Years ago we took our kids to a ghost town high in the Colorado mountains. There were a couple of minor river crossings to get there, which delighted our children. Walking around in the totally deserted town was a bit eerie but we all loved it.
When George told me that there was a ghost town just north of Enterprise, Oregon where we were planning to spend the night, I was interested.
Turns out that Flora, Oregon is not your typical ghost town. There are abandoned buildings but somehow it isn't very spooky when the road by them is busy and modern farm equipment is all around. Founded in 1897, by 1910 it had a population of 200 residents and an eight-room school. It is considered 'the most substantial town to fail' in North East Oregon.
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The Flora School, which was built in 1915, is on the National Register of Historic Places and is now a pioneer arts education center. You can see it back behind the precariously leaning church building.
The town was names after the daughter of the first postmaster, A D Buzzard.
Flora Buzzard
The post office operated from 1890 to 1966.
Not quite as exciting as I had expected but it was a pretty drive up Joseph Canyon.
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