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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.
CL. According to several historians, the U.S. state of Oregon contains over 200 ghost towns. [1][2] Professor and historian Stephen Arndt has counted a total of 256 ghost towns in the state, some well known, others "really obscure." [3] The high number of ghost towns and former communities in the state is largely due to its frontier history and ...
42°29′35″N 123°05′06″W / 42.4931°N 123.0851°W / 42.4931; -123.0851. The Oregon Vortex is a roadside attraction that opened to tourists in 1930, [1] located on Sardine Creek [2] in Gold Hill, Oregon, in the United States. It consists of a number of interesting effects, which are gravity hill optical illusions, but which ...
Klickitat. Along Washington State Route 14, where Alder creek connects into Columbia River. 1907 (post office established) 1962 (post office closed) Barren. It is believed that Lewis & Clark camped at nearby Alder Creek in 1806. Almota. Whitman. Where Almonta Creek connects into Snake River.
The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette[3] and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook [4][5] Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the largest meteorite found in the United States and the sixth largest in the world. [6][7] There was no impact crater at the ...
The Astoria–Megler Bridge is a steel cantilever through- truss bridge in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States that spans the lower Columbia River. It carries a section of U.S. Route 101 from Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington. Opened in 1966, it is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.
Reported hauntings in the state are linked to such historic places as the Oregon Trail and early coastal communities, as well as the history of Portland, the state's largest city and metropolitan area, which was considered one of the most dangerous port cities in the world at the beginning of the 20th century. [116]
FIPS code. 41-55200. GNIS feature ID. 2411332 [3] Website. www.orcity.org. Oregon City is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, located on the Willamette River near the southern limits of the Portland metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 37,572.