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DamascusDamascus Pioneer Cemetery
Brief Location History: Cemetery started prior to 1855. Land deeded 26 Apr 1876 for burial ground by James and Margaret Chitwood. [internment.net]
Paranormal Background: Strange sounds, shadows at any time. Many people who have taken pictures say their film has "extra visitors". [theshadowlands.net]
Links: Top La GrandeHot Lakes Resort
Brief Location History: Location is publicly accessible and currently being restored. Originally constructed in 1851. During the 1880s an elegant resort and sanatorium were built. It was so popular it was frequently called the "Mayo Clinic of the West". The sanitorium was purchased by Dr. W. T. Phy in 1917 who called it Hot Lake Sanitarium and developed state-of-the-art medical facilities including a hospital and surgery room with the most modern X-ray and radiation treatments of the time. The Sanitarium saw hundreds of patients until its decline after Dr. Phys's death in 1931. A fire destroyed part of the complex in 1934, and after this time, the resort/sanitorium began it's decline. Use of the complex continued to decline; by 1977 the resort had been reduced to a one floor hotel and restaurant. By 1991 the buildings ha been abandoned. Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Purchased in 2006 and reopened to the public in May 2007, the resort is currently being restored. Paranormal Background: Woman heard screaming on third floor; piano plays by itself both from original location on third floor, and after being moved down to first floor; items getting out of locked rooms; footsteps heard on wheelchair ramp between first and second floors; rocking chairs on third floor that never get dusty and get moved around periodically. It has been rumored to be haunted by old vacationers, a gardener who committed suicide, and insane people from the building's sanitorium days. When the hotel was originally constructed it acquired a piano formerly owned by Robert E. Lee's wife. The music is rumored to be heard to this very day.
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Brief Location History: Location is publicly accessible. Joint tours with the McLoughlin House, which is located next door, are available Wednesday through Sunday. Dr. Forbes Barclay (1812-1873) built the home in 1849 and lived there with his wife Maria Pambrun and their seven children. The home remained in the Barclay family until the 1930's when it was moved from its original waterfront site to its present location next door to the McLoughlin House. Dr. Barclay and his wife are buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City. In addition to being a physician, Dr. Barclay also served the community as a mayor of Oregon City, superintendent of schools and the first coroner of Oregon. Paranormal Background: Ghosts reported as being seen here include Dr. Barclay, Dr. Barclay's brother "Uncle Sandy" and a woman. Some of his patients and perhaps his son, who died in infancy haunt the back rooms of the house. Some ghosts that haunt both the McLoughlin House and the Barclay house are a little red headed boy, a woman in a beautiful gown. Muddy dog paw prints have been seen. It is thought the red headed boy died at the Barclay house.
Links: Top Dr. John McLoughlin House
Brief Location History: Location is publicly accessible. Joint tours with the Barclay House, which is located next door, are available Wednesday through Sunday. Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857) established Fort Vancouver in 1825. He was chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. Because of his role in Oregon's early history, Dr. McLoughlin is frequently referred to as the "Father of Oregon". He and his family moved to this Oregon City home in 1846 and he died here in 1857. The home was saved from demolition in 1909 and was moved from the waterfront to its present location next door to the Barclay house. It has served as a museum since 1910. Dr. and Mrs. McLoughlin were originally buried next to their home. When the home was moved to its current site, so were their graves. Paranormal Background: The spirits of John and Marguerite McLoughlin started to appear at McLoughlin House when their graves were moved from their original location along with the house. They are now buried between the McLoughlin House and the Barclay House. In the parlour where Dr. McLoughlin died, people have reported a feeling of fear and foreboding. It is thought a murder was once committed here during a later time when the house served as a brothel or during the time vagrants lived there. Chinese spirits huddled in terror were seen by a psychic in one of the rooms now set up as an office. Displays have been changed, things disappear and then reappear and knocking sounds have been heard. Some ghosts that haunt both the McLoughlin House and the Barclay house are a little red headed boy, a woman in a beautiful gown. Muddy dog paw prints have been seen.
NehalemNehalem Bay Winery
Brief Location History: The winery property is located in a green valley off Highway 101 in the Nehalem Bay area on the north Oregon coast. Now owned and operated by Ray Shackelford, the winery was established in 1974 by Patrick McCoy. McCoy was traveling on the Oregon coast when he discovered the old, abandoned Mohler Creamery. The creamery had been in production from 1909 to 1959. Converting the creamery property into a winery, McCoy's first production was of blackberry wine on April 1, 1974. Paranormal Background: hearing voices, seeing shadowy figures, fleeting movement, feelings of uneasiness, apparitions, evp captured with voices saying 'kill me', being touched or pushed but nobody is there. Hot spots: a guest bedroom, open area on second floor, corridor behind winery stage.
