Pondosa, Oregon | |
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Coordinates: 45°0′29″N 117°38′34″W / 45.00806°N 117.64278°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Union |
Elevation | 3,261 ft (994 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1136642 [1] |
Pondosa is an unincorporated community and ghost town [2] in Union County, Oregon, United States.
The town came into being in 1927, when the four Stoddard brothers of La Grande bought land in the area. [3] They moved the sawmill operations of the Grande Ronde Lumber Company in nearby Perry to the site. [3] The town was named after the Ponderosa Pines that dotted the area. [3] A post office was established in 1927. [3] In 1931, Truman Collins of The Collins Companies of Portland bought the mill. [4] The mill was sold again in 1956, this time to Boise Cascade, which made plans to shut down the mill. [3] This caused the decline of the town, which had over 500 inhabitants at the time. [3] The post office was discontinued [3] following a severe fire that damaged the majority of the town on June 20, 1959. [2]