Central Oregon’s population has grown massively in the last three decades, transforming Bend from a small lumber town into one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. Its humble beginnings and quick growth contrasts the numerous settlements that formed concurrently near the turn of the century, but became abandoned over the years—some still standing […]
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Ghost Towns of Central Oregon
The area’s population is exploding. But a host of abandoned communities are sprinkled across the high desert.