Shaniko, Oregon Ghost Town - Tour #1 PART 2 - Historic Abandoned Buildings in Oregon!

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Thank you for watching! Remember that Part 1 in Antelope, OR, can be viewed here kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYnCq2p8eJ2Sfqs

[@sixinarow1]

Yes I have seen it, A very good friend of mine, and a lawmaker spearheaded legislation that put the end to the Rashness' in Antelope.

[@williamfoster7920]

I watched it first. I made a rather lengthy comment there. Thank you for the memories.... ;-)

[@Melancholy1966]

I love your channel, it's so interesting seeing these neat old places in the PNW. When I was a kid in the 1970's my dad used to fish the Deschutes River near Maupin. Sometimes we would take a drive to Shaniko to get an ice cream or pop and look through the town. My mom even named our dog Shaniko...lol. That brings back a lot of good old memories. Thanks for the videos!

[@VuNguyen-mh4oo]

Love your videos, your voice is so charming and sweet. The sceneries are great, though melancholy and sad but I like them far far more than ugly hassle crowded cities.

[@urbanarcheology7346]

Awesome place! Just subscribed to your channel. Keep up the great work! 🤘😎

[@rkenzie5235]

Eastern OR and the history is so interesting! Thanks for the videos

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Glad you enjoy them - Thank you for watching!

[@dinahjackson8146]

I worked in the cafe in the hotel in the late 90s... One of the most fun and LOVELY jobs I ever had...❤ The place was bustling with tourists... I use to think, ALL these people must come out of the rocks at lunch time... 😁 It was so alive and interesting... Makes me sad to see it now... 😞 THANK YOU for the MEMORIES ! ❤ I'm planning to make a trip there soon, to visit a friend I met when I worked there... 😍

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Thank you so much for sharing your story! Every new one I hear brings the town to life for me just a little bit more 👍

[@casedoumasr656]

Hello lucky you I have been there 2 times around 2000 at the corner by main high way is a small restaurant Drive-In and the sign says open 24 hours a day do you know when they'll be back from their lunch break just kidding neat town 🤗

[@dinahjackson8146]

@@casedoumasr656 😂😂😂

[@Seabeagle10]

Just found this in my family history book. James Keeney. Lived in shankio Oregon 1900s. James purchased the hotel in in 1905 ran the hotel until 1911... wouldn't be surprised if it's haunted. Would love to check it out.

[@S.E.C-R]

There are some great video documentaries on KZbin about Shaniko. Much more than meets the eye, especially with the Hotel.

[@davidboultinghouse3332]

As many times I have driven through here never been in the store I’ll have to stop and look inside in two weeks thanks again,I walked almost the same route you did a week ago I love old towns but the never thought of them as ghost towns thanks for telling us what a ghost town is

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Unfortunately, a semi-truck ran into the ice cream and antique store, so it isn't operational right now, but there are a few other stores to visit 👍

[@lokeshsai3691969]

For somehow i don't know. I want to see your face. You have a nice cool voice mam. Describing everything. With your voice the place became less spooky👉👍👌

[@waynebender8835]

The wagon seating in the field looks to me. That it could be a prisoner wagon or delivery wagon.

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Prisoner wagon does appear that what it would be for 👍

[@mgman6000]

Also called a Paddy wagon

[@williamfoster7920]

LOL... The (artifact) old wagon with the bars was the paddy wagon.

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Ha ha! Yeah, many people have been letting me know 😂

[@kellykorte2981]

I ate at the Shaniko cafe in the mid 90s, I remember it had a good breakfast

[@casedoumasr656]

Hello love this town been here 2 times about 2010 and antelope .any way the hotel went thru a large renovation before I got there and the whole town was bought by one individual that did a lot of work to the hotel and it was operating prior to that. On the corner by the main highway was a restaurant Drive-In the sign said open 24 hours a day well like I said I've been there twice so they must be on a long lunch break anyway it was fun to be there and then we stayed at the rest area just up the road great place thank you for your Discovery and the adventure of the tour

[@donbolin3450]

The hotel is open. Very nice people are running it.

[@l.l.2463]

This brought back memories! Drove through the town many times when I was growing up. Back then (1970's) there was some kind of rod sticking out of the shutters on the school tower. In my young mind I was sure that rod was an Indian arrow. LOL I don't recall that it had any paint at all. If it did it was a blistered white. It looks like it's in better shape now. I'm glad they saved it. The wooden figures on the bench in front of the hotel crack me up. I remember actual old-timers sitting there shooting the breeze. I always wanted to stop and spend more time exploring, but I wasn't the one in charge of our travel agenda.

