Ghost Towns and More | Episode 17 | Granite, Oregon

You may have heard of the legendary story of not killing "the golden goose," but one miner learned the hard way to not kill the "golden rat." Although a comparatively small semi-ghost town, Granite, Oregon has an impressive amount of history stories that are unique from other ghost towns.
Granite is also situated in a beautiful forested area with other ghost towns and historical places to see within close proximity making the trip to that region well worth it.

[@bennymwelch]

My family owns some cabins that are off from the end of the road that goes up the hill. We call it "Camp Runamock," although the locals call it something else, I can't remember what exactly. My mom painted a sign that has a goofy cartoon deer with an arrow through it's head and "Camp Runamock" on it at the edge of the road you turn onto to get to the cabins. My late grandmother had purchased the group of cabins when I was 5 years old, and me and my family have been up there numerous times (I will be turning 23 this month). Though the town is pretty bare in population and things to do it's so gorgeous and has some really neat places to go hiking. It was great hearing the rich history of this town that has been a big part of my life.

[@rosacaneda6032]

I camped there with my family some 20 years ago or so.. an unlce knew someone who owned/rented one of the cabins up the hill from the main store and so we ended up staying there during our week long camping trips. It was truly an experience and some of my favorite camping memorie... and as a 12 year old, I will say it was quite the spooky experience.. of course our imaginations as children ran wild given we were in a ghost town. One thing I remember was all the stars you could see in the night sky, far from anything we can see here in Portland. A couple years ago my husband and I took a road trip to eastern Oregon and I just had to make the drive back to Granite... it looked just as I had remembered.

[@audreyholt7721]

Thank you for this brief little getaway into the past.

[@lasgio_]

So many stories!

[@lindabriggs5118]

Another wonderful video. It's nice to see the areas and know the struggles they endured. Yes, the western mining camps could be very lawless. But communities and their families that lived there also had good times. Thank you for telling these tales for many to see.

[@urbanarcheology7346]

What neat place to explore! Just subscribed to your channel! Keep up the great work! 🤘😎

[@Torontotootwo]

Great vids.

[@byuftbl]

Gonna add this place to my growing list of ghost towns :D

[@Oil_in_her_lamp]

So we’ll researched and presented! That rat story!!🤣

[@ThePhilipJFry__]

Granite is not a "ghost town." It is a very small town, yes. But it has a functional city government, hotel, homes that people live in. Even recently paid for building permits. Not a ghost town. Not "abandonded"

[@royglassow402]

Fred Cabell. Not Cabelth.

[@aidanacebo9529]

these AI images are getting old. I watch these for the images and film of the places being told about, not some weird computer art.

[@Torontotootwo]

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[@gavinlockard8069]

What is bro yapping about? This is a high quality video with clearly real pictures. The parts of art are just to fill some gaps during the narration which is perfectly fine.

[@aidanacebo9529]

@@gavinlockard8069 not for me, damnit. go enjoy your made up shit elsewhere.