Flora, Oregon
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Oregon, US}}
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| subdivision_name2 = Wallowa
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Flora is an unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 35 miles north of Enterprise, just off Oregon Route 3, and is considered a ghost town. Its elevation is 4350 ft.{{cite gnis |id= 1142256 |name= Flora |entrydate= November 28, 1980 |accessdate= 2010-01-08}} The community includes 6 mines.{{Cite web|title=Flora, Oregon Mining Claims And Mines|url=https://thediggings.com/places/or063-99933124|access-date=2020-07-27|website=The Diggings™|language=en}}
History
File:Flora Oregon 2011 IMG 4519.jpg
Flora was platted on April 7, 1897. By 1910, it had a population of 200 residents and an eight-room school. It is considered "the most substantial town to fail" in the Northeast Oregon region.{{cite book|last=Bailey|first=Barbara Ruth|title=Main Street: Northeastern Oregon|publisher=Oregon Historical Society|year=1982|isbn=0-87595-073-6|pages=55–58}}
The community was named after the daughter of the first postmaster, A. D. Buzzard.{{cite OGN|7th|page=}} Flora post office operated from 1890–1966. The Flora School, built in 1915, is on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web |title=Oregon National Register List |url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf |date=October 19, 2009 |publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |accessdate=2010-01-08 |archive-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609105953/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf |url-status=dead }} Now known as the Flora School Education Center, the schoolhouse has been restored as a pioneer arts education center.[http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/heritage/2005-January/000311.html [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2005-01-13]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725025117/http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/heritage/2005-January/000311.html |date=2011-07-25 }}[http://www.mmt.org/recent_grants/sg/2007-08/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610164033/http://www.mmt.org/recent_grants/sg/2007-08/|date=June 10, 2008}}
See also
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External links
- [http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=Flora&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Wallowa%20County&CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all&t=a Historic images of Flora] from Salem Public Library
- [http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Flora%2C%20Oregon&CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all&t=a Historic images of Flora] from the University of Oregon Digital Archives
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Category:Ghost towns in Oregon
Category:Unincorporated communities in Wallowa County, Oregon
Category:Populated places established in 1897
Category:1897 establishments in Oregon
Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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