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Summary
The town was built, beginning in 1898, to serve a railroad that shipped thousands of sheep to market from surrounding farms in the Central Oregon Valley.
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Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12)
Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Tags
oregon
wasco county
shaniko
ghost towns
wood carvings
shaniko hotel
digital photographs
carol m highsmith
carved cowboys
oregon community
ghost town
ultra high resolution
high resolution
carol m highsmith america project
color photography
library of congress
Date
2010 - 2020
Location
oregon
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.