Friend, Oregon

Friend, Oregon

Friend is an unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. Considered a ghost town, little remains of the community except the Friend Store, a one-room schoolhouse, and a cemetery. [ [http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/or/friend.html ghosttowns.com] ] [ [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/wasco/cemeteries/friend.txt USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project:Wasco County] ]

Friend was named after George J. Friend.cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = 385] The first post office in the community, established in 1903, was on his homestead.

Friend was formerly a stop on the Great Southern Railroad.

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* [http://bp2.blogger.com/_c7AtVJOe-hg/Rc5dN6iHFVI/AAAAAAAAAAY/LFoX5AdAzIc/s1600-h/Friend1.jpgImage of Friend, Oregon schoolhouse]
* [http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=3274&REC=1 Historic image of abandoned building in Friend] from Salem Public Library


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