Friend, Oregon
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Friend is an unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. Considered a ghost town, little remains of the community except the Friend Store, a one-room schoolhouse, and a cemetery.[1][2]
Friend was named after George J. Friend.[3] The first post office in the community, established in 1903, was on his homestead.[3]
Friend was formerly a stop on the Great Southern Railroad.
[edit] References
- ^ ghosttowns.com
- ^ USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project:Wasco County
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur [1928] (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition, Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 385. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
[edit] External links
- Image of Friend, Oregon schoolhouse
- Historic image of abandoned building in Friend from Salem Public Library
- Friend, Oregon is at coordinates Coordinates:
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