Ride a historic railway, explore hiking trails, and visit a massive antique mining dredge in this former gold rush town in eastern Oregon's Blue Mountains.
SUMPTER, Ore. — The beauty of traveling Oregon’s back roads and byways is the unexpected treasure that you may find along the way — not just the scenery, but interesting lessons about Oregon’s past.
BAKER CITY — Mike Werner is excited about seeing what has been hidden, far beneath the ground in the mountains north of Sumpter, for a century or more. About one thing in particular — gold. Werner, a ...
Oregon has more than its fair share of ghost towns. From once-thriving gold rush boom towns like Cornucopia to previously-abandoned towns that have reborn like Shaniko, the state is haunted by about ...
Susanville, Oregon, is a mining ghost town located in Grant County along Elk Creek about 14 miles northwest of Austin. Gold ...