Ghost Stories of Oregon

by Smitten, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781894877138
• ISBN10: 1894877136
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Ghost House Pub

Summary

Explore the fascinating and often inexplicable tales of strange ghostly events in this Pacific Ocean state. At the Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill, gravity and light are distorted in one of the world's most bizarre paranormal anomalies. A phantom stagecoach is

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(7)
Coast and Wilderness Ghosts
The Phantom Ship	14	(3)
John Day Crossing	17	(1)
The Creepy Catacombs of West Linn	18	(3)
Terrible Tilly	21	(2)
The Bandage Man	23	(1)
Ghosts of Rhododendron Village	24	(5)
The Phantom Bugler	29	(1)
The Klamath Lady	30	(1)
Rue, the Ghost of Heceta Head	31	(7)
Haunted Hotels
The Geiser Grand Hotel	38	(7)
The Mark Antony	45	(2)
Oar House Bed and Breakfast	47	(2)
The Ghostly Stagecoach	49	(4)
Hot Lake Resort	53	(3)
The Welches Roadhouse	56	(2)
The Haunted Heathman	58	(2)
Oregon Caves Lodge	60	(3)
The Ghosts of the Great Hall	63	(5)
Public Phantoms and Local Legends
Ghosts of East Medford	68	(2)
The Hunchback of Chautauqua	70	(2)
Rock Point Cemetery	72	(1)
The Legend of Crater Lake	73	(3)
The Old Clatsop Hospital	76	(2)
A Jailhouse Ghost	78	(2)
The Oregon Vortex	80	(3)
Ruth, the Ghost of Umatilla County Library	83	(2)
Sears Hall, U.S. Army Reserve Center	85	(2)
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse-Haunted or Hoax?	87	(4)
The Uppertown Firehouse Ghost	91	(4)
Haunted Houses
Herman Helms House	95	(3)
Applegate House	98	(3)
John Palmer House	101	(1)
The Old Storm House	102	(5)
The Creaking Mantel	107	(1)
The Painter House	108	(4)
Buttertoes	112	(1)
The Ghost in the Governor's Mansion	113	(2)
Pittock Mansion	115	(3)
The Dark Side of The Dalles	118	(5)
The McCann House	123	(1)
10 Windsor Street	124	(3)
Wilcox Mansion	127	(4)
Spectral Snippets	131	(82)
The McMenamins' Paranormal Empire
Cornelius Pass Roadhouse	135	(4)
The Edgefield Poorhouse	139	(3)
Hotel Oregon	142	(3)
The Grand Lodge	145	(7)
The Crystal Ballroom	152	(4)
The Olympic Club	156	(4)
The White Eagle	160	(7)
Thompson Brewery and Public House	167	(4)
Spirits of Schools and Stages
South Eugene High School	171	(3)
George Harding's Ghost	174	(4)
Southern Oregon University	178	(6)
Mount Angel College	184	(2)
The Bagdad Theater	186	(2)
Vera, the Ghost of Knight Hall	188	(3)
Will Charles Laughton Please Take a Bow?	191	(2)
Columbia Gorge Community College	193	(1)
Swedenburg House	194	(4)
Oregon City's Haunted History
McLoughlin House	198	(5)
Barclay House	203	(2)
Captain Phillips Bungalow	205	(2)
Ermatinger House	207	(6)
The Camellia House	213