Ghost Town of Lamonta, Oregon
Ghost Town of Lamonta, Oregon Lamonta gained a post office September, 7th, 1898, and was plated April 1905. The Post Office closed in April 1918. The town was apparently named...
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 Richmond, Oregon
Ghost town of Richmond, Oregon Located about 15 miles north east of Mitchell, or 25 miles driving, Richmond is another town that is a shadow of it’s former self. Unlike...
Ghost Town of Winlock, Oregon
Ghost Town of Winlock, Oregon The Ghost Town of Winlock Oregon is named after Winlock W. Steiwer, who’s decedents still live in the area. His nephew was a United States...
Ritter Hot Springs, Ritter Oregon (Ghost Town)
Ritter Hot Springs, Ritter Oregon (Ghost Town) The town of Ritter Oregon was built around McDuffee Hot Springs, later to be renamed to Ritter Hot Springs. From “The Blue Mt....
Ghost Town of Galena Oregon
Ghost Town of Galena Oregon You have to go out of your way to get to Galena. It’s not on any of the main roads, but it is one gorgeous...
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 Greenhorn Oregon
Ghost Town of Greenhorn Oregon Greenhorn is Oregon’s smallest incorporated city, and also the highest at 6,300 feet. It has a full time mayor, but no “full time” residents. The...
Ghost Town of Whitney Oregon
Ghost Town of Whitney Oregon Ghost Town of Whitney Oregon If you keep going along the Sumpter Stage Highway or Highway 7 west from Baker, you’ll run across the ghost...
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...
Ghost town of Cabell City, Oregon
Ghost town of Cabell City, Oregon I’m not convinced that Cabell City was ever a “real” city in the traditional sense, at least, it never had a post office that...
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