Ghost Town: Jewell Oregon Everything Left Behind

[@amygrant7403]

I lived in Jewell from the ages of 4-10. It was a very cut off place. But they had the best school I have ever seen. We did so many cool activities and were part of some PBS docs. Grew up foraging moss, mushrooms, and berries. My dad taught me how to fire a gun, safe gun practice/ how to hunt(so we used to shoot for long periods of time too, like I assume the person in the video was). We trapped rabbits, fished trout in the river, and caught crawdads with homemade bucket traps. We basically lived off the land. We had a beautiful garden. I remember going by the abandoned houses every day riding the school bus. There was also an albino Elk that I loved seeing everyday at the refuge. We would go on day drips to Astoria and explore Fort Stevens inside and out. Running up the stairs in the Astor Column was always a fun/ scary thing to do. There was a haunted movie theatre in that we went to a few times. Fort Clatsop was also a fun place to hang out as a kid. Peter Iredale wreck. Definitely a beautiful place to grow up. I definitely spent more time outside than in.

[@DecayWithUs]

Sounds like an amazing time in your life! We would have both loved to have those kind of adventures as often as you got to! Thanks for sharing your memories with us! We really like visiting despite the loud fun going on in the background 😆

[@tommydelfino5610]

If you don't mind telling how old are you now ,trying to figure out if we lived there at the same time early 70s when I was there

[@livetomanifest2272]

That sounds heavenly sister

[@evaheadley7480]

I was born in Astoria and lived there until I was 15 I also loved all those places it's was crazy I just clicked on a video and your talking about all these places I've been to too.!! We also went on feild trips to all those amazing places it was so much fun.😄😄😄😄 I now live in Medford and it's so much different I miss it there so bad

[@amygrant7403]

@@tommydelfino5610 I lived there in the 90's I am almost 35 now.

[@daviddonpelleyable]

I live here all my life

[@martyjewell710]

I've been curious about this place since I saw it on a map. Thanks for showing it and the little history there was to share.

[@DecayWithUs]

No problem, we're happy to share! If you ever make it out that way it's a really great drive with plenty of photo opportunities and big herds of elk!

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for sharing your visit.

[@DecayWithUs]

Glad you enjoyed 👍

[@tommydelfino5610]

I'm 56 now,but lived in Jewell when I was 6-8 yrs old . I'm pretty sure you were in my old house (the last one you were in with the dryer ) the wheelchair was my uncle's Chris Barnett,he had gotten one of the very first one they made for wheelchair basketball Anyway I don't think anyone has lived in it since us my mom took me and my brother and left my dad behind they had issues so we moved to my grandmother's on hwy26 right by the junction to go Tillamook Oregon.she had 27 acres that was a functional cattle ranch my dad was in the Jewell chapter of the Gypsy Jokers MC. And he own a gas station on hwy26 right by the truck stop did you guys go down 26 at all? Right near the Tillamook junction there was a restaurant named flo's you might wanna check out that place too last time I was on 26 and drove by it was abandoned One memory of that house was in the woods around it there were the biggest freezing spiders ever. Didn't know about the school mom drove me my grandmas and I rode the bus from there to Cannon beach elementary school where recess was actually on the beach ,so long ago memory not so great so much has happened in my life since hard to remember when I was that young ,dad lives in coos Bay now ,wonder how he's doing. Sorry about rambling ,happens when we get old. Anyway love your content keep I up! P.s. it would have been the early 70s when we lived there

[@tommygunn6455]

No we were renting back then he lives in coos bay now

[@tommygunn6455]

Freeking spiders

[@BipolarBear777]

No need to apologize for giving us a cool little story thank you.

[@SniperJade71]

Duuuuude that's crazy. Thabks for the story!

[@radicallyabandonedus]

What an awesome place to grow up!

[@dmihm7295]

If you're in that part of Oregon try heading over to Clatskanie. You will find Swedetown Road. Near the end of it along the Wilson River you will find old Swedetown. There used to be several houses along the closed and forgotten road. Kinda cool if you can find it.

[@DecayWithUs]

We will look into that for sure, thank you!

[@MrJeep75]

Really cool, thanks for sharing

[@DecayWithUs]

Thanks for watching!

[@bruceforster5993]

I do not mind the Firearms going off in this video. It's the sound of FREEDOM!

