Flora, Oregon
Flora is an unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 35 miles north of Enterprise, just off Oregon Route 3, and is considered a ghost town. Its elevation is 4350 ft.[1]
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[edit] History
Flora was platted on April 7 1897.[2] By 1910, it had a population of 200 residents and an eight-room school. It is considered "the most substantial town to fail" in the Northeast Oregon region.[2]
The community was named after the daughter of the first postmaster, A. D. Buzzard.[3] Flora post office operated from 1890–1966.[3] The Flora School, built in 1915, is on the National Register of Historic Places.[4] Now known as the Flora School Education Center, the schoolhouse has been restored as a pioneer arts education center.[5][6]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Flora". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1142256. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ^ a b Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. pp. 55–58. ISBN 0875950736.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ "Oregon National Register List". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 19, 2009. http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ^ http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/heritage/2005-January/000311.html
- ^ http://www.mmt.org/recent_grants/sg/2007-08/
[edit] External links
- Historic images of Flora from Salem Public Library
- Historic images of Flora from the University of Oregon Digital Archives
Coordinates: 45°54′01″N 117°18′36″W / 45.9001480°N 117.3098881°W
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