Taking Post Office pictures on our way to Washington state for the 4th of July.
1) Chemult – 97731 2) La Pine – 97739 3) Antelope – 97001
4) Shaniko – 97057 5) Kent – 97033 6) Grass Valley – 97029
7) Moro – 97039 8) Wasco – 97065 9) Rufus – 97050
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- We have passed this way a couple dozen times since we have lived in Oregon and I have no idea why we haven’t popped in to take a picture of this PO until now. (0701/23)
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- A year ago when we did this same 4th of July trip we tried to take a picture of this Post Office but it was so crowded we couldn’t even get into the parking lot. (07/01/23)
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- This near ghost town of less than 50 people has a post office fitting of such a place, a trailer… (07/01/23)
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- Less than 10 miles north of Antelope, this is for intents and for all purposes a ghost town too. (07/01/23)
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- Another near ghost town along US97 in northern Oregon. (07/01/23)
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- In 1870 the town’s founder named such because of the tall rye grass growing there. “Grass so tall that it stood over a man’s head,” one early settler said, “even when he was on a horse!” (07/01/23)
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- The town of Moro is the county seat of Sherman County and is the smallest county seat in the state. Its total land area is less than half of a square mile and has a population of around 300. (07/01/23)
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- This town is also in Sherman County and has more residents than the county seat, Moro. The door on the right of the photo goes into the town’s small supermarket where bought a snack. (07/01/23)
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- This small town of a couple hundred along the Columbia River was for 6 months in 1945 almost 2.500 strong with Army soldiers that were testing pontoon bridges for use in Germany. (07/01/23)