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

You're absolutely right, the green paint is actually fairly new. All the previous pictures I saw of the school looked like a dull, worn white. If you're ever back in the area you should stop in for ice cream across the street 👍

[@mowguy1]

We went to Shaniko and stopped at the ice cream shop. The mayor made a sandwich for me.

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

A sandwich from the mayor - That is fantastic! 🙌

[@jerrilynhenson9024]

That wagon with the bars on it. My first thought when I saw it was a jail transport wagon. A question, why don’t you ask people if you don’t know certain things. Like the wagon, and that odd shaped building by the old bank. Just wondering. Sad to see the hotel closed. I remember being inside it decades ago. Guess I just assumed it would always be open. My folks bought sweatshirts there.

[@lookingforwyatteearp3137]

I used to live in Shaniko in the late 70's

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Was it more populated and active in the 70s?

[@lookingforwyatteearp3137]

@@InvestigatingtheNW It was about the same probably. My dad was rebuilding the roof on the school. Us kids used to play in the jai cells and on all the wagons and stage coaches. They were in good shape back then. I went and visited for a few days in 2015. Hard to believe how run down the wagons are now. I used to play inside the wooden water tower. We used to live inside the big red barn building that says "Shaniko" on it. I found some old pictures of my time back then. Many of the buildings there now were not there back then.

[@barbaracole4314]

We stopped there on our way from Redding to Hermiston, was a pretty cool place to look around... my grandson was fasinated with all the old things... that is called a patty wagon , was pulled by horse's to transport prisoners to jail.

[@philiproseel3506]

I live in Bend and have driven through there twice. Unfortunately, I was one of those cars speeding through Shaniko. Next time, I will slow down, stop, and experience Shaniko.

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

I highly recommend it - grab a snack, walk through town, and visit the music store 👍

[@dinahjackson8146]

Also, don't forget ice cream cone... 😁

[@barbaradarnell7376]

At one point rail road interests looked into extending the track south from Shaniko,but found it an impractical way to reach central Oregon.

[@sixinarow1]

I just saw in the news that a semi-truck ran through the ice cream shop.

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

A friend told me about that and it makes me so sad! We frequently stopped into the ice cream store when we drove through :( ktvz.com/news/accidents-crashes/2022/08/22/semi-truck-smashes-all-the-way-into-shaniko-antique-ice-cream-shop/

[@814ilovemusic]

Hi! I know this video is a few weeks old but I’m wanting to visit this town with my husband and dog but saw on yelp that there’s a bunch of signs around town that says no dogs and that there are a lot of resident dogs that are unleashed and attack people who go there. Seems like a far fetched story but didn’t know if you could confirm or deny this?

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Hello! I have been through Shaniko a few times now and I have never seen dogs running loose on the streets. I also checked back on my footage and only saw a single "No Pets" sign and that was on the door of the ice cream shop. I imagine they don't want pets in the stores, but I can't imagine they can ban pets on the street outside. Also, recently a truck plowed into the ice cream store and gift shop, so those businesses might not be open :( I encourage you to go and I hope you have a great visit!

[@814ilovemusic]

@@InvestigatingtheNW thank you so much for replying!!! We weren’t planning on bringing her in shops anyways! happy to just wander the streets :)!Thank you again for your detailed response and for looking back over your footage!! :) your channel seems really fun! You’ve definitely earned another subscriber!

[@granthryze2694]

Just a ? Why didn't you point the camera through the windows to see what was inside

[@matthewbolton4289]

madras is just south on 97 about 25 minutes plenty of gas stations

[@orvjudd1383]

That wagon is a prisoner wagon that picked up wanted men and took them to jail and/or prison.

[@orvjudd1383]

That wagon is called a “ Tumble Weed Wagon”. There are other names as well.

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Ooooh!! Thank you for the explanation of its purpose. Someone emailed me about the wagon in Antelope as well. I definitely just as much, or more, from viewer comments than from the history books 🙌🙌

[@dinahjackson8146]

No WANTED WOMEN ? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@janisvirgin719]

Prison wagon or to carry livestock??

[@InvestigatingtheNW]

Prison wagon seems to be the consensus 👍