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The first murder in Oregons history took place here, it would go on to shape the State of Oregon's legal procedures and laws. [100] Jimtown: 1904 Baker: D [101] Jonesboro: 1990s Malheur: A [citation needed] Keasey: August 5, 1890 1955 Columbia: A There are no remains of the original community due to the destruction of the Portland, Astoria ...
The Benson Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, is reportedly haunted by its original owner Cathedral Park is said to be haunted by Thelma Taylor, a teenager who was murdered there in 1949 The Columbia Gorge Hotel is reputedly the site of paranormal activity Imbrie Farm is allegedly haunted by family members of its namesake who died there Multnomah County Poor Farm, which now operates as ...
These may be locales or populated places denoted by the designation "historical" by the United States Geological Survey in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). For settlements that have either been completely destroyed or have been subsumed by another settlement, see Category:Former populated places in Oregon.
Because it is an excellent example of a pioneer cattle ranch in southeastern Oregon, the Shirk Ranch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 2009. The historic district covers 14.5 acres (0.059 km 2 ).
It is located near the intersection of U.S. Route 101 and Oregon Route 229, where the Siletz River enters Siletz Bay. There are two communities, known as "old" and "new" Kernville, in close proximity. Old Kernville is considered a ghost town. [2] The "old" Kernville was the first European community in the area. [3]
Boyd was a town in Wasco County, Oregon, United States, disincorporated in 1955, and now vacant except for a few abandoned homes, weathered outbuildings, and a derelict wooden grain elevator surrounded by the wheat fields, which still produce the grain that used to fill it.
The town was officially platted in 1886 and was a mining town with various levels of success until it was abandoned in 1942. It is now primarily a tourist attraction as a ghost town. [ 1 ] It is located east of Baker City high in the mountains of Pine Valley almost due north of Halfway, Oregon , on Oregon Route 86 .
Buncom (also spelled Bunkum or Buncombe) is an abandoned mining town at the confluence of the Little Applegate River and Sterling Creek in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is approximately 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Medford , [ 2 ] at an elevation of 1,783 feet (543.5 m) above sea level .