25th Aug 2011

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,...

16th Aug 2011
Ghost Town of Idanha, Oregon

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...

16th Aug 2011

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...

16th Aug 2011

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...

15th Aug 2011

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...

11th Aug 2011

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.

11th Aug 2011

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...

10th Aug 2011

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...

03rd Aug 2011

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...

29th Jul 2011

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....

27th Jul 2011

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...

26th Jul 2011

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,...