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Black Rock is an unincorporated community and former logging camp in Polk County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about three miles west of Falls City, in the Central Oregon Coast Range on the Little Luckiamute River. [2]
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 ...
Shevlin was an unincorporated community in Deschutes and Klamath counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] It consisted of a collection of logging camp buildings that were moved from place to place on rail cars as logging progressed. [2] The loggers worked for the Shevlin–Hixon Company. [2]
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 ...
About a one-half-mile (800 m) up Idiot Creek was a logging camp called Ryan's Camp, which was part of the salvage operations following the Tillamook Burn. Since the spot was so remote, it was said that only an idiot would work there, so the camp was popularly known as Idiotville. The name was eventually applied to the stream. [2]
The Whisky Creek Cabin historic site is located in the Rogue River canyon in southern Oregon. The cabin's elevation is approximately 640 feet (200 m) above sea level. It is an isolated site within the Rogue National Wild and Scenic River corridor, surrounded by the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. [1] [6] [7]
The town of Olney was named after Oregon Territory Supreme Court justice Cyrus Olney, who was from Astoria. [2] [3] There were several logging camps near Olney, many originally only accessible by boat up the Youngs River or by Albert S. Kerry's Columbia and Nehalem River Railroad. [4] In 1910, the Western Cooperage Company camp was established ...
A logging camp was established in the area and named Culp Creek Camp, so when a new post office was set up in 1925, it was named Culp Creek after the camp. [4] The community's economy was long driven by the logging industry, including the Bohemia, Inc. sawmill that ran from 1959 until about 1990, just across the river.