[@DecayWithUs]

Absolutely!

[@joeb9135]

I'm sure they didn't miss

[@danielkeene1623]

Welcome to Not Portland Oregon.

[@jerrilynhenson9024]

My mom graduated from Jewell High School in 1942. It hasn’t been that many years since she attended her all school years reunion.

[@DecayWithUs]

That's really cool! Do you know where the high school was located? Couldn't have been too far from the main town

[@criminallyfocused]

Great video, super interesting. Those cows are huuuuge!!! And you two are adorable btw!!!!

[@DecayWithUs]

Haha, yeah, they were somehow kinda cute tho 🤷‍♂️. Thanks for watching and for the compliment 😄

[@MaxProductionsTV]

Hi guys thanks for the video, very interesting.

[@DecayWithUs]

Would have loved to dig through all that stuff but didn't want to push our luck!

[@PinetopJackson2]

You guys those graphics at the start, those Monopoly pieces...awesome!

[@DecayWithUs]

Haha, thanks! We couldn't resist

[@LetsBuildaWillysJeep]

Nice video! Keep up the good work 👍

[@DecayWithUs]

Thanks!!!

[@daviddonpelleyable]

This is one of the most beautiful places in Oregon

[@DecayWithUs]

We agree, it was a really beautiful drive there and being that it was winter still we were shocked how pretty it was will all the old trees and moss. Would be a great motorcycle trip!

[@urbanarcheology7346]

What an amazing place to explore! Thanks for sharing. I just subscribed to your channel! Keep up the great work! 🤘😎

[@robertsnyder5149]

Maybe you could do a story on "Bradwood" a ghost town on the Columbia river just down stream from Wauna, Ore. At one time there was a small town and a very large sawmill which I saw burn to the ground in the late 1960's. There was a logging railroad that went up into te woods too on Nicolie mountain. The owner at the time was Blanche Bradley, a very dear friend of our family. Her house is preserved in Cathlamet, Wash, where I grew up with my brother. They are holding "Bald Eagle Days" in Cathlamet this weekend.

[@DecayWithUs]

Cool, I think Google led me in the right direction. We have it pinned on the map for next time we are out that way. Thanks for the tips! 👍

[@frklzholst3209]

I'm in the Douglas county area. I wonder how many abandoned places there are around here

[@DecayWithUs]

Go out for a drive or two, keep your eyes open and they will find you 😉 we find them everywhere we go, including in our own neighborhood

[@gwengwen4535]

Just go driving, if you have a drone, use it. Look for power lines ending, and groves of trees, always a good clue!!

[@GrammyTammy13]

TONS Go out and check out the old Melrose store or Lookingglass store lots of old abandoned places in the hills

[@JimsKitschKitchen]

I definitely want to visit jewell now- what an adventure

[@DecayWithUs]

You definitely should! We had a great time, and it was a nice drive out there after crossing over from Washington

[@michelleb7399]

Those bread makers… my Grandpa LOVED making his homemade bread in the bread machine. He took a lot of pride. Probably because it’s the only “cooking” he did, besides making popcorn. I always thought the bread didn’t taste as good when it came from those machines. Also, they would have the weird hole in the bottom.

[@MattCookOregon]

Great explore! Loved to see all the little details. Do you usually do Oregon? Or travel all over?

[@DecayWithUs]

Glad you enjoyed! We go down there from time to time, but we're based in Seattle. We really like Oregon, probably as much as Washington.

[@MattCookOregon]

@@DecayWithUs Yeah not a big diff between the two. I just dont go up there much cause of the extra drive.

[@robertsnyder5149]

@@DecayWithUs Glad to hear you are not "Portlandians"!

[@robertsnyder5149]

@@DecayWithUs If you live in King Co. then do some research on the town of "Taylor". It's in the watershed above Hobart. I worked at Puget Power with a man that fired the furnaces there.

[@pbiddy9421]

My grandpa built a round house out there. Also the crow high tower in eads Colorado.

[@davemccutcheon9053]

Could you do a show on Frankport , or

[@DecayWithUs]

Sure! We'll look into it

[@robertsnyder5149]

Jewell was in alot better shape in the late 60's when my brother lived close to there. I lived across the river on the Washington side of the river.

[@DecayWithUs]

Ohh nice, we just did a video on Fort Columbia too!

