‘The Evergreen’: What the horsewomen of the Hen Party found in Eastern Oregon’s great outdoors

For some 30 years in the early 20th century, Oregonian Jean Birnie led a trailblazing group of horsewomen called the Hen Party on annual horse packing trips in northeastern Oregon’s Wallowa Mountains. Inspired by their legacy, a group of Hen Party descendants retraced the steps of their foremothers on an adventure into the Wallowas of their own, almost a century later. LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Kim Patterson MAJ Ken Landgren Maj (Join to see) CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana Capt Dwayne Conyers Capt Gregory Prickett MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff MSgt Steve Sweeney SFC Jo Ann Klawitter SSgt Richard Kensinger SP5 Dennis Loberger 1SG (Join to see) PO1 Tony Holland PO1 Brian Austin CPL LaForest Gray A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney