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West, Oregon
Shaniko OR
Wool-capital rail terminus
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: cans.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1900 Columbia Southern railhead that shipped a fifth of America's wool for a decade, stranded when the Deschutes lines bypassed it
Travel Oregon and multiple guides document the preserved hotel, school, jail and water tower; period refuse scatter on town fringes
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Rattlesnakes in sageOpen cellars, exposed high-desert weather
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.