[@robertsnyder5149]

@@DecayWithUs My old stomping grounds.My twin brother and I crawled through every air passage n that place and saw the governor's secret hiding place in one of the closed off bunkers. We also saw two guys from Vancouver recover the Scarbourogh Treasure and helped them by showing them a secret way out the back by trails that lead to the old McGowan church where they had their car parked.

[@DecayWithUs]

Ohh man, wish we knew about all that before we went! That sounds like an incredible childhood! We could do a whole video on just that story!

[@robertsnyder5149]

@@DecayWithUs I'm retired now and getting old but I love history and enjoy tellig about the good old days

[@robforrester3727]

Ha. The first gravestone you can see is most likely my uncle. Uh, I wouldn't call Jewell a ghost town. Plenty of people live there, obviously somebody takes care of the cemetery, there's a functioning school district. Now Mist, on the other hand...

[@DecayWithUs]

We did technically say in the video "partial ghost town", but ya, it's still a town even tho most of the old downtown is gone or crumbling. Thanks for sharing

[@jesseblack6088]

My friends uncle lives in Jewel and people are wild out there😂😂

[@gwengwen4535]

Omg do tell more!! I love it🙌🏻😅

[@jamesschaefer2760]

Love your video

[@jannweitman4431]

What is a "freezing Spider"?

[@skymeadow7762]

Wonderful ❤

[@pbiddy9421]

Driving over mist mountain isn't for the faint of heart.

[@dianelong3064]

How do you find these places?

[@DecayWithUs]

Lots of different ways. We follow a few abandoned Facebook groups, they usually don't give specific locations but we figure it out on maps. Some places seem to just found us too!

[@dflowers1477]

The gunshots aren’t usually going on so much. There’s a guy out there that sets sights and works on guns. Could be him. This is a great location, about 1/2 hour to Seaside one way and 1/2 hour to Intel the other way. An hour from Portland. Lots of deer and elk, bobcat, cougar and coyotes.

[@Steve-bw4oh]

Ah Oregon...the gunfire is relaxing 😂

[@GrammyTammy13]

Beautiful Elk reserve in Jewel

[@gwengwen4535]

We went adventuring today and found two abandoned sites, a cemetery and an old RV park lol. So I got the itch again and stumbled on this. Your commentary tho, lol SAME. Love it🙌🏻 might have to take another trip real soon..GFYS lol😆🙌🏻

[@DecayWithUs]

Awesome! Great to hear you're out exploring 👍 One in a while we run into other explorers randomly, it's an oddly warm feeling lol You're one of the lucky few who stuck around and got the pleasure of seeing the bonus footage, GFYS 😉😂

[@craigbowley6783]

I'm sorry if it's just gonna rot into the ground anyway. What's the harm in someone else enjoying it? Just saying.

[@gwengwen4535]

Amen. People who appreciate the nostalgia and don’t spray paint and loot it!!! I’m an explorer too, and those people and billionaires like Weyerhaeuser and BLM ruin it for us😔

[@GuitarGuyRy]

I'm digging the music, who is it?

[@loveitalotmore]

Journal paper - they were keeping books for something!

[@DecayWithUs]

Must have been for a business they had!

[@DrWondertainment821]

I thought people still lived in Jewel.

[@dmihm7295]

They do.

[@Robert-eg2oy]

This is only one small part of Jewel. There’s another part where people live and work. Jewel is really a cool place to live, not too far from Portland.

[@PinetopJackson2]

Man those gunshots just continuing throughout your whole time there!

[@DecayWithUs]

Ya, pretty sure that dude was a "prepper" just waiting for the apocalypse 😆

[@DecayWithUs]

Ya, pretty sure that dude was a "prepper" just waiting for the apocalypse 😆

[@GrammyTammy13]

Pretty common here in Columbia county

[@carolkjelland2877]

Pretty much of this area you can hear target practice. It goes on all the time. There's a lot of Hunting here. We don't really worry about it. People here are knowledgeable about firearms and they all can take care of themselves, but if you need help they are there in a heartbeat. A lot of Logging in the area. I don't know of any preppers. We've always relied on gardening, Hunting, and fishing. There's a lot of resources here to appreciate. It's a lifestyle. I would say we have a lot of great people here that work hard and play harder.

