Whitney Oregon Ghost TownJune 19, 2007. We are staying at Mountain View Travel Park in Baker City. $24.79 FHU, shade and a nice enough RV-Park. It must be a former KOA since they charge extra for everything, $2 extra for wifi, $2 extra for larger sites, you get the picture.
This was a slow day for us and we got a late start. At first we were undecided about what we wanted to do but finally settled on heading out to John Day since we had not been out that way. So John Day it was. By the way John Day is the name of a small east Oregon town.
Common teasel
We left Baker City on SR 7 which is the same road we took to Sumpter the other day. Near Sumpter at the east end of Phillips Reservoir we stopped to look for eagles. The eagles and Canada geese we had seen earlier in the week were no where to be seen. Such is life, nothing remains the same. While there Joyce attempted to get some pictures of the common teasel's brown flower heads we have been seeing in wet areas generally with cat tails.
Common teasel
I think Joyce took a good picture of them in this shot. Does anyone recognize what this flower is? Reader, Gene Carpenter wrote to tell me these are common teasel a weed found in much of the southwest that some people dye and use in flower arrangements. Much thanks to Gene.
Whitney Oregon now a ghost town on SR-7 in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in the Sumpter Valley
Between 5 to 10 miles south of Sumpter on SR 7 we enter a beautiful valley with lush green grass and many old buildings like this barn. This is part of the old ghost town of Whitney, Oregon.
Old barn in the ghost town of Whitney in the Sumpter Valley on SR-7 in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Houses were in the valley also but this is another of the old barns lingering from a much more prosperous era. Another old building in the ghost town of Whitney, Oregon.
Ghost town of Whitney, Oregon
We have stumbled upon a ghost town. The town was Whitney. It was a rail road town. When the railroad stopped running the town was abandoned.
After looking around I would say the town was "all but abandoned".
Ghost town of Whitney, Oregon
Someone was living in this old place. Note that there is no electricity running to the place. There is no sign that electricity has every been in the town. Each house has an outhouse so there probably isn't any running water either.
Sumpter Valley Railway
The Sumpter Valley Railway is the one that operates out of the State Park in Sumpter. On summer weekends tourist can ride on this narrow gauge train pulled by a steam engine through the Sumpter Valley south of Sumpter.
Ghost town of Whitney, Oregon
This is another old house in the ghost town of Whitney that someone was actually living in. Note again there is no electricity and you can see the outhouse out back.
Ghost town of Whitney, Oregon
If you look closely you can see firewood neatly stacked on both sides of the door behind the wooden lattice.
Unique east Oregon fencing
This is a picture of those rock fence post that we are seeing all over this area of Oregon.
Old barn in the ghost town of Whitney, Oregon located in the Sumpter Valley on SR-7 in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest south of the old gold mining town of Sumpter
This is another old barn. This one might actually be being used.
Mike & Joyce Hendrix
Mike & Joyce Hendrix who we are We hope you liked this page. If you do you might be interested in some of our other Travel Adventures: Mike & Joyce Hendrix's home page Travel Adventures by Year ** Travel Adventures by State ** Plants ** Marine-Boats ** Geology ** Exciting Drives ** Cute Signs ** RV Subjects ** Miscellaneous Subjects
We would love to hear from you......just put "info" in the place of "FAKE" in this address: FAKE@travellogs.us Until next time remember how good life is.
|
|
||
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
