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I was out to Shaniko, Oregon in
2011,
2012,
2013,
2014,
2014 and
2014.
GETTING THERE: I-84 to The Dalles. SR 197 to Maupin (there's one gas station here).
Bakeoven Road to Shaniko. SR 218 South to Antelope. Back up 218 to Shaniko.
SR 97 to Biggs Junction.
It was a gorgeous Fall day. Chilly starting out but got toasty warm by the time
we got to Boyd, Oregon. Not many more warm, clear dry bluebird days left in 2014.
Stopped to take a few pictures in Antelope, Oregon. I've ridden through here
numerous times and even had lunch in this cafe when it was open in the 1980's...
Antelope, Oregon is most famous for the attempted take over by the Rajneeshpuram in the 1980s. The Big Muddy Ranch which served as their headquarters outside of town still remains but has been taken over by another, less radical religious group. The rest of the town has reverted back to it's sleepy ghost town status since then.
Only a few items remain of those times. Most of the town now consists of houses, mobile homes and a couple of older buildings.
The original townsite of Antelope was originally established in 1863 as a stagecoach stop by Howard Maupin. This location is just north east of the Antelope Cemetery. The main town was moved South East about half a mile in 1881. This placed it on the newly established Dalles to Canyon City Wagon Road. The remains of this road is now highway 218 that runs through the middle of town as Main Street.
The town burned down in the Winter of 1894. Only two buildings remain from this era. On the north side of town, the first building seen is the Antelope School. It no longer serves as a school, but still does duty as a community center. The Rajnessh apparently used the building as a barracks to house homeless people from California that they brought in to stack the town council in order to pass legislation, rules, ordinances and so on that they favored. The Oregon Secretary of State nullified the homeless people's voting rights which helped to accellerate the decline of the cult..
Here's more pictures of the
Antelope, Oregon segment.
Here's even more pictures of the
Antelope, Oregon segment.
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