[@julieniles-fry4379]

Does anyone know why the county allowed it to decay to such extent? Perhaps it private land? Such a shame to see it dilapidated, as cool as old stuff is, would’ve been neat to see it cleaned up and quaint.

[@DecayWithUs]

We don't know, but we asked some dude in a truck next door to the last house if we could check it out and he said he didn't mind and drove off lol we still aren't sure if he was the owner 😅

[@nonamie7294]

It appears that the store owner was the last to leave and he stayed there until he either had to leave or died with his animal's feed bowls and the ledger from the store.. Go figure!!:) I would love to do what you two are doing.

[@DecayWithUs]

We can't advocate doing what we do, but it sure is alot of fun 😁😁😁

[@adventuresnake7106]

The ending made me choke on my drink

[@DecayWithUs]

You're welcome 😆

[@victor-th4qs]

I remember when Jewell was a vibrant town , as well as Valsetz. The gunfire, disturbing. Maybe someone on a shooting range.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Not exactly a ghost town, there is close to a thousand people there in the area and a school K-12. I think the post office shut down ages ago though for some reason, odd to have almost a thousand people and no post office, I know far smaller towns with one. So ya a "partial" ghost town. My dad's family is from nearby Vernonia.

[@calebsutton4723]

Would you guys know where any haunted houses are that I could stay the night in?

[@DecayWithUs]

We definitely can't confirm that anything is haunted but if we were to want to, and wanted a quiet place as to hear anything it would be Goodnoe ghost town. There's an open house and a old hotel there. Lots of birds and mice tho. All you can hear is the trains way in the distance and the wind turbines. We have a video on the place. Also "we can't advocate entering and abandoned location" 😁 Another place would be Northern State Hospital in Sedro-Woolley the asylum isn't open but all the farm buildings are, and it's a public park.

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

Great place for the homeless to go too

[@1delta853]

Lived in Jewell.Mist. and Natles

[@cathynavarrette6568]

I miss being there

[@DecayWithUs]

We take it you used to live there?

[@lucky1u]

All the gunfire sucks when playing in the woods.

[@kevincoad607]

The sounds of freedom! 🇺🇸 merica!

[@carolkjelland2877]

Most know what they are doing and won't be aiming your direction. I'd rather be here in a crisis than in a City somewhere! I agree!!! Freedom!!!!

[@flylooper]

What? No internet??

[@cinnamongirl68]

Very cool! So thought-provoking. Those guns though. Yikes!

[@DecayWithUs]

Prepping for the apocalypse 😲

[@carolkjelland2877]

If you learn about firearms then there is nothing to be afraid of! It's the Media that scares people intentionally!!!

[@benwright6330]

..so relaxing thugs and spray can artists haven't gotten to it yet..

[@DecayWithUs]

Not yet... 🤞

[@denisejames6015]

Why are guns going off?

[@DecayWithUs]

We still don't know! 🤷‍♂️🤔

[@DecayWithUs]

I highly doubt that the person with one of "those noisy things" is a murderer and would risk the rest of their life in prison for a collapsing house they don't own. Also, do you really think we didn't have permission? 🤣

[@Realtor_eliot_portland]

Fucking awesome

[@DecayWithUs]

Our thoughts exactly 😆👍

[@shaynejenkins446]

Not a ghost town at all. Well over 1000 people live there. Its just got some old historical buildings is all.

[@DecayWithUs]

Our apologies, we did it for click bait, I know, that's lame, but it worked. We love the area, very pretty there!

[@felixer80]

Most people end their journey at the cemetery 💀💀💀

[@DecayWithUs]

😂 true...

[@craigcombelic4917]

Dude, are you really that high?

[@DecayWithUs]

What specifically do you mean by that?

[@martinadams7949]

Sad

[@martihetrick609]

Gun club or shooting .. hunting

[@DecayWithUs]

We think it was just one dude in his back yard haha, could be wrong

[@sarahstrong7174]

The sound of gun-shots must have driven everyone away.

[@DecayWithUs]

That would suck to have to listen to that all the time...

[@dust1ification]

Really? You have to use Jesus name as a cuss word?

[@DecayWithUs]

Yeah, they don't want me to use real words, so I have to use fake ones...

[@kevincoad607]

Hey not everybody is perfect! 😉

[@gedgar]

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