Brownsmead Oregon (Ghost Town)
Brownsmead Oregon (Ghost Town) Brownsmead was never a large important city like many other Oregon ghost towns such as Sumpter, Greenhorn or Shaniko. The area was first settled by Finnish...
Crooked River Petroglyphs
Crooked River Petroglyphs The Crooked River Petroglyph is located in The Cove Palisades State Park just outside of Madras Oregon. “In 1961, three years before Lake Billy Chinook was created,...
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...
Geneva, Oregon – Ghost Town
Geneva, Oregon – Ghost Town As best as I can tell, Geneva was a very short lived town. It sits south of Grandview and is just as isolated. Perhaps a...
Grandview Oregon, Ghost Town
Grandview Oregon, Ghost Town Grandview is yet another town that only remains in name. Remains of the town were visible up until about 1974, but everything except the cemetery seems...
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...
Covered Bridge near Mitchell Oregon
Covered Bridge near Mitchell Oregon Unfortunately it’s on private property and you can’t drive over it. This unnamed bridge is located on a farm just outside of Mitchell, Oregon.
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 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,...
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