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NewportYaquina Bay Lighthouse
Brief Location History: Publicly accessible. Now a lighthouse museum and a state park. Constructed in 1871 and decommissioned in 1874. Only one lightkeeper and his family lived at the lighthouse; Charles H. Peirce and his family. One of the few lighthouses with the living quarters in the same building as the light tower. It is possibly the oldest existing building in Newport, Oregon. The light was reactivated in 1996. Paranormal Background: The ghost of a red-headed sailor with an emaciated skull-like face has been seen. It is possibly the ghost of Evan MacClure, captain of a yankee sailing ship. After a ship-board fight and a mutiny in 1873, MacClure was put over the side of the ship in a small boat. During a violent storm in January 1874, some locals watched a small boat wash up on the rocks and a a man with red hair climbed out. His face appeared skeletal. Then a wave washed over the rocks taking the man and the boat with it. The boat later turned up, but not the mysterious man. According to legend, when the lighthouse shut down in 1874, MacClure moved in. Many people had seen the lighthouse beacon lit, even though the oil reservoirs had been empty for weeks. There have also been rumors of people disappearing in the lighthouse during the decades it was abandoned. There was once the story of a ghost named Muriel Travenard that turned out to be a work of fiction written around 1900. This ghost story persisted until the original short story was found by local historians in the 1980's.
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PortlandShanghai Tunnels
Brief Location History: The practice of shanghaiing (forcing someone to join a ship lacking a full crew by drugging or other underhanded means) took place in Portland, Oregon mostly during the period 1850-1941. Various bars and establishments in the downtown area had trap doors in the floors. "Selected" persons were drugged and dropped down the trap doors, to be held in various locations in the tunnels until transported to a ship, unseen by the public. This method was also used to kidnap women for the overseas sex trade, and the tunnels were extensively used during prohibition to transport liquor. Paranormal Background: According to The Travel Channel, Portland's Shanghai Tunnels are one of America’s top ten most haunted places. Northwest Paranormal Investigations has proclaimed that the Shanghai Tunnels to be the most haunted place in Oregon and, perhaps, the most haunted place on the West Coast. Theshadowlands.net reports that the spirit of "NINA" has been known to haunt the halls of the tunnels. The spirit has been seen as that of a woman in white, which matched the description of a girl named Nina who died in those tunnels. In fact, the apparition has been known to stay pretty close to where her name "NINA" has been carved into the brick in one of the passages there. It is an original carving that was put there back in the day. Links: Top SalemSalem Pioneer Cemetery
Brief Location History: Began as a family burial plot on the Donation Land Claim of Methodist Missionary David Leslie. The earliest death in the cemetery is of Leslie's first wife, Mary, who died in 1841. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows purchased adjoining land for community burials and established a cemetery in 1853 known as the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Today the entire cemetery covers 16 1/2 acres.
Paranormal
Background: SEEN: Angry spirit perched in tree warning people to leave; six-foot tall black figure; glowing tomb; spirit of young girl; disappearing man; photos and videos showing orbs and other anomalies.
Links: Top TroutdaleMcMenamin's Edgefield Resort
Brief Location History: Originally built in 1911 as the Multnomah County Poor Farm, where the poor, indigent and elderly could live and work. From 1962 until its closure in 1982 it operated as Edgefield Manor, a nursing home. The 38 acre site has since been converted into a destination resort with a Bed & Breakfast, numerous restaurants and pubs, golf course, brewery and more. Paranormal Background: haunted rooms, moving objects, ghost cat, ghost dog, woman in white, nurse ghost, child in white, sounds of crying
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Wheeler
Brief Location History: Publicly accessible hotel open year round. Built in 1920 to replace two wooden buildings that had occupied same location -- the Rector Hotel and the Hotel Annex. In 1940 Dr. Harvey Rinehart bought the building and opened it as the Rinehart Clinic, a well-known arthritis treatment center. Patients stayed in the hotel rooms on the upper floors and treatments were on the first floor and basement. The clinic continued to offer all forms of medical services until it closed about 1980. The building changed ownership several times until 1998 when the building was purchased, refurbished and turned into the current Old Wheeler Hotel. Paranormal Background: The figure of a tall man in black pioneer clothes was seen reflected in one of the large mirrors in the upstairs sitting room. Some have reported hearing footsteps and seeing black shadow movement in the basement, as well as some EMF. EVP recordings have been obtained by some investigators. Photographs show orbs and other abnormalities. Frequency of paranormal events were at their highest when the owners bought the hotel in 1998 and began restoration -- after a while, the building seemed to "accept" them, and the majority of the events stopped. As of October 2009, the building is under new ownership.
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