harney, Baker and Malheur counties on the Blue Mountain Range.
Bingham had not been in Grant County very long when he discovered that he had settled in a community where the sheep and cattlemen could not agree on range rights. In 1920, he left his Forest Service job and was elected Sheriff of Grant County, serving three consecutive four-year terms. He was Sheriff during the time of Prohibition and was kept busy tracking down four murders that were committed during his term of office.
Bingham decided not to run for a fourth term because of ailing health, due to a bout with blood poisoning. After he left office, Bingham moved to Southern California, settling in Pomona, California.
Cy J. Bingham from Big Beaver, Michigan, was Sheriff of Grant County from 1921 to 1933, the longest term yet in the county. Bingham moved to Oregon in 1890 at the age of 20 and worked as a stockman. He worked in the mines for a while before taking on a job with the U.S. Forest Service in 1903, stationed between Crater Lake and the Mackenzie Highway. He was appointed Forest Supervisor with the U.S. Forest Service and sent to John Day in Grant County. His job was to take care of a newly-created forest district that covered portions of Grant, Harney, Baker and Malheur counties on the Blue Mountain Range.
Bingham had not been in Grant County very long when he discovered that he had settled in a community where the sheep and cattlemen could not agree on range rights. In 1920, he left his Forest Service job and was elected Sheriff of Grant County, serving three consecutive four-year terms. He was Sheriff during the time of Prohibition and was kept busy tracking down four murders that were committed during his term of office.
Bingham decided not to run for a fourth term because of ailing health, due to a bout with blood poisoning. After he left office, Bingham moved to Southern California, settling in Pomona, California.
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