Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
| Pondosa, Oregon | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 View of Pondosa in 1952 | |
  Pondosa, OregonShow map of Oregon Pondosa, OregonShow map of the United States | |
| Coordinates: 45°0′29″N 117°38′34″W / 45.00806°N 117.64278°W / 45.00806; -117.64278 | |
| 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 |
Pondosa is an unincorporated community and ghost town 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. They moved the sawmill operations of the Grande Ronde Lumber Company in nearby Perry to the site. The town was named after the Ponderosa Pines that dotted the area. A post office was established in 1927. In 1931, Truman Collins of The Collins Companies of Portland bought the mill. The mill was sold again in 1956, this time to Boise Cascade, which made plans to shut down the mill. This caused the decline of the town, which had over 500 inhabitants at the time. The post office was discontinued following a severe fire that damaged the majority of the town on June 20, 1959.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pondosa, Oregon
- ^ Bebout, Bill (June 22, 1959). "Ghost Town Of Pondosa Left In Charred Ruins By Flames". La Grande Observer. La Grande, Oregon. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Barklow, Irene (1987). From Trails to Rails: The Post Offices, Stage Stops and Wagon Roads of Union County. Enterprise, Oregon: Enchantments Publishing of Oregon. pp. 224–227. ISBN 0-9618185-0-6.
- "A History of The Collins Companies". The Collins Companies. 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
External links
- Pictorial History of Pondosa from Union County, Oregon Genealogy and History
- Britton, Lisa (August 13, 2021). "Town's Gone But the Store Stays". Baker City Herald. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
| Municipalities and communities of Union County, Oregon, United States | ||
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| County seat: La Grande | ||
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| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Indian reservation | ||
| Ghost town | ||