South Cle Elum Cemetery

Also referred to as the Greenwood Cemetery, it lies abandoned since at least 1925.

Back to Lake McMuray

Touhey Grain Elevator

Touhey was nothing more than a stop on this now decommissioned line of the Great Northern Railroad. It stands northeast of the town of Withrow in Douglas County, alone in a field of debris and sagebrush with NOTHING around for miles.

Another abandoned farmhouse. This one is about half a mile from the German Methodist Cemetery in Adams County.

Rosenoff Road

An abandoned farmhouse just off Rosenoff Rd in Adams County, just north of I-90 on the way to Othello.

German Methodist Cemetery

This cemetery, in Adams County, just south of Ritzville, is another one of those rural graveyards left to the elements with little or no care.

Highland School

Another abandoned rural school house in a farmer's field. This one visible from US-2, a few miles east of Waterville.

Govan School

Govan, the small community near Wilbur, contains this wonderful old school. Built in 1906 and closed in 1942, it sits quietly in a field and has frequent visitors.

Lake McMurray Cemetery

The almost completely overgrown cemetery at Lake McMurray, right off of HWY-9. Despite the fact that the Boy Scouts did a partial clean-up in 2002, the ivy was up to my ankles in most places. Only a few of the stones are still visible, with signs of MANY more beneath the thick ivy. Given a few more decades like this, and all above ground evidence of the cemetery could easily disappear.

Celilo Falls

Something a little different.
Here are a series of photographs taken by my Aunt and Uncle, Florence and John Holzemer, of Celilo Falls in 1952. The whole area is now underwater. Here we see the local Native Americans fishing, as they had done for thousands of years before the area was flooded by the construction of The Dalles Dam.

Melmont

Melmont was one of a series of mining and logging settlements along the Carbonado River (incl. Carbanado, Fairfax, Manley Moore) . Not much left other than a couple of walls, the dynamite shed and the cleared area of the actual townsite. Being a company town, when the place was shut down, everything of value was removed.

The townsite itself.

















The remains of the bridge that crossed the Carbanado here.






















A HUGE coil of cable at the edge of town. I imagine it was left and the spool disintegrated long ago.






















A wall on the main trail that leads to the townsite. Looks a bit too substantial for a retaining wall only.






















Finally, the "Dynamite Shed" as its commonly called. There is unfortunately a looter's pit undermining part of the foundation.

Chinese Characters

I stumbled upon some Chinese characters painted on a rock outcrop on a mountain road in northeast Oregon. Because the locals enjoy their privacy and the possibility of vandalism, the location is secret.

Clyde Schoolhouse

The Schoolhouse at Clyde, Washington, located in the northwestern part of Walla Walla County. Clyde itself is really only a series of grain elevators at a crossroads with a farmhouse, about halfway between Lower Monumental Dam and Hwy 124.



Overall shot from the road.



Someone set fire to part of the building.



Inside the main classroom. Notice the chalkboard to the left.



The place is home to MANY pigeons, including dead ones.



The main entrance.



The Basement, as far as I was willing to venture into it.

Meeboer Homstead

The remains of the old Meeober Homestead in Yakima County, Washington State out on HWY 25 near Hanford.

Port Blakely

For anyone who hasn't seen what's left of the old mill complex out at Port Blakely, go have a look. The remains of the old generator house are still standing and has become a magnet for some really cool tagging, both inside and out. Get out there soon though. The locals who inhabit the starter castles around the bay are trying to have the whole area turned into something more park-like, so expect a lot of clean-up work and fair amount of charm removal.