Willamette Falls
Willamette Falls Located at present day Oregon City, there are few locations anywhere in Oregon that have been more important to it’s people. Before the Hudson Bay Company founded what...
Shaniko Oregon, Tourist Ghost Town
Shaniko Oregon, Tourist Ghost Town Let me preface this by saying that photos in this post are of mixed quality due to two different trips to the area and a...
Cape Meares, Oregon
Cape Meares, Oregon Cape Meares is one of the multitude of State Parks along Oregon’s Coast. It’s accessed via Bayocean Road, which is west of Tillamook Oregon and circles through...
Ghost Town of Hamilton, Oregon
There isn’t much history that I’m able to find about Hamilton, Oregon. Oregon Geographic Names states that the town was named for J.H. Hamilton, a pioneer stockman who first settled...
Danford Balch Homesite and "Witches Castle" – Part Two
Danford Balch Homesite and “Witches Castle” – Part Two back to part one But that did not end the story of this piece of land. It passed through several hands...
Hood River, Oregon Fruit Loop Tour
Hood River, Oregon Fruit Loop Tour One of the best things about Oregon, is the huge amount of agriculture that goes on here. The Hood River Fruit Loop Tour celebrates...
Ghost Town of Idanha, Oregon
Ghost Town of Idanha, Oregon Modern day Idanha is little more then a collection of houses and a gas station and quick stop market in the middle of nowhere these...
Ghost Town of Waldron Oregon
Ghost Town of Waldron Oregon This is the second time I’ve been “through” Waldron. Luckily this time I was able to stop and get a couple of better pictures of...
Ghost town of Austin, Oregon
Ghost town of Austin, Oregon Another stop along the Sumpter Valley Railway, Austin was a major supply depot for other gold towns. At it’s height it had three saw mills,...
Ghost Town of Bourne, Oregon (Cracker)
Ghost Town of Bourne, Oregon (Cracker) Bourne is about six miles north of Sumpter, Oregon. I wasn’t expecting there to be much of anything here, but was pleasantly surprised by...
Ghost town of Granite, Oregon (Independence)
Ghost town of Granite, Oregon Oregon Geographic Names allows a bit of disagreement about the origin (and possibly original location) of Granite. It says that Albert G. Tabor discovered gold...
Abandoned Log Cabin in Whitman National Forest
Abandoned Log Cabin in Whitman National Forest This abandoned log cabin is in the Whitman National Forest just north of the Ah Hee Diggings Interpretive site. The site has been...
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