Galena is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States, about 20 miles (32 km) from Austin Junction in the Blue Mountains. [1] It is on the Middle Fork John Day River in the Malheur national forest. The former gold mining camp is considered a ghost town. [2]
The locale was settled in 1865 as a mining community on the Middle Fork John Day River near its confluence with Elk Creek. [3] The town was named Susanville after one of the earliest inhabitants, Susan Ward. [3]
Galena post office was established in 1901 when a group of miners were able to get the Susanville post office moved from the current site of Galena two miles up Elk Creek to their mine. [3] The new post office was named for a body of galena ore in the area, and the town was renamed as well. [3] The mines were worked extensively in the 1860s and were still active in 1940. [4]
44°42′38″N 118°48′59″W / 44.710434°N 118.816348°W
Galena is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States, about 20 miles (32 km) from Austin Junction in the Blue Mountains. [1] It is on the Middle Fork John Day River in the Malheur national forest. The former gold mining camp is considered a ghost town. [2]
The locale was settled in 1865 as a mining community on the Middle Fork John Day River near its confluence with Elk Creek. [3] The town was named Susanville after one of the earliest inhabitants, Susan Ward. [3]
Galena post office was established in 1901 when a group of miners were able to get the Susanville post office moved from the current site of Galena two miles up Elk Creek to their mine. [3] The new post office was named for a body of galena ore in the area, and the town was renamed as well. [3] The mines were worked extensively in the 1860s and were still active in 1940. [4]
44°42′38″N 118°48′59″W / 44.710434°N 118.816348°W