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A gold mining town 4 miles east of Takilma in the Illinois River Valley. [12] Alma: 1880s Unknown Lane: A It was the location of a work camp for the county Department of Corrections in Lane County until 2008. [13] Andrews: 1880 1996 Harney: C When it burned down in 1996, the community became a ghost town. [14] Anlauf: 1901 1946 Douglas: D ...
The ghost of actor Charles Laughton, who frequented the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, was allegedly seen and heard at the theatre after his death in 1962. [44] Lithia Park: Ashland: This park is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a young girl murdered there in the 19th century, and visitors have described a blue light glowing above one of its ponds.
Idiotville is a ghost town in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States, near the mouth of Idiot Creek on the Wilson River, on the route of Oregon Route 6. [1] Idiotville's elevation is 1,200 feet (370 m).
The revival of a ghost town has unearthed the history of Black loggers who worked in Oregon when it was illegal for them to even live in the state. 100 years later, revival of ghost town tells ...
Ghost towns in the U.S. state of Oregon, defined as settlements that have experienced a significant reduction in population after an economic boom. They may or may ...
Fossil is located in north-central Oregon at the intersection of Oregon Route 19 with Oregon Route 218. [12] Butte Creek, a tributary of the John Day River , flows through the city. [ 13 ] The Clarno Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is 18 miles (29 km) west of the city along Route 218. [ 14 ]
Latourell is an unincorporated community located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, on the Historic Columbia River Highway about eight miles (13 km) east of Troutdale and 5.5 miles (9 km) west of Multnomah Falls. Compared to its peak in the 1880s, it is now virtually a ghost town. [2]
Bayocean's post office was established on February 4, 1909, and by 1914, the town's population was 2,000. [2] Only a few decades later however, Bayocean had become a ghost town, having had many of its attractions destroyed by "man-induced" coastal erosion. The town's unforeseen destruction is believed by many to have been caused by the ...