Marysville - Oregon Ghost Town

MARYSVILLE

NAME: Marysville
COUNTY: Grant
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Mild winter and summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Near John Day.
REMAINS: Not much left.

Maryville, California is the mother of Marysville, Oregon. In 1862, a small group of prospectors from the California town found traces of gold in Dog Creek and traced them to a ledge on a hill and named the camp Marysville. Two years later, the population numbered several hundred including about twenty children who needed a schoolhouse. One was built but like most other buildings in the infant town, was not built to last. Today, the collapsed remains of the schoolhouse is all that remain of Marysville. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenowith

Maryville, California is the mother of Marysville, Oregon. In 1862, a small group of prospectors from the California town found traces of gold in Dog Creek and traced them to a ledge on a hill and named the camp Marysville. Two years later, the population numbered several hundred including about twenty children who needed a schoolhouse. One was built but like most other buildings in the infant town, was not built to last. Today, the collapsed remains of the schoolhouse is all that remain of Marysville. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenowith

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