11th Nov 2012

Dolph, Oregon, Ghost Town

Name: Dolph, Oregon Class: A4 GPS: Latitude: 45.1056653, Longitude: -123.7898358 Directions: From McMinnville – Head west along Highway 18/Salmon River Highway towards Grand Ronde. Before town, turn right and follow...

11th Nov 2012

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...

21st Sep 2012

Ghost Town of Friend, Oregon

Ghost Town of Friend, Oregon Friend is located about 13 miles south east of Dufur Oregon. If you head south of Dufur along The Dalles California Highway/197, you’ll need to...

01st Sep 2012

Buell, Oregon Ghost Town

Buell, Oregon Ghost Town The town of Buell is located about 8 miles almost directly south of Sheridan Oregon, on Highway 22/Willamina-Salem Highway/Dallas Coast Highway in Polk County, Oregon. In...

27th Jul 2012

Ghost town of Kingsley Oregon

Ghost town of Kingsley Oregon Kinsley Oregon is another one of those towns that existed, but is now nothing more then a spot on the map. According to Oregon Post...

13th Jun 2012
Downtown Buncom

Ghost Town of Buncom Oregon

Name: Buncom Oregon Class: F3 GPS:Latitude: 42.1740149, Longitude: -122.9980971 Directions: From Jacksonville, Oregon head west along OR-238/Medford-Provost Highway for 7.7 miles. Take the left on to Upper Applegate Road. At...

01st Jun 2012

Ghost Town of Clifton Oregon

Ghost Town of Clifton Oregon The first known settler in Clifton Oregon was Henry Harrison Hunt, who came over the Oregon Trail in the 1843 Wagon Train. He built a...

27th May 2012

Golden Oregon, the driest Ghost Town in Oregon

Golden Oregon, the driest Ghost Town in Oregon Golden earned it’s nickname as “The Driest town in Oregon” due to William Ruble’s anti-alcohol ways. He forbid any in town, causing...

27th May 2012

Ghost towns of Altamont, Leland, and the Grave Creek Covered Bridge

Ghost towns of Altamont, Leland, and the Grave Creek Covered Bridge Sunny Valley, about fifteen miles north of Grants Pass, Oregon along I-5 is perhaps one of Oregon’s most historic,...

27th May 2012

Ghost town of Ortley Oregon

Ghost town of Ortley Oregon The remains of the town of Ortley are currently on Private Property with posted “No Trespassing Signs.” Ortley started out as a planned farming community...

20th Feb 2012

Rowena Oregon, Ghost Town

Rowena Oregon, Ghost Town Rowena Oregon exists only as a suburb of The Dalles now. Located on the Mosier-The Dalles Highway, or the old Columbia River Highway, it was little...

17th Dec 2011
Kerbyville Oregon

Ghost Town of Kerby, Oregon (Kirbeyville, Napoleon)

Ghost Town of Kerby (Kirbeyville, Napoleon) Kerby is a Class E6 ghost town. This former gold mining town is on US 199, five miles south of Selma, and just north...