Auburn, Oregon

Auburn was an unincorporated community in rural Baker County, Oregon, United States, now considered a ghost town. Auburn lies off Oregon Route 7 southwest of Baker City and east of McEwen on the edge of the Blue Mountains.

Auburn is deserted today, but the former gold mining boomtown was once the largest community in Eastern Oregon.cite web |last= Allen |first= Cain |date= 2005 |url= http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=B6A6882F-E0DE-02EB-E67ECD625D4E2853 |title= Auburn, Oregon, c.1861 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society |accessdate= 2008-08-13] Auburn only had one or two buildings until 1861, when gold was discovered in the area. By the fall of 1862, Auburn had grown into a full-fledged town with many businesses to serve the mining industry. In September 1862, the Oregon Legislative Assembly made Auburn the first county seat of Baker County, but by the 1870s Auburn was largely deserted.

Further reading

*Bright, Verne. "Blue Mountain Eldorados: Auburn, 1861." "Oregon Historical Quarterly" 62, 1961: 213-236.
*McLoughlin, Virginia Duffy. "Cynthia Stafford and the Lost Mining Town of Auburn." "Oregon Historical Quarterly" 98, 1997: 6-